Yummy!

So my garden is turning out to be so fun! And very little work! No weeding yet (other than a few strands of grass). We've gotten lots of lettuce, spinach and peas and several yummy strawberries! My carrots are just now starting to be big enough to pull. In the near future: tomatoes and cherry tomatoes. Also, very excited to see that my very tiny cucumber plants have flowers on them and my small pumpkin plant has SIX blooms on it!! Duds: watermelon - not doing much, very tiny and turning brown along the edges. Not sure why. New crops planted: peas, beets, lettuce/spinach, and another batch of carrots!

A great gift!

At VBS this year, Dylan played non-stop on the toy horses they had set up as part of the decorations. So my pastor's wife, Jen, said she had an old one we could have. So this week, we went by and picked it up! It was a great gift and he loves it! Thanks Pastor Roger & Jen!

Dylan's 4th Birthday!

Dylan had his first "friend" birthday party this year and he had a blast! Guests included his friends: Colton & Clayton Peters, Noah Carter, Auntie Brooke, Seth & Dillon Henderson, and Sydney, Luke & Mackenzie Legler! (and mom's too!) First we had cake (which you can see my awesome cake decorating skills). Then we opened presents - and when I say "we" - I mean everyone! It was pretty much a mob of kids grabbing at presents! ha! Then we went outside for a "spongebob square pants" piniata - the kids had fun whacking it and actually stayed behind the danger zone until candy started to fly. Then it was a free for all! But luckily no one was hurt! Then they all hopped in their swim suits and played in the sprinklers! All in all, it was great! Wild and fun - just like my boy! I was blessed to have my good friend Staci Legler in town so they were able to come!

Later after dinner, Grandpa and Grandma Jones picked up Dylan and took him out to eat at a mexican restaurant where they gave him a large sombrero to wear while the waiters sang happy birthday. He wasn't sure what to think of that. Then they took him to "Toys R Us" and he picked out a bunch of toys (snake, dinasoar, alligator, sword, etc.) So he had a blast! Thanks Grandpa!

The weekend after, we all went over to Pocatello to see Grandma and Aunt Alyssa. They had another birthday cake and tons of presents for him! He even got his own camera from Alyssa! Lots of fun!

On his birthday, he woke up and after confirming that he was indeed 4, he said, "Mom, it feels much better to be 4." The day after his birthday, he said, "how many more days until I turn 5?" Already starting the countdown!

July 4th Block Party

On the Friday before July 4th, our neighbor, Kaye, went with us to a neighborhood block party. They had a big jumpy house for the kids to play in and Dylan loved it! Each house on the culdesac had something different (popcorn, hot dogs, cotton candy, ice cream) one house had face painting, one had a band playing, etc. It was actually pretty fun even though we didn't know many people. The kids were doing fire crackers in the street. Dylan thought it was fun to eat all the yummy stuff!

Dylan's funny sayings

Yesterday, after getting groceries, we are in line at the checkout. Dylan picks out some whoppers and I told him he could have them. He then went up to the cashier and asks, "Um, Excuse me, are these yummy?" Her reply was, "Well, I like them" and then she looked at me and said, "well, that was a new one." ha!

Also, in the car last week we were talking about grandpa's and so I was trying to explain to Dylan how someone becomes a grandpa and how when he has a baby, then his dad will be a grandpa. He said, "well, I don't want to have a baby." And so i asked him why and his reply: "well, what if I was giving him a piggy back ride and he puked in my hair?". Where does he come up with this stuff?

Promotion

A few weeks ago, Eddy was promoted to Lieutenant at his job. He is now in charge of his own crew! He still works the same shift work, but he is enjoying his new position. There was a private promotion ceremony held and these are a couple off the pictures from it. One is the group of guys that were promoted and the other is his dad giving him his new badge. Congratulations Ed! I'm proud of you!

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).