We extended the patio and put in a fire pit and built in bench. I planted a flower bed next to my new patio. We also had some grape and kiwi trellises built. Can’t resist showing a bowl of my tomatoes 🙂 Of course the big thing every October is that we have 4 birthdays! …
After an extremely stressful summer at work, Adam wanted to get out of town and spend time with his family, so we headed north. Some of it was fun. Some of it was not. The kids did not behave so great on this trip, so we went home a day early. Maybe it was the …
Every year Cheri and I do our canning together. She and the kids come down for 3-4 days at a time and we can anything we can get our hands on. The kids run wild outside and play and have fun, and we slice and dice and bottle and laugh. The later at night it …
September was a big month for us. Adam took me back to New York City for a few days. The first trip we raced from tourist destination to tourist destination, seeing a little bit of everything. This time was much more relaxed. We took our time. We saw some new things and some things we …
We had a lot of fun in the garden this summer! The kids love helping pick strawberries. Brinlee has the basket. Daisy checking on the tomatoes. That one looks ready! Caisen is on shovel duty. And egg collecting duty. Starting on the lower left hand corner we have zucchini and squash, then peppers, some broccoli …
When you get back from a long and somewhat traumatic trip that includes two cross-country drives, naturally the thing you want to do when you get back is jump in the car and go on a trip. Adam had missed us and we missed him and he needed a break from his intense time at …