Homegrown goodness

Enough said..


Oh, and here is Cameron who decided he would finish off my bowl of salad (and then complain until he had seconds) What other one year old do you know will eat Lettuce, radishes and carrots! (and then go back to his pizza!)

Happy Fathers Day

To the Dad, who is all by himself this weekend, who undoubtedly would have liked to keep Mom to himself but loved us anyway ;) To the Dad who always knows what to say, even when we don't want to hear it. Who has become a pro at bailing me and Ken out even when we don't ask or thank him enough. The the man who taught me that it is possible to LIKE one kid over the other just not ok to LOVE one kid over the other. (See Ken, he likes me more!) To the Dad who unselfishly lets me bring the Grandkids around even though he knows they will break the silence of emptynestedness, Thanks for all you do DAD! Love you!

To the husband that gives me everything I want and more, who gladly takes over when my sanity is ready to go. The the husband who takes responsibility even though one doesn't look just like him (just kiddin- check out their eyes). To the man who gave up his dream job, to be a "Daddy". To the the man who doesn't mind getting up with the kids on Saturday morning or changing wet pants, or dirty diapers. To the husband who is just fun to watch, and gives up his weekend to camp with his kids.

HAPPY FATHERS DAY. WE LOVE YOU!

Camping trip!

So we just got back from a great camping trip.. the kids were great! We first hit Willard bBay with Tyler's brother (Mark) and fam for sea-dooin fun! lunch on the beach, sun, sun and more sun. It was so much fun! Then off to the KOA to set up the tent, start dinner (hotdogs over the fire) followed by smores, dutchoven apple crisp and then headed of to bed! Great company, being outdoors (the kids loved it) and lots of fun! we got up the next moring had scrambled eggs with ham and packed up to visit the "campers" at the hotel (she's 8 months pregnant- give the woman a break! :) Then we headed home and only then did we run into rain.. it was really fast but really fun! Someday I will get the pictures off the camera. Our 4 man tent is a little tight with 2 boys who would rather sleep on top of you then next to you, plus I like to camp with a blow up mattress which takes up lots of room...lol. but we had perfect weather, and I only got one mesquito bite! My kind of camping (with a shower, flushing toilet, and blow up mattress, I never realized how girly I am) Now let the Loads of lundry begin!

Adventures is couponing... & 72 hour packs.

So we are under a flash flood watch starting tomorrow morning and going through Monday. So the first thing I did was go get my 72 hours kits... small problem.. most of our food had expired, last month I went through and changed out the boys clothes so they would fit but I didn't touch the food. So we headed to Twin to find some dehydrated food packets, We hit Winco, which is the cheapest price I have found so far for Mountain House packets. Still expensive but light weight and filling. Plus I found a fold flat stove, light weight that we can boil our water for our packets. We tried to find a poncho for Kevin, he outgrew his old one so it became Camerons, no one had them, stilll looking.

While I was stocking up on the kit stuff I also found some good deals and used my first coupons (our ward is teaching people how to use coupons to supplement our food storage) So I got $2.00 off a bottle of A-1 steak sauce that was origianlly $2.49, plus I got a $.55 coupon off my next bottle of A-1. Plus I bought one got one free of Easy Mac.. (wonderful stuff, but I refuse to pay full price).

Also on the good news front, we are going camping next week! We are so excited to take the boys out, use our tent, sleep on the ground, All that jazz, one slight problem, we realized we only have three sleeping bags, so now we are on the lookout for a 4th, I think the best deal we could find was a 30* for $30 bucks at Costco, but we are on the lookout.. Sure seems like we have been shopping a lot lately (a lot for us atleast) but it's all good.

Summer school started this week and lets be honest it has been nice to have Tyler go to work everyday (or the ARTECH confrence) and come home at a relativly early time. The boys have noticed him gone a lot more and Cameron is currently a daddy's boy so it has been a little tuff on him. (Kevin is too independant to care who is watching him)

Other than that you can find me in my garden staring at the plants (no joke) I am so excited to see stuff growing, and hope to see it growing a lot more soon. (maybe if the weather would start cooperating)

Funny stuff and a cool website

THE FAMILY PREPAREDNESS SONG
Tune: Did You Think to Pray? Click to listen to Hymn #140

Ere you spent your family’s paycheck,
Did you think to save?
Just a little for the storage,
Just a little for the porridge
When the Times are grave,
Oh, how storage helps the faithful
When the Prophet’s words we heed,
So, if you would not be Fearful,
Plan what you will need.

When your neighbor tried to teach you
How to can and sew,
Did you feel in-ti-mi-da-ted
And your plans pro-cras-tin-a-ted?
Now you’re feeling low!
Oh, how empty are the cupboards,
Oh, how ragged are your clothes.
How you’ll wish that you had listened
When the “good life” goes.

Wheat and beans and salt and honey
May not sound so hot.
But if you are going hungry,
If your tummy’s cold and grumbly,
They can hit the spot.
Store some diapers for the kiddies,
Everything to see you through;
Cloth and patterns, thread and needles.
Store some long Johns, too.

If this topic’s repetitious
And you’re dull and bored,
When you’ve naught but empty dishes
And you’ve used up all your wishes,
You’ll wish you had stored…
Food that’s tasty and nutritious,
Cloths and bedding, tools and seeds,
Skills that guard your family’s future
Gather what you’ll need.
–Anonymous

I thought that song was funny, and true. I got it off this website which has sooo much info on preparedness stuff.. check it out!

http://pgward.org/ep/

growing...I think

So I have only killed two plants this year... two of my four cucumber plants, they rest of them all seem to be hanging on. I have added a few more plants, people have been nice enough to give me, I added two more jalapeño plants, and a dill plant (I am gonna try my hand at herbs this year). The corn is coming up nicely, Very exciting! My radishes are now huge and getting hot so I am glad that I planted a second crop in the house. I am getting my cherry tomatoes and second generation of green beans ready to planted outside, plus my second generation of green pepper plants, lets see if I can keep these ones alive! I am very excited... I am learning a little something new everyday it seems like... I can't wait for the plants to get big and start harvesting! woohoo! So my dreams for someday, having a water system in place, and getting grow boxes going, for one third of my garden I would love to try to do square foot gardening.. It think it would be a lot more efficient but as for the other parts (melons and pumpkins and corn) I am not so sure... well have to see!