Garden Bounty

"The Mutant Carrot"

We were fortunate to have some relatives here that were gone for the summer and let us use their garden spot as well as gather their chicken eggs. What a great experience for us. The kids have loved going out there to gather up the "matoes and acchini" and Kate calls them. They also love the carrots. Although our garden had a late start we have still had a good harvest. There is something in having a garden that just brings joy to me! Yesterday I made fajitas and realized that the onions, tomatoes, peppers, and carrots all came from our garden and I love having the fresh vegetables! It has been a good experience for my kids and a good reason to get outside with our family. And at the moment I cannot think of ANYTHING that tastes better than a homegrown tomato!

First Carousel Ride

We went to a birthday party at the park and it happened to be a kid's day with rides and bounce houses and all kinds of things. I put the kids on the carousel and they were so excited. Case kept saying "up and down! up and down!" It was just one of those special little exciting moments.

Sleeping

If You Chance to Meet a Frown

June Pictures

The kids and I had fun outside the other day and found some cute backgrounds to get their pictures taken. They look so grown up. I can't believe they are growing so fast.

Kate Writes Her Name!

This is Kate's first time writing her name and she did it in big chalk letters. She was so proud. And then the rain washed it away! My kids are growing so fast. Kate is 3 now and Case is 2. Last week in sacrament meeting Kate was drawing pictures of me and announced, "Mommy with a mustache!" Case loves keys and is always wanting to open doors with them. They were playing in the car the other day while I was cleaning it out and Case managed to get the keys in the ignition and put it into gear. They started rolling backwards. Luckily Kate was in there with him and I already had the door open. That was a little nerve-wracking! Thank goodness nothing was right behind. Although they did almost get my vacuum. Whew. We are keeping busy and we're so excited that my Grandpa's cousin a few houses down is letting us use their garden spot and watch their chickens for the summer. Bryan loves his job and we love our new cute little town. We have great neighbors. I finally got a new computer so that's why I can blog again, and I've also been doing a lot more pictures and photo editing. I got a new photoblog set up and it's mandyjanephotos.blogspot.com. Bryan gets to be an Elder's Quorum Teacher and I just got called to be an assistant Girls Camp Director so I am SO EXCITED!

Hi!

I haven't blogged in forever since my computer still won't work on google- Strange huh? Anyway, we are doing good and love where we are. Kate is 3 and Case just turned 2 and I can't believe it! They keep me busy for sure. They love Blue's Clues and playing together. Case is started to talk a lot, and he loves to watch the garbage truck come. Kate is getting so girly and loves to dress up and pick out her own clothes. Bryan loves his job and we are glad to be closer to family. I also need to tell everyone my blog for my temple pictures. It started as just gifts for family but I decided to do a little more with it. I hope to have Rexburg and Twin Falls temples soon! I would love it if you could add a link to this on your blogs and if you have any businesses, I would love to add your blogs to mine. Thanks!

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