From the garden

This year we planted a BIG garden.  I am ready to can some tomatoes!!!!  Right now we only have a few tomato plants ready to pick, but soon we'll have a BUNCH of tomatoes & I can't wait.    I think I'm the only one in this house who really LOVES tomatoes.  My hubby eats them every once in a while, but I could eat them everyday!!  Last year I put a whole tomato on the grill and enjoyed it by myself.  It was so yummy!!!!    Tomatoes bring back the memory of my late Grandma Minnie.  She use to eat tomatoes with sugar on them.  I never cared for them that way, but I loved watching her enjoying them.  

The boys with their newly picked crop. 

 Our zucchini....we now have double this.  I need to get to making some zucchini bread!!!

 These didn't come from our garden, they came from the farm.  My hubby brought them home for me.  What a great guy!!!

 My beautiful gladiolas!!! 

4th of July....

A little late.  We spent our 4th at home relaxing.  We set up a pool for the kids and then sat in the shade & watched them swim their little hearts out :)

The little boys swimming.

      They wanted a "diving board" so we gave them a bucket to jump off of :)

 

Camryn taking a Cheese Puff time out!!!!  All that swimming makes a kid hungry :)

This kid cracks me up.  Kadyn & Cooper were setting off Champaign poppers & Camryn just wanted to wear them.  He is too stinkin' funny.  I didn't get any pictures of the kids chasing down parachutes or enjoying their smoke bombs & sparklers.  Oh well....maybe next year.   Over all, it was a wonderful, relaxing weekend with beautiful weather!!!!!

Cookout.....

One of the nice things about working on the farm is getting to bring home some of the produce :)

I grilled kabobs the other night with homegrown onions & peppers.  We also had fresh peas, just picked the day before.    YUM!!!!!

We're still here....

Yes, it's been awhile since I've blogged.  We've been so busy with working on the farm that I've fallen behind on a BUNCH of things.....including my housework.  

Well, the boys had 2 weeks of swimming lessons in June.  They did pretty good.  Kadyn only went under water a few times, he is doing better now, but he is not a water bug yet.   Cooper, on the other hand, he's a fish.  He goes under & swims for a little bit.  It's amazing how different these two are :)

Cooper floating

 Cool Kadyn with the lifeguard's sunglasses on :)