mid-July garden

Not long after we moved in I convinced Dan to help me build two additional raised beds for the garden.I desperately threw seeds into the garden to see if we could pull off having a garden at our new home the first year. After several terrible spring storms things were looking desperate. I ended up adding some starter plants and things have turned out really nicely.

By May, the garden looked like this and we were getting beautiful micro-green salads.

Now, in mid-July, we have a really beautiful and productive garden.

I am growing beets for the first time - they are beautiful! (Yes, Mom, me and beets- who knew?)

Sawyer was dismayed that the cabbage moths ate all our broccoli the week before we were going to harvest. Since then he has been a bit worried about the "bad bugs that eat the garden" so we spend a lot of time talking about all the good bugs, like spiders and lady bugs that help us out.

He is very proud of our garden. And so am I.

polar bear progress and lady bugs

I can't find any old pics of Sawyer and the zoo polar bear but I promise he is getting taller!Oh, and he loves loves loves lady bugs.

All the many reasons I don't want to be in the photo you are taking

Boy and dog.

I want to tell youall the many reasons
I probably dont
want to be in the photo
you are taking.

My boys... and a flashback

The boys in the morning...and a FLASHBACK from 2008.

Animal Upon Animal

Sprinkler time

We have been having a great summer. Sawyer has been having tons of fun in the backyard.

On the 4th of July, we went to Martin Park for Sawyer's first fireworks display. He loved it and stayed up until 10:15! He was a tired dog for the whole next week but he says it was worth it. We also started swim classes a couple weeks ago and is working on kicking, blowing bubbles, and his strokes. He likes his teacher a lot but still is hesitant to float on his back and doesn't like going all the way under the water.

Enjoy the pics!