Ooo, backyard pics!

I'm like so happy. The backyard looks so much better!
I decided to post some photos now, and some later. :)

So this morning, Joy and I woke up and rushed to the sliding glass door. The landscapers were here! Hooray!

 It's hard to get a good picture of Joy, so I had to post this photo!

 Rototiller!

Rototiller in action! Or, not.

Drain thingy.

 Headerboard/yard liner! Nice and curvy. Perfecto!

 Seriously. This afternoon, Mama and I took a nap. When we woke up, we looked out the window to see brilliant green! She grabbed the camera much faster than I thought was possible and snapped a picture! Here it is. Wow. I was stunned! How could this much progress occur in half an hour?!

 As I said, pebbles. And here are the boulders! Don't they give the area a strong look? So lovely. And you know what? Before you know it, the Rose Hollow Dolls are gonna be climbing all over the boulders!

 Ah, grass. Of course one of the workers stepped up as soon as I took the picture. Oh well!

Well, hope you enjoyed the landscape update. :)

~Very Sunshiny Ivy

Flower Quest with Joy

Most of you know my sister, Joy. Her real name is Joyce Eloise, but nobody calls her that unless she's in trouble. :) She totally lives for gymnastics, and she's an awesome (most of the time) sister!
Here we are!

Isn't that a sweet picture? I think so. I especially think it's strange that Joy is so much taller than me although she's younger than me! No fair!
By the way, like my bag?

This is the first flower Joy spotted. It's a lovely yellow wildflower! However, it was in the foreclosed lot. We didn't dare to go there! We weren't sure if there were any tramps there.

This is the first flower I found. It's a pretty pink rose! A rose is one of my favorite flowers.

Joy and I both spotted these pretty lilies simultaneously!

Here's a closeup. Isn't that lily stunning?

Well, this flower IS very pretty, but the darn camera wouldn't focus. It was set on focusing on the flower in the middle. :(

When I finished staring gloomily at the camera, Joy pointed. "Look!" She exclaimed. "How pretty!" I rushed up and took a picture.

And then I posed! I have no idea what these are, but they're delicate pink flowers. They almost look like little tulips hanging from the stem. :D

Joy posed too! She's so funny. ;)

That's all for now! Hope you enjoyed my flower quest. 

Blog with ya later!

~Sunshiny Ivy

Joy's B-day

Sorry I didn't post these yesterday, but we're busy. So!
We had oodles of fun on Tuesday. At 1pm, the guests arrived.

Yes, I wore my cherry blossom dress. Joy wore the pretty wraparound dress that Mama made.
We had a Princess Diaries style party! Remember in Princess Diaries 2, they mattressurfed? We did that too! Except we used pillows and our chaise longue.
Here goes Joy...

And her reaction...

Yep! Fidelia went on her stomach...

Hee hee! Jubi and I went down together.

We went faster than anyone else! Too fast for Mama to take a picture...

And Marie went last. Don't worry if this pic confuses you, I don't really understand it myself.

After eating cake, we decided to open presents.

That belongs to P2! Haha, will post later. :)

~Sunshiny Ivy

Happy Resurrection Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Resurrection Day!!!
Jesus is no longer dead, but has risen!

Sing, dance, and celebrate, for this is the Christian's gladdest day.

Rejoice, and Alleluia!!