Hot Afternoon

Before we did firecrackers - we spent most of the afternoon out in the backyard. It was a hot one, so Dylan stripped down and ran thru the sprinklers. We gave him this little toy sprinkler early (we had originally bought it for his birthday). Then I ended up running thru a few times with him -he wanted me to take off my clothes, but we figured the neighbors wouldn't appreciate that much! ha!

Fireworks

We celebrated July 4th early this year because Eddy is working over the holiday. So we BBQ's some steaks and watched a movie til' it got dark and then came out to do a few firecrackers. Dylan was really excited! Eddy even let him help light some of them. We only had one small fire (ha) -the blanket Dylan had brought out caught on fire somehow. But we put it out quickly. Josey even came out and sat with us and only tried to attack the last ones we did. Dylan was too afraid to hold the sparklers last year , but this year he was brave and did some! It was a fun evening!

New Flower Garden

We added a small flower bed to our backyard (much to Eddy's dismay!). He always wants to keep his grass perfect and wants nothing to interfere, but I think we found a spot where it's out of his way and looks nice. We also planted some blueberry bushes and some willow bushes (no pictures).

First Fruits

So today we tasted the first fruits from our garden - two ripe strawberries! And yes they were yummy and much sweeter than store bought! Everything is now sprouted and growing in the garden! And my peas are flowering!

Garden Decoration

Dylan's flower he planted at BSF and the poke he painted to go with it.




I took a stab at tole painting some plant pokes and a little plaque to hang near my garden. Mom had taught me some of the tole painting basics years ago, but I've forgotten most of them. So they aren't anything fancy, but I had fun making them. I also made several flower shaped ones, but I liked the watering cans better. Also, you can see that I've added a trellis wall to my garden for all my vining plants when they start to grow!

Backyard Bliss

Front yard



Back Deck




Back Yard





New Swing



Relaxing with the pets!

We spent Monday afternoon out in the backyard. We bought a new porch swing to hang under our deck. Dylan hung out with his buddy, Kramer (the cat), while Dad and put together the swing. Then Dylan had a blast taking pictures of random things around the yard, and some of me and Ed. He actually took this picture of JOsey. You might notice in the pictures of our yard that we tore down the shed that sat in front of our deck. Now it is wide open for us to see the yard when we sit under -so we thought it the perfect spot for a swing.


Dylan's Collection

Garden Update

Today, I planted the rest of my square foot garden. I have 3 squares of flowers (one is my Dahlia -which is the big bloom I took pics of) and then in the rest I have pumpkin, tomato, cucumber, watermelon, cherry tomato, lettuce, spinach, peas, carrots, potato and strawberry. Can't wait to take updated pictures after everything is sprouted. OUr next project will be to build a netted wall for the back to vine the pumpkin, watermelon, tomato and cucumber on (so they will grow vertically). (my peas are pictured also)