Monday, July 23, 2007

Summer Bounty

I thought I'd post some pictures of our garden. We've had a perfect rainy season this year where it would rain in the morning and then be sunny and 75 the rest of the day. Great for the garden! Here are a few pictures to show you what we've been up to. They are a few weeks old, so things have kept growing, but this gives you and idea. (I think our sunflowers are 12+ ft.!!)
Bean Tee-Pee

Cantaloupe (we have two big ones already)

Pumpkin Patch

Peas and Carrots

Zucchini, peppers, tomatoes

Here's what we've harvested so far: 80 Cherry Tomatoes, 62 Regular Tomatoes, 22 Zucchini, 13 Yellow Squash, 9 Peppers, 41 pea pods, 359 beans, 5 carrots, 4 cucumbers, 1 strawberry. Yet to harvest....miniature pumpkins, big pumpkins, berries, cantaloupe, most of the carrots, and sunflower seeds! Yum! This garden has been so much fun and we're very grateful for the work Mom and Dad put in to get us started on the right foot. It makes such a difference to have nice beds, good soil, sturdy hardware, and a great irrigation system.

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

A Day in the Life of...Super Ashley!!!

Just to give you a glimpse...here's how I found Ashley one afternoon. Yes, I helped her tuck in the blanket as a cape earlier, but the rest is her own ingenuity. I give her a sticker almost every day (because she sees me give them to my piano students), and her new love is to put them on her face. The crayons between the toes is 100% her own new trick. She LOVES it! Never a dull moment in the life of....Super Ashley!

Friday, July 06, 2007

A Crazy Bunch

We had another awesome trip to Kansas City this past weekend. We met up with Daniel and Katie & kids from Iowa and we all crashed Peter and Michelle's house for a 3-day party. Some of the highlights were Ashley playing with her cousins, the adults' triple date to downtown (sans kids for about 5 hours!) which included a delicious KC style BBQ at Jack Stack, game time, and Michelle's personal tutorial on how to sew a placemat purse. We will miss our Kansas friends and look forward to....Christmas! Now we will be like most everyone else in Arkansas with no family around. Anyone wanna come visit?