I didn't even know I planted morning glories! I'm so glad I did! The white part of the flower in the morning is celestial and glowing and ever night they twist close and sleep till morning again.

A path emergies...


Well maybe not that easy but free! I have been wanting to do something about all the grass that has been growing up between out garden boxes. The are hard for Ben to mow between and slugs and spiders love the tall grass and my exposed tootsies! I had dreams of a very zen stone path type of thing but settled for something I could do sooner and free.

First I got the weed-eater and cut the grass down to the dirt. Then I took a bunch of scrap cardboard and laid it down over the path. Cardboard is great stuff in gardens & landscaping! it makes a great weed barrier because it's s thick and biodegradable, breaths and is mostly free and lying around anyway. Then I covered all that with pine-straw from the woods. Not the cobble stone path of my dreams but certainly an improvement!

YOU CAN'T FIND ME!

Isn't this a great photo! Ben got this one just at the right moment! Just when you think your child is a genious (see privious post) they go and do something like this.... Apparently Max really thought he was hiding and could not be found by me, little does he know. This photo is one for the archives!

Someone made a poopie in the potty and, as promised, received one space man with real buttons! (dern! i was going to give him that for his birthday!) OH...and hasn't poopied in the potty sence!

A few more images of our garden.

I"m so proud of or little garden although compared to most people around here it's not much to look at. I was talking to my dental higenist going on-and-on about this cool garden we have and how many of each veggie we have. The I find out she has a 1/2 acer garden with like 40 corn plants and no end to the cucumbers, squash, tomatoes etc. Makes our garden seem silly but being so small we sure do appreciate each little corner of it and each little baby veggie that pops up.


Strawberries have tiny drops of water on the tips of their leaves each morning.


Max's Garden consisting of leftover plants like squash and carrot and one spiderman watch.


Our baby Green Pepper (sorry for the sideways photo)


Cherry Tomotoes


Big Boy Toms

Our garden is looking very lush. Ben has done a great job of checking on it every day. He says that looking at the garden helps him think. I also feel very zen when working in the garden. The automatic water sprinkler was a super investment for this year, however the grass in our garden path is getting out of control. We have been thinking about what to do about that, maybe a gravel path?

here are a few more images from the garden.




Our cucumbers all have funny little home grown shapes.


Our voluntary Pumpkin plant has 2 baby pumpkins! Unfortunately Squash vine bores have gotten to the base and the entire plant will die soon. At least this will hopefully keep them off our real squash!


Hello Mr. Bee! Thanks for working hard in our garden!!!

All ready for Halloween!?!

Aunt Sandy found us these great halloween costumes! Have you ever seen such a thing? It has a small fan inside and the costume seals all up and inflates!! It's the funniest thing I have seen in a long long time! Max was excited to get suited up but lost entrist really fast. Hope you can see the video Ben and I were cracking up! Hope he will ware it come October.

Thanks Aunt Sandy for always thinking of us! You give us some of the neatest stuff! We love you!

BAM

To a wonderful Husband who is a wonderful Father.

Next up Wedding photos!!!!

And here is the Max OIB Series....


2008


2009


2010

And a few cousins...

A few photos of Max from our beach trip to Ocean Isle Beach, NC this year.

Beach Trip 2010

The family went to Ocean Isle Beach, NC again this year for some rest and relaxation. It was so good to see all the little cousins playing and interacting with each other. Finn 4, Max 2, Reese 1, and PRose 11 Months.... almost stair steps.

Here are some photos of our Kayaking trip. I was nervous but it all turned our great. Max really enjoyed it but wanted his own boat. We had a god paddle and no one got dumped but we never get dumped. We only got wet trying to get out because a big boat made some waves and the water went right in our boat at the last second and drenched us all... except Max!

More photos to come. We have a camera full and some wedding photos to deal with too so we might be a little slow getting them all posted.

Glad to be home!