My Sad Van :)

Tuesday night I was taking Joe some supper as he was working late. We have not be able to have only a few minutes together each day so I thought we could eat supper together. Well, that was not to be. On my way to his work as I was driving through an inter-section a car ran a red light and hit one car and then spun into the side on my van. I was so shocked and didn't know what had happened. Fortunately no one was hurt except for some sore muscles from the impact. I was able to drive the van still. The insurance has been great and the van is in the shop get and make over.

Happy Birthday USA

The 4th of July was on Sunday this year so most celebrations were on Saturday. Joe has been working on a proposal for work that had to be submitted by the 9th so no celebrating for him. He has been working 15 to 20 hours a day for the last week except for Sunday. To celebrate Independence Day we had the traditional BBQ with hamburgers and hot dogs with potato salad, baked beans and watermelon. Yum Yum. I saw the coolest cake on a TV program and decided to make it for our dessert. It was really good and the boys thought it was cool.

How Does My Garden Grow Chapter 4

I planted four tomato plants which two are doing great and two tomatillo plants. They have tons of blossoms and tomatillos. Does anyone know when they are ready to pick?

The cabbages are doing great and the three pepper plants have peppers growing. My herbs are loving the heat and doing well, except my basil which would like a little shade.

We got one nice picking of my peas before it got too hot. I need to plant them where they will get some shade so they don't get to hot. But they taste really good. I have a lot to learn about gardening in the heat of Utah. Idaho has cooler weather and that makes a big difference in how plants grow. I am growing watermelon which likes the heat. So far no baby watermelons growing. I thought by now I would be seeing some on the plants. Will watch and see.
The lettuce has come and almost gone. It got so hot so fast that my poor lettuce is having a hard time not just giving up. For some reason the Butter Crunch lettuce didn't grow, I think I planted the wrong variety. Next month I will replant all my lettuce's again and hope they will be ready to eat before it freezes. I know that it is hard to think about anything freezing but....

The Tree That Was

I have written about the large Walnut tree in the backyard. It has provided many years of shade for this lovely house but all good things must come to a end and so it is with the tree.

How Does My Garden Grow Chapter 3

The front yard has 5 rose bushes. They had very tight buds on them before we went to Idaho and when we returned 5 days later they were in full bloom. I love to sit on the front porch and smell the roses and the hanging petunias. I love the beauty of flowers and their wonderful smells.

It has been so fun to see how fast the vegetables grow. See how big the cabbage is getting.

Look how tall the lettuce and peas are getting. The peas have blossoms on them and some of the lettuce went to seed while we were in Idaho. Tonight fresh salad from the garden.

T-Ball

Carter and Braeden played T-ball this year and Joe and I got to see their last game. It was so fun watching them. The kids on the team are 3 to 6 years old so you can imagine their attention span. Carter is walking out to the field. All the kids stand in the center of the field in one big group.

Carter running to first base.

Braeden always ready to pose for the camera.
Batter up--Braeden.


Carter decided that he wanted to play in the dirt instead of playing ball.

Tanner and Coleman are getting a little bored.

Moving Day(s)

We were in Idaho this past weekend packing up our stuff to bring to Salt Lake City. We have an offer on our house so felt like we needed to get as much done as we could. Alice and Jeff and the boys came up to help and were a huge help. I don't know how we would have got it done without their help. Even the the two big boys helped carry small items out to earn extra WII minutes. Alice and I decided that we needed to have some time limits or they would play all day long. Carl also helped and engineered the loading of the truck so we could fit as much as possible in. He did a great job, I couldn't believe how tight he was able to get every thing in. He also got two friends to help on Monday.
While we packing it was fun to look out side and see our pheasant who kept strutting around the back yard and clucking away. I love to hear him. It is only the male who makes the noise and it is quite loud. Pheasants are very territorial. We didn't see any of his female friends.