Strawberries

 We came home today to an overwhelming amount of raspberries and strawberries! They are delicious. 

The Garden

 Tenley, Ryder, Luke and I finally got the garden planted today. It’s a little later than we normally plant but hopefully everything still grows well! The kids are hard workers! The boys and I were just going to weed and Tenley was going to plant, but Tenley asked for help because it was taking longer than she thought it would. Luke and Ryder were happy to help and didn’t complain. I can’t wait to see everything start to grow!

Kade is doing much better today and seems all the way back to normal. He even went to soccer and goalie training without any asthma attacks. I’m so grateful.

Strawberries

 Kade is off on another campout! He has a busy summer ahead of him. He didn’t leave until after dinner though at least so we hung out with him most of the day. He took Ryder on a bike ride because Ryder has been begging him to and played games with the kids as well. He can be a sweet big brother! The boys also discovered some ripe strawberries in our garden patch and they’ve been enjoying those. I love it when our strawberries and raspberries are ripe!

Gardening

 Today was the most beautiful day! There was barely any wind which is rare here so any day my hair isn’t blowing all over the place is a good day. It was nice to have a holiday with Brad home before we really have to get back to reality tomorrow! Brad and the kids got the sprinklers working and planted the garden. Luke can’t wait for the snap peas to grow!

Planting

Kade worked with Nathan all day today and then went fishing with him tonight so we didn’t really see him at all today. It was strange and we missed him! We kept busy planting flowers in our flower parts and seeds in our garden beds! I’m glad it’s this time of year again!

Our Garden

Our garden did pretty well this year! We’ve been enjoying it a lot. Luke has been helping me harvest these past few days. We had a lot of beans and peas with our dinner last night and tonight we made our salad all with vegetables from the garden and we grilled our corn on the cob! That was a new and fun addition to the garden this year. We still have a lot to learn and to change for the garden for next year, but it’s been good.

Also we’ve had a lot of crazy rainstorms this week. Last night the thunder was so loud that it woke me up. It felt like it was shaking the whole house. Luckily the kids all slept through it.

Bike Rides, The Garden, Bon Fires

We had a nice free Saturday at home today! Brad made us sourdough waffles and we ventured out for a bike rode this morning. It was beautiful and Ryder rode the whole nine miles with us!

Brad finished planting the garden today! The kids were helpful and we’re excited to eat the delicious fruits and vegetables.

Kade got invited to head over to his friends house tonight for a huge bon fire. He had a blast!

Yard Work

It turned cold today! Brad and Kade had a fishing trip planned that they had to cancel because of the weather. So instead, Kade went to school with the other kids and Brad and I worked in the yard. We cleared some space for some more garden boxes. Shoveling those rocks brings back a lot of memories from when we moved them all back there. It’s hard work but it didn’t take too long. 

Tenley and Ryder got to go to a birthday party tonight and they had a blast. Especially Tenley who got to hole their sweet little boy. It was a good day.

Tenley

Brad and Kade were in Butte for Kade’s soccer games today. I stayed home because the little boys are still a little sick. And Tenley was sweet enough to stay home with me to hang out with me. I loved having her here with me! We got some garden shopping done and went to an open house of a beautiful little farm house. It was a lot of fun. She is so excited about the garden and took it very seriously. She even had a list written out with everything we needed. We also took the boys to a park because they seemed up for that and they needed to get out of the house. 

Kade games went ok. They were missing a lot of players which hurt them. But he still had a positive attitude.

Sports

Ryder loved being able to have tennis camp himself this morning. He played well! Kade and Tenley played with Luke outside while they waited for their turn. 

The little boys and I went to the park while Kade and Tenley had tennis camp.

Kade and Ryder had their last soccer games tonight. They both played so well! Ryder actually had some great competition and it made him play even harder. Kade played goalie the whole game and had some pretty incredible stops. 

Luke got to help Brad pick some vegetables from the garden and he loved it. He also loves eating them!

Our Garden

Our garden is already producing yummy food! Our green onions are huge and we have so much lettuce. We also have snap peas and cilantro ready to eat. I’m enjoying going out into the garden to get fresh vegetables for dinner!

Planting

It looks like it will be nice and sunny for the foreseeable future so we bought some plants and planted our garden today! The kids love being involved and beside Luke were great helpers planting.

Fresh Vegetables

Our garden is so amazing to me. I love prepping for dinner and walking out to our garden to pick fresh vegetables to add to our meal. They are so delicious! I wasn’t too sure that our garden would be a success this year, but it definitely has been!

Vegetable Overload

Our garden is bursting with vegetables right now. I think we’ll be able to eat all of the lettuce, snap peas, cilantro, green beans and jalepenos but the green onions and tomatoes are another story! I think I may need to make salsa sometime really soon.

At Home Church

Have I mentioned how much I love at home church? It’s so simple, so easy, so carefree. I love the easy going morning as opposed to rushing out of the house. I love teaching my kids and hearing their thoughts as we learn together. I love the quiet, intimate sacrament meeting we have together without having to worry our little two year old is bugging someone else who is trying to feel the spirit. I just love it. There are things I miss about going to church with our ward, but I know that this special at home family church time is temporary and may not happen again so I’m loving it even more. Tenley taught us about the importance of keeping a record and we read through some of our blog books. I love all the memories that we have stored away.

After church we planted our garden! It is beautiful and I forgot to take a picture so I will have to add it tomorrow.

The Plant Store

We went to the plant store to pick up seeds and vegetables to plant in our garden! Gardening is a new adventure for me and the kids so we will see how this goes. But we are excited! Especially the kids. 

Gardens

Day 44

We’ve been playing hard a lot lately, so today we decided to work hard. Kade and Tenley got caught up on homework this morning and afternoon while Brad and Ryder ran some errands. They checked up on the office and things are still running on schedule! Paint is done and floors are going in. Then they picked up some dirt for our garden boxes. We spent the evening shoveling dirt into a wheelbarrow to roll over to the garden beds and we got it all done tonight. Kade was really good at entertaining Luke and a Ryder while Tenley and I shoveled and Brad dumped the dirt. Kade brought the little basketball hoop out and they had fun trying to make cool shots. They did each take turns shoveling dirt as well. It felt good to work on a project again. Now we need to plant some seeds! The kids are really excited to have a garden.