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!

A boy and his safety goggles.

Max loves his daddy! He is always putting on Ben's shoes and hat and saying things like "I missed you real bad" and "you are my best friend" so sweet!

Long story short we received a bunch of cupcake decorating stuff! A BUNCH!!! so one rainy day we got a box of cheep cake mix and Let max go to town decorating cupcakes! What an artist! What a mess!! it was fun.

"I gotta twig... and I aint afraid to use it..."

Ben catches Max mid air!

MeMike & Pops with the grands

2 are better than one!

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After

The long awaited haircut.... cute no matter what!

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After


Close up


The Garden

Well finally the long awaited garden has been planted! Sunday I took all my little tender plants and put them in there appointed spots. We have a sprinkler set up in the middle hooked into a timer so they will get about 30 min. every morning for the next week. We also had to come up with a make shift fence for the dogs, it's not pretty but it does the job and keeps them from running through. So far so good Everything survived the transfer from cup to ground and even the lettuce has a few new leaves. One problem we are having with the organic compost is it keep growing! our weeds are pumpkin vines and squash, tomatoes and peppers! we could just grow our compost!!! hahaha. I know it doesn't look like much now but it shows some great promise I think!

Lettuce!

So Ben started this lettuce quite a while back - I wish I had photos of it in the snow! Some how it survived and we cut it an ate it! It was gorgeous and made enough salad for two meals Our very own organic lettuce! I'm so proud of my hubby!

Okay got some catching up to do....

These are from a few weeks back. Having a great morning with Max on the trampoline - one of those happy moments I will remember forever. The weather was perfect! No pollen yet and not too hot we rolled around and jumped and played and sometimes just laid there watching birds and airplanes. We just had a good ole time hanging out together. Max had the great idea to get the camera so we did... enjoy.

Happy Anniversary To Us
Ben and I have been married 5 wonderful years on March 26th


Romantic Snow Globes by WiddlyTinks.com

Our Plants are coming along very nicely! The Squash is the biggest and the green peppers are the smallest.


Here is a cucumber plant that is having trouble letting go of it's shell.

Don't be alarmed! It's still the same blog we just changed up the look a bit!
Hope you like it.

Max and I went to Touch A Truck at Heritage Park Saturday morning. There were huge cranes, a fire truck, a bomb squad robot, helicopter, tractors, motorcycles and big orange dirt moving things! He LOVED it! He wanted to drive everything of course. He ended the trip with a nice hay ride that almost put him to sleep. Then we came home and had a picnic in the back yard while we did some light water color painting before our nap. It was a nice Saturday.

Seeds in a cup full of dirt with water and sunshine for 5 days....

Is it time to mow the lawn! Spring is here! We all had a great time mowing the lawn and taking pictures of each other.

Farmer Ben


Our Garden Boxes


Our Babies


Plants to come...


A Shocking Discovery!

Nice Weather!

YAY! Fianly some nice weather! Whooo hoooo.

While Ben and I talked veggies in the back yard today Max jumped on the trampoline (with extremely close supervision) and his hair got FULL of static. Bless his heart everything he touched shocked him for a good 5 minuets.

Ben and I have started getting the gardens ready. Ben's compost and a few bags of new soil have been turned in already. We have seedlings popping up in our kitchen window sill and have mapped out where we will plant everything. I"m excited about planting sunflowers this year . Sunflowers are so pretty and i've never grown any of my very own. We are planting too much but it will be fun, Big Tom's, lil Toms, zucchini, cucumbers, green peppers, carrots, sweet potatoes, Jalapino's, spinach, broccoli and I'm sure I'm leaving something out. The only thing we have left to get are some tomato cages and we will be all set.

Now for a nap :)