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.

Father's Day and Flowers for Mom

"Ok, so here I go"
Father's Day has come and gone and most bloggers are on to other topics, but we're still remembering the fun and exciting moments of the day. Here are just a few:"Tales from Elizabeth and James""Spriking the Punch"
"Flowers from the Gardens make Bouquets from Dad"

One Summer Project Done

YEAH!! One summer project is done. Now doesn't that look nice?? I like it a lot more than all the weeds that tend to grow there every summer. Usually, I spend a small fortune on Round-Up and lots of time spraying, hoeing, pulling and otherwise wearing myself out just trying to keep the weeds down. So, this summer I thought I'd try the black plastic idea. We'll see how good it works before too long. Anyway, I'm excited to have it done before it got dark. Now I'm going to shower, put on my pajamas and watch a good movie.


Do you remember the chain link walkway that we first had in Thomas. It's a very special chain link and has moved with us to each home we've been at. If you don't remember it or want to know more, just ask Dad. He can tell you a neat story about it. :-) And do you see all his wonderful strawberry plants off to the left?? Come on over and we'll have fresh strawberries.

Getting There

This last month has been all about "Getting There". I'm sure that's probably how Jenni and Laura both feel about now. Last Saturday Tessha, Gracie, Alisha and I all piled into Kristi's car (now think about that one) and took off on a girls day out. We were headed to Provo for Laura's 1st Baby Shower. It was loads of fun and other than losing Tessha to Dalynn and Daniel, we returned home in Tessha's car(think about that one, too) safely that same night, thanks to Gracie driving us the last half of the way home.