Garden Fun

This is my first time EVER doing a garden of my own. Though it didn't turn out exactly as good as I wanted it to I'm still excited about what has grown. We've been OVERRUN by zucchini, and yellow squash and cucumbers for the last month or two and the corn, peppers, pumpkins, tomatoes, green onions and carrots are almost ready to be picked as well. It definitely has been a learning experience. For example, I don't think I will grow cucumbers next year. It seems like every cucumber I try is nasty and bitter and then when I tell Josh it's his turn to try them he gets all of the good ones. NOT FAIR!!! Here are some photos. Just don't look to closely because I'm sure that your gardens are ten times better.

I think I'm most excited about our pumpkins. Only two have made it but it has been so fun to watch them get bigger and think about the fun jack-o-lantern they'll make.

Our Trip Home

We had a really great trip to Idaho Falls about two weeks ago. Along with most of my family (Greg and Hayley were sadly missed) we were also able to see Josh's brother Jon from Minnesota and his sister from Burley plus their families along with his little brother Danny and his wife Ashley. Although it was a little chaotic with so many kids running around it was so great to see so many people that we love but don't get to see very often. These are some photos of visiting Josh's parents. We were also able to visit the Titanic museum and spend time playing with cousins on Josh's side but unfortunately I lost my camera so I didn't get any pictures taken. We had a lot of fun though. Their is also a slide show following this post of my family reunion. Thanks everyone for making it a great reunion. We love you.

I so appreciate the time that Josh's Dad took with my children. The first night that we visited them the kids were outside playing and Dave scooted his seat right in front of Isaac's swing and talked to him and pushed him and he blew bubbles for the kids. I'm so grateful that they have grandparents that do little things like that to show their love. Thanks Dave.

The kids really enjoyed the swings and slide at Grandma and Grandpa Hill's house.

Silly Daddy, that's Emma's chair!!!

Slip and Slide Fun

I haven't posted in a long time!!! Part of that is due to us being gone and then to loosing our camera. Thankfully our prayers were answered and we found it. Can you guess where? In the back of our van. Yeah, anyways, this and the preceeding two posts are the first in a series of posts that will cover the last month and a half. I've already spent way to much time on this so I will have to do the post on my family reunion a little later. That will be a fun one so keep watching for it. I should be able to post more regulary now, assuming we don't loose our camera in the back of our van again. Thanks for keeping in touch with us!!

We got a slip and slide last month and the kids have had so much fun on it. This is the first night we go it out and it turned into a great family activity.

Isaac had fun watching everyone. Don't ask me what Emma is doing in the background.

This is the only time the Jaxson would go down it. He loved to play in the water but wouldn't slide in it.
OK, so maybe we're bad parents, but Emma is such a water baby and we were hoping that Isaac would be too. Evidently, he's not. We never put him right in the water and the stream of it wasn't falling on him but I think the sound of it on the plastic scared him. A guy was driving by as we did this and he actually stopped and watched and then laughed at us when Isaac started to get upset. Yes, we are retarded.
The kids couldn't figure out how to drop and slide on it so Josh put them on the pillow thing and then pushed them down the slide. Emma thought that was the greatest.Even Josh took a turn going down it

This is Emma attempting to slide on her own. Obviously she hasn't gotten the hang of it yet.