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June Update

Friends!

June has been a fun month for us. Peaceful compared to the last few months. I am grateful for that. Mostly small news, but I have some good photos to share!

Boat Ride at Elitch Garden

This month was Lockheed Martin day at Elitch Gardens. It wasn't super awesome, but the boys had a good time riding the boat ride (above) and getting Spiderman balloon art.  It was a strange day. The park was "open" two hours early for Lockheed employees, but there was literally only ONE ride open - the boat the kids rode. So we left after about an hour since they would not have been able to wait one more hour for stuff to open. But we had a fun time and at least it was free!


SpiderBaby
Balloon Hats

This month Spencer turned 5 months old. He's getting so big! He had his first try at food on the 9th. He was pretty excited, but I think he may have been a bit disappointed in the taste (compared to milk). I'm sure he will come around eventually. We all love to eat after all.


Jack and Logan are enjoying summer, and not having any obligations during the day. We all needed this fun break from the routine.

The biggest news this month is that Nonie has retired! School's Out Forever! I can tell that she's pretty excited whenever I talk to her. Papa and Nonie have their house on the market, and are all but ready to move up to Walsenburg and start working on their retirement house. We are really excited that we will be able to see them way more often since they will be 2 hours away instead of 12.

One of our summer projects this year is gardening. Seems simple enough, but truly I have a brown, or at the very least, yellow thumb. But I am working to improve my methods, and my yields. There's nowhere to go but up from 0 yield, so here's hoping.

Just Planted




Tomato and Onion

So, this year Jack and Logan and I purchased a small 16 inch square garden and set it up on our berm. We also used a couple of spare plant pots we had in the backyard.  The kids also helped pick out the veggies we wanted to try to grow. We ended up planting: bell pepper, jalapeno pepper, onion, tomato, pickling cucumber, zucchini, broccoli, and Brussels sprouts (yes, you read that right). Pretty much one of each type, but the sprouts came in a four pack, LOL.

Comments

  1. HappyGrama6/14/14, 4:04 PM

    Have fun with your garden! I think it is great to grow your own food!

    Mary

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  2. Dena Christensen6/15/14, 7:02 PM

    Thanks! So far I've not killed anything off. :)

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