Garden

Well I love having a garden. I forget to go check under all the leaves some times and get 5 lb zucchini. I don't remember what type of carrots I planted, so they are small. and raccoons are destroying the corn. I really do LOVE to garden. I can walk out there and see all the hard work of preparing the soil, and all the loads of soil, fertilizer, and sod cutting, let alone all the weeding, and planting and then replanting because I pulled some plants out when I weeded, and bring inside bounty that came from a few seeds. I have been sharing with some neighbors that wanted to have a garden but didn't want to plant over the septic system that covered their yard and also 2 more neighbors. I have been able to freeze a lot and will be doing more really soon. I also love when the kids help me outside.
I love it when the kids eyes get really big and say, "is all that from our garden?" Or Ty making machine gun noises as he picks up huge zucchini, cucumber, carrots, or green beans. It all makes me smile.
Except those raccoons!

some flowers that grew in the planters around the house

I think this carrot reminds me of a charactor in a movie called Spirited Away, a spirit they called the radish spirit.

2yr olds

I found these pictures on my cell phone. Johnny's picture was taken around his 2nd bd and Ty's was close to his birthday as well.

Time in GA with Whit and Josh and also the Okefenokee Swamp

We spent a few days with my sister Whitney and Josh and had such a wonderful time. We went to the AFB and went swimming on the 4th and went to see fireworks, got attacked by fire ants, went to the preserve and saw beautiful bald cypress, kids drove these two into the ground, the kids saw their first alligator, and certainly not the last, we had a few adult talks with them and enjoyed every moment with them. I miss my sister. I miss my family each one, dearly.

Adam and Josh with lightsabors, I think it is initiationJohnny nextSome fireworks, still learning to use the cameraThe nature preserve close to Whit's houseThe first spottingThe first spottingWhitney and IanWhitney and JoshThe boys now obsessed with motorcycles after seeing Josh's and they get to try on some fun gearThis is Sam and she almost fits! scary!Now Ty's turnthis is an alligator that I think liked the sight of all my little kids. I didn't like him one bit!!!!!! He kept following us around. I know I could have lost one so easily. My stomach still churns! One of the places on the Oke swamp (history tour)

All the kids got to blow the horn of the train, just didn't put all the pictures here.

Kids looking down at some Alis, maybe if you click on the picture you could see Ty, look in the shadows by the kids legs.

on the cat walk looking down at some big ones at OKE

Some of the bald cypress, beautiful trees (could be that other cypress too I know there are two)

I know I have put a lot of pictures in the 3 posts, really, just from this trip I had 409 pictures on my camera. lucky putting pictures on takes so dang long for all of you. I tried to remember some of my favorites here.We had a wonderful time driving in IN, KY, TN,GA,SC,NC,VA,WV,OH and back to IN. Also seeing this beautiful country we live in. It is so diverse.

more vacation picts

Bodie Island

Lighthouse

Ian loving the water

Joe and I watching the sunrise with the kids

Watching the sunrise

the sunrise

Joe, Sam and Adam

The sunset by the lighthouse

Ian

The family on the steps of the lighthouse

Joe and Ian

some pictures of the Outer Banks, NC

The first view of the ocean

We all couldn't wait and went straight into the waterSammi going to the water Ty loved the water until the water went back to sea, it scared him Adam having funTy holding on for dear life our spot on the beach We found a mermaid washed up on the beach Johnny having tons of fun playing in the sand alone
Ty waving to the airplane