Garden: Day 45

Here we are still harvesting a nice crop of romaine, plus now we've had two delicious little cucumbers, as well as, some sugar snap peas. Looking forward to zucchini next.

4th of July weekend

Busia finds the best stuff at the dollar store.

Ben caught on a little faster than Neil.

The boys with cousin Morgan in Aunt Donna & Uncle Dan's pool.

Hope it was hot enough for the Texas Rodens.

Me and the boys enjoying 'Fun Island'.

Camping in Muskegon, MI

The sandy beaches of the western shore is hands down more fun
than our rocky eastern shore here in Illinois.

Experiencing the great outdoors by way of a slug.

All of our kiddos ready for an awesome day at Michigan Adventure.

Probably the only non-blue ride Neil had, but pretty fun all the same.

We had such a wonderful time with our friends, the Wasson's and the Thomson's. The Wasson's are seasoned campers and I've taken to calling my friend Jill 'the camp counselor' because she is always armed with an amazing array of things to keep the kids occupied. The Thomson's were experiencing  their second trip and it's always fun to introduce people to things you really enjoy. Hoping we can repeat this trip again soon.

Garden: Day 21

So far we have sampled the dill on some salmon and red skin potatoes. More importantly we are now harvesting enough romaine to accommodate my daily salad habit. Unfortunately we did lose our red pepper plant. Keeping our fingers crossed for the other one and the two yellow peppers.

Funny Conversation

Here's one that made me giggle:

N: Mommy can I see your painted toes?
H: Yes.
N: Did you paint them with a paintbrush? (Here I'm sure he's picturing his watercolor paintbrush.)
H: Yes.
N: There black.
H: Well, actually they're plum.
N: Can I have painted toes?
B: No. Painted toes are only for girls.
N: I could have blue. Blue is for boys.

(Later that evening, when I recounted the story to Brian he was quite firm that no blue painted toes are not for boys.)

Garden: Day 1

Trying to grow a little bit of everything.
We'll see what we get.

Neglecting the Blog

Bri at the Polish Restaurant, Szalas.

My 20 year reunion with some of my high school friends.

Feet are in midair as if he just collapsed there.

Our new patio door which we hope will stop that pesky water problem.
Also fixed the floorboards and drywall, but it's really hard to get a picture
from inside to come out with all the light shining in. Additional bonus:
the in-window blinds do a beautiful job of hiding all the grubby handprints.

 

 

My mother's day present from the boys.