Well, the blog has been on a well-deserved vacation for a few months, but now its time to get back to work!
School's out, summer's half over, and its flying by. In a nutshell, we've worked hard, and played a little. To say its been hot would be an understatement.
Joey, Jared, Katie and Trevor on an expedition!
Trev finished his baseball season at the end of June. He had a great time, and made it at least to first the majority of his at bats. He also liked playing in the infield and catcher.
The garden is growing, and the next blog will be a little tour of the garden, but today, here is my best garden success for the year so far.
When my girls were little, one of our favorite books was called Miss Rumphius. It is the story of a woman who has traveled far and wide and finally settled down when she got old. She wanted to contribute to the world so she decided to fill the countryside around her with lupines. It is a story about the importance of giving of yourself to help make others lives better.
In the spirit of Miss Rumphius, I have tried several times to plant my own lupines. She had the gift to start them from seed, but I have tried to plant already grown plants. Several have died before they even had a chance, but one has lasted a few years now. It was small to start with, and still is pretty puny, but after about 3 summers, it finally bloomed. It was just as pretty as I
hoped it would be and although it only blooms once a season, has earned a place in the flower bed. What a beautiful flower!!!
Tour de France fever struck Trevor this year, and inspired his choice of birthday cake decorations. He had a little mini party at the river with his birthday buddy, Reid Folsom (who has about 35 years on him) and then finally had the family celebration on Sunday. Who wouldn't love a kid who looks like such a goofy with his new swim goggles on? Seems like it would be pretty uncomfortable to me!!! By the way, he has wayyyyy to many girlfriends if you know what I mean!! What a cute 9 year old!!!
