Photos through June 2, 2007

Yesterday the Club closed before I could finish....here's a few more pictures of the house and kids from this summer.


6-02-07 Nick and Elijah are racing BMX bikes this summer.

They seem to be able to do it every other year. Nick is

discovering that the other guys got a bit faster since he

last raced, but he is getting closer. (Nick is the one in the middle).

6-02-07 Elijah is such of good athlete...he won his race.

6-02-07 A lot of hardwork has gone into the front yard in

the last 13 days since Homer hauled the dirt. It's been a lot

of work from everyone in the family...if the kids aren't watching

the little ones then they were packing rocks or shovelling dirt.

I've been really impressed with everyone's effort. Above you

can see the various garden plots. We've planted potatoes, carrots

onions, radishes, pumpkins, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli and

strawberries. There are also about 350 glad bulbs (with another

150 in the house unplanted...bought some, forgot I did, bought

more, etc.....old age!). We also planted some bushes...some died

right away so they were replaced with blueberry, current and

raspberry bushes. You can also see that I ran out of rock so

we'll haul more later this summer. The posts you see will be the

six foot fence that will run around the garden and duck pond.

Here I planted about eight varieties of sunflowers. Emily

and Sydney put the rocks around it themselves.

The waterfall is starting to take shape.

Homer is dozing the far end of the pond. It just seems to

be getting bigger and bigger.....

6-02-07 It is 11:35 PM in this picture. No rest for the

weary when there is 24-hours-a-day daylight! Homer

works so hard all day and then comes home to start over.

There are days I wish we hadn't started such a big project,

but once it is done it sure will be worth it.

6-06-07 Emily is seven and a half years old. She got braces

on her top teeth today to make room for some adult teeth.

The blue matched her eyes so beautifully!

The picture is taken from the front steps. I had just finished

seeding the bank and covering it with hay when a thunder

storm moved in and it poured. I hope all the seed didn't

wash away. You can see part of the fence is up now. Actually,

it is really hard to see the silver fence when you are standing there as

it blends in so nicely.

This is the end of the pictures that I have ready for the blog. The plants have grown so

much more and there are little changes. In the next few days I'll get the rest of the photos

posted and get everything current. I'll also get some photos of the rest of the family (dogs, ducks, geese and turkeys). I hope to hear from some of you....maybe you'll be inspired to share some of your summer photos with me!