Dude

This is an odd post. I have never cared much about cars, or what car I drive, but this car....WOW! I love it! Leah named him "Dude". We all love him. I would have chosen a different color it it were an option but whatever. So I may remember my first car love I give you our Toyota Prius.....

DUDE

Yard Happenings

As usual, it has been a busy year in the yard. I wanted to post a few pictures so years from now we can remember what things were. Here goes....some VERY unedited photos.

Planting asparagus.

This is how Dave looks EVERY day. Straw hat, white t-shirt, work gloves, and work shorts. From dawn til dusk.

The goats new "summer home". Thanks so much Mary and Joel for helping out on this one! They now have shade for  the whole day AND I get to plant corn in their "winter home". Win win! This was my mothers day gift!

We put a "trailing rail" up across the top. It seems the goats like their "winter home " so much they REALLY wanted to jump out and get back to it. They have settled in now and are loving it. Time to take the rail down.

New shade over the deck and sandbox. We ended up using banner material (Dave does work at a sign shop) instead of shade cloth. the shade cloth did not block as much of the light as we hoped. These will do great until the tree you see grows a bit more. Again thanks Mary and Joel for post installation help. 

This is the third year for the grape vines. It looks to be a good one! Yay for grape juice this winter!

As usual the garden is producing more than we can keep up with. I hope when the kids a re a bit older I will get better at preserving things.....I should be freezing tons of broccoli right now!

The new corn garden. I can't wait to see how this turns out. The soil was SO incredible after Dave tilled it. Years of goat poop in it. So excited! The goats will live here all of fall, winter, and spring. Then they will move over when it's planting time.

This "temporary"(been there for years) path will be gone soon to be replaced by the  brick path.

The big construction zone. Many more grow boxes to come.

We planted 12 more fruit trees this year. I think all apple. This brings the fruit tree total to 27ish. This is a bad photo but I wanted to remember how small they were. They grow so fast! All these trees also had to have water run to them. The whole yard is now on automated sprinklers!!!!! YAY!!!!!! But poor Dave's back!

The first two grow boxes in the construction zone. We plated asparagus in the first one. It seems to be doing well so far. It is a commitment, we will not harvest for two years while it gets well established. As you can see in the background, no deck yet. This may be a fall project.

Jazz

Dave HATES to "jam" but he just can't resist with Leah. And jazz is only good in your underwear.

Man Eater

She just can't seem to get it tuned right! I do love that she tries.

Walking around

Kate

Kate is in full blown teething mode! Her two bottom molars are coming in...WOW! You really do forget. I had already forgotten how hard this was with Leah. I really hate to wish away any of this precious time with my young kids but....I will be SOOO glad when all the teething is OVER! On the bright side Kate is really getting around now. she LOVES to walk. We go out on the path behind the house and she goes and goes! Unfortunately this also means she can REALLY make a mess of things quick. Random stuff in the toilet, bathtub, and dresser drawers. Did I mention she is a climber? Yes, already knows how to get up on the couch and climb up to the bathroom sink, but sadly not enough sense yet on how to get back down safely. Busy busy busy busy busy. Kate also really loves to read and gets VERY mad when book time is over. I am sort of a push over on this and just keep reading. There are worse things I guess. Kate was starting to talk much more but is taking a break from it right now. I think due to mouth pain. BOO. Still, she loves to call Dave! "Papai Papai Papai!"

The favorite song