I think they liked it. :-)

Happy New Year!

It's a family fondue party to celebrate. Complete with sparkling grape juice for all of us girls. :-)
We hope you are enjoying your New Year's Eve with family and friends. It's aways such fun to think about the year past and what may be yet to come in this new year. Have a blessed and happy 2014!!

Summer Summary

Sorry all....this was supposed to be posted 2 months ago...but, had a computer fail and couldn't bring myself to doing it again until now. :-/ Enjoy!!

Hard to believe it, but fall is here! It definitely looks and feels like it today too. Football is on tv, we are all cozy in long sleeves and sweats today. We have mums on our front stoop, which will be joined by some pumpkins very soon. I love fall. This summer has been so busy, so super fast and so wonderful. The girls are getting so big and have been so much fun lately. Things feel a little easier most days....or maybe we're just getting the hang of it all. :) Here's a little glimpse of some of the highlights (in no particular order)....

The Current State of Things

Holy Marigolds!! I guess I should have heeded the instructions and actually thinned these bad boys out. They are taking over!! I also mixed varieties, so we have a few very tall large flowers and some shorter, smaller. They are pretty, but I can't see my green beans!! ;)

We are out picking tomatoes nearly every night. Not many actually make it into the house. Green beans either. The girls just eat them right off the vine. And that's ok with me. I wouldn't personally eat raw green beans, but the girls do love them. Most of my early girl tomatoes get half eaten before they make it in too. We've got plenty though, so I'm not too worried. My carrots are also still growing surprisingly well after the rabbit attack. I put a pinwheel up and that seemed to work great. They are still tiny, but, again, I should have spaced them after they started growing. Audrey has eaten quite a few of those already even though they are tiny. They still taste just like a carrot is supposed to taste.

We also got one green bell pepper off each plant (I hear now that they don't do so well next to tomatoes...better luck next year.) I also got a few jalapenos, which helped make some delicious guacamole and a small batch of salsa.

I really thought I would use my basil a lot more often than I have so far. I think next year, I'm going to plant a separate herb garden and grow some mint and cilantro as well. (I recently discovered I like a good mojito!)

my veggie eaters

It's Friday night and Jason is grilling hamburgers and building a campfire. Sounds like a great night to me!