Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Garden



Every summer I TRY to have a garden. It usually is over run with weeds and we get enough vegetables to contribute to a meal or two. This year so far we are doing a little better than normal. We started out strong. We killed all the grass that was taking over, thank you mom! Jer brought in some compost and we rototilled it in. We planted a little late, but better is late than never. We put in peas, beans, corn, beets, tomatoes, lettuce, spinach, radishes, carrots, zuchini & cucumbers. There isn't that much of any, just a little taste of each. The ony thing that didn't some up was the carrots. They are Cassies favorites. The girls liked to help plant the seeds, but they really don't want to help weed it. I always thought that is why I was having kids, to do the things I didn't want too! We are now getting some veggies. It is so amazing the difference in taste! We have an abundance in Zuchini, and cucumbers. I only planted 2 plants of each, but they are growing the veggies like crazy! Abby likes to help me, she just liked to sit in the garden and look around, maybe try to grab a plant or two, but yesterday she figured out that she could pick up the dirt and put it in her mouth! YUK!

NW Trek


We are trying to do something fun every Monday with Big Grandma (my mom), since it is her day off. Last Monday we went to NW Trek. I wasn't to excited with the suggestion. Last time we had gone it seemed like there was a lot of walking, and then the tram took forever with hardly no animals to be seen. Well, this time I was proved wrong! There was quite a bit of walking but the tram ride went really fast. It seemed like around every corner was an animal. The kids loved it. They were so excited to see all the sheep, deer, elk, bison, and moose. Cassies favorite was a raccoon at a display. Jessie liked the bear taking a bath. We went with all our cousins, Cole, Mason, Lane and RJ. Morgan was with us too. It was fun to see Grandma keep them all together. i am wondering if she is rethinking all this quality time?!

Camping


This last weekend we want camping with some other young families in our ward. We went to Zions camp just outside of Belfair. We had never been before, so we didn't know what to expect. It is beautiful there! We loved the campsites, they are spaced so you don't feel like everyone around you can hear and see your every move. Anyway, they have a huge playing field with all kinds of swings, and forts. The kids loved it there. We went on a paddle boat, did some swimming, played badmiton and ping pong. Loads of fun for us. We look forward to going back!

Thursday, July 17, 2008

"Making a different choice gives you the opportunity to live a different life." ~Oprah Winfrey

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Sick, Sick, Sick

Well I do not know why, but my kids have been sick forever! It started with Abby. She had a runny nose, ear ache and cough. No fun being a baby and sick at the same time (or to be a sick babys mama). After a about a week with no improvement, we took her in and they put her on antibiotics. She came down with thrush last week, thats handled and gone. Her nose is still running, its gross and green. Cassie and Jessie have runny noses the last few days and are really crabby. I hope that they are better soon. It would be funner for them to be healthy and enjoying outside!

We have a piano

We got a Piano last Saturday! It all started by Rusty seeing some free ones on craigs list last week. They called and let me know. The free ones were nice but needed some work, so I thought, I'm going to look at the ones for sale. There it was! Its old, really heavy and 50 bucks. I thought okay typo or its non functional. Not even. It was fifty bucks and plays really well. Jer and my brother Matt picked it up and some of our neighbors help move it in the house. I love to hear the girls playing on it. Cassie says, mama its time to practice. I am hoping that we will all learn to play. A big thank you to Rusty and Nea for the idea, the truck and babysitting. We love you!

Scattergory Tag

Erase my answers, enter yours, and post it. *Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following...*They have to be real places, names, things...nothing made up! Try to use different answers if the person in front of you had the same 1st initial. You CAN'T use your name for the boy/girl name question.

WHAT IS YOUR NAME: Shannon Marie
4 LETTER WORD: safe
VEHICLE:Saab
CITY: Seattle
BOY NAME: Shelton
GIRL NAME: Sally
OCCUPATION: stay at home mom
SOMETHING YOU WEAR: shoes
FOOD: salad
SOMETHING FOUND IN A BATHROOM: soap
REASON FOR BEING LATE: stuck in traffic
SOMETHING YOU SHOUT: stop it!

Friday, July 4, 2008

We have been spending more time with our Cousins too!


Its so nice to have them close





Cole was nice enough to share his trampoline with us.




Abby and Lane seem to enjoy playing together (except Abby likes to take all the toys).

Thursday, July 3, 2008



On Tuesday, we went and picked strawberries. They are so yummy! It is always nice to have them in the freezer for ice cream and for sponge cake.