The Badlands

Before we joined the rest of the family in CO, Andrew and I enjoyed a mini vacation together. I had never seen the Badlands so it was our first stop. I didn't to too badly for being this far along.

More vacation to come.

Garden Variety

I just wanted to show off my garden produce as this is my first year gardening on my own. We are getting daily tomatoes and Andrew is enjoying them on his salads. The broccoli is not half bad. Then there is the zucchini. This zucchini has a story. We were gone on vacation and I had not checked the plants in about a week. I recently lost one of my zucchini plants to rot as we have had so much rain and sitting water. The 2 plants I had left were not producing like the one that died. I went out to check the plants today for zucchini. All I could fin on my "non-productive plant" was one the size of my finger. After staring at the plant for several minutes and lifting leaves, my eyes finally focused on this big guy. No WONDER I wasn't getting a big yield; all it's efforts were put on this one zucchini. To my surprise, nothing had eaten at this thing before I found it. We were only able to eat half of it tonight. Considering I haven't used any fertilizer, it is not half bad!!!

34 Weeks

Hi all. Just thought I would update you on our little one. He/She is measuring right on track as far as uterine measurement is concerned. Still no ultrasound to actually confirm all is well. We are trusting God at this time in this area. Here is my belly shot at 34 weeks:

We made the paper!

I really hadn't gotten around to scanning and posting this until now. Do you see Jan and I? This was from their recent visit. We were looking around at the booths in the park and had no idea our picture was taken. All the other pictures on the page had to do with children and the parade, and then there was this one right in the middle of the page:I also had not gotten the chance to post this picture of my Spring cactus. It has not bloomed like this since Andrew bought it for me before we were married. It seems to like our 3-seasons room.

Humor

Garden update & 4th Fireworks

These zucchinis were the first veggie of my garden harvest. They aren't too big but they tasted good in our stir fry! Jan and Alan got to sample them while they were here. We also getting a bowl of berries every few days, which is wonderful.

The rest of the pictures are from our 4th of July in S.D. The fireworks are shot off over part of Ravine Lake. Though the mosquitoes were nasty (as Jan can attest) it was a nice evening with the family.

Family Fun

We really enjoyed having Jan and Alan come up for a visit. It had been awhile!!! It was not too relaxing for them but they helped out without complaining. (except maybe about the bugs :) First Alan and Andrew were preparing to take out our 3/4 dead tree.

Jan quickly joined when she realized power tools were involved. I just attempted to save the garden.
We did get out to Music in the Park, which is held weekly in the summer. It was nice to enjoy a community event together. More to come!