Saturday, July 5, 2008

A Saturday at Home


Well, today Dad and I were both at home and between the two of us, we got a lot accomplished. I thinned out, weeded and watered flower beds. There was an overgrowth of daisies mixed in with the roses. (Look, you can see the rose bushes again). I took out all the trashes -picture not included :-) but there was a lot between all the flower beds, the yards and the house. I got to use our handy/dandy blower that Daniel and Dalynn got us to clean off the front porch. Boy, did it need the cleaning. Then I reviewed my VT assignments with our RS Pres. and finished out June's forms, picked the strawberries and took them over to the Roberts, took flower starts to my friend Martha, sprayed the rose bushes, drained, cleaned out and refilled the hot tub, and pulled weeds wherever I was at.







Dad went to Home Depot and came back with the makings for another raised vegetable bed.
He put that together and we moved it into the garden before filling it up and planting more vegetables. He got squashes, bell peppers, cantalope and a nice big tomato plant. We also found brocolli and a tomato growing in the other planter.

It is so nice to have to black plastic down and then to have raised beds on top of it. Dad also fixed out back door so that it will be better for winter. Now, maybe I'll go sit in the hot tub a while. Want to come?
We hope you had a great weekend. Check out Will and Jenni's (Sleepless in Seattle) and MarknLaura's blogs for updates and pictures of our new grandsons Preston William Thomas and Jace Harmon Nelson. You can also check out Alisha's blog for pictures from the 4th of July parade!! She was in the parade with the Skyline High Student Government float.

4 comments:

Will Thomas said...

Wow, I'm tired & my back hurts just from reading your blog. I think I'll take you up on the hot tub offer.

Unknown said...

Wow, It sounds like you had a busy and productive Saturday. On Saturday it was cloudy and rainy so James and I went and bought a board game a can of claim chowder and spend the day in pj's enjoying a relaxing Saturday. We don't have internet and James's Grandma's house so our blogs won't be updated as frequently as I'd hoped. Just to let you know. oh Well. On a good note though, James and I spent Monday with Luke, Karly, Spencer, and Noah at the park. It was really fun. I love you.

Unknown said...

Wow...it looks beautiful and we can't wait to come to grandma and grandpa's house.

Lauren said...

Your garden looks great. I could use some pointers...hey, just like with the whole speech/lang stuff in idaho. I don't know if I'll be any closer to you in CO, but i'll just tell myself that. we move in our new home 8.8.08. I'm so excited.