Football

Jack had his first conditioning day yesterday. They ran his butt off. He was very eager, running everywhere and doing everything the best he could. It was the first time ever that I have seen that boy physically ruined. He is so sore today. He has been listening to his dad and loading up on protien all day. 2 more posts down below.

Luke's Baw Baw bed

Raegan took this one the morning after his first night in his room. His 3 favorite things are Mommy, Baw Baw(sponge bob) and Momo(mario). Jack wanted to keep his sponge bob sheets, but we knew Luke needed a spongeb0b bed too. His mommy hooked him up, and he climbed right in. No problems with this one having his own bed. He came into our room 2 times the first night, and I just told him to go back to bed. He closed all the doors on his way, and got back in bed.


climb on, climb off, climb on, climb off.

4th of July

We started out on the 4th pretty late. We took it easy, then headed over to one of the waterparks nearby. We ate at the mellow mushroom and ended up at the worlds fair park for dusk. They have awesome fireworks every year. They had a ferris wheel set up on one of the bridges with a great view of the park, and the fireworks. Sorry, no pictures. We waited in the LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG line for the ferris wheel. We got on about a minute after the fireworks started, so we got to watch most all of it while riding. The kids loved it. It's so nice to be free and be able to have a day with your kids without worry. Just pick it up and go do what you want when you want. What a great place to live.

EFF YEW Squirrels

There is only one way in there now. Early spring, I'll throw some plastic over it and start growing sooner. Btw, all the darker wood, the nails, and hardware I salvaged from an old shed, and a treehouse. It's all treated. I have a good pile of wood for future building projects. The kids will get a fort, and I'll have a shed for all the gas stuff tools.

Father's day weekend

We had lunch at Smoky Mountain Brewery. It's one of the Callhoun's restaurants, where they make their own beer. Great food, best bbq in the world, and awesome steaks. Just ask Grace. Jack is back there practicing his stacking skills.

Luke likes wings, but not as much as he likes ranch dressing.

Just across the street was an Imax. We took the kids to see Toy Story 3. 3d has never looked so good.

We have a squirrel problem. They like to steal our green tomatoes and eat the seeds. They have gotten a dozen or so. We are building a cage for the garden with chicken wire. It will double as a greenhouse when it gets cold again. Jack was very helpful digging the holes for the posts. He also was crawling around in the basement with me for a couple of hours, putting up plastic sheeting to keep out moisture in the main room down there. He worked his butt off, and I couldn't have done it without him.

Suncatchers

The kids did good in their suncatcher class. they picked out the glass, scored it, and did the bending and gluing. The teacher did the solder. The are a fish and mountains. This one is Jack's




Grace's

The garden

Jalapeno and Heirloom tomato. There are 2 jalapeno plants, 2 bell pepper, and an orange bell pepper. The bells are still flowering, but the hot ones are popping out.

Blackberries

Parsley, dill, oregano, basil

Grace holding the dill

Romaine. I didn't know this stuff grew up like this. We just let it go. It gets about 4 feet high, then flowers. The onions and garlic are doing good. We took out the first onion the other day. It was the size of a quarter. Im going to get them all out within a week, and pickle them.

Broccoli pods

Both blueberry bushes are producing. This one has more pinkish berries. The other is darker purple

Our little carrots. We will pick these when they are still young, about 3 inches long

Luke ate the first cucumber yesterday. There are enough small ones to pickle within the next week or so. We like the small crunchy ones. We will put in jalapenos and dill we grew, too.

There are 6 of these roma plants. We will be canning these soon, too.

There are 3 cherry plants, all of them are about 7 ft tall now. They are all leaning all over the place, I need to get something built to support their growth.

There are 2 big boy plants, and an heirloom

We planted the spinach too late or something. Not one sprout

The beans are doing ok. They don't like the hot weather, so we will see how they do. You can see the spinach slits behind them.