A Holiday Weekend

The 4th started of with a bang. Or a crash rather. About an hour after Paul left for work, Cale and Rylan were out riding their bikes. Cale turned to sharp, fell and busted his chin. Wide open. Paul came home, and we went to the ER. A couple hours and 4 stitches later we were on our way home. We stopped for lunch and a treat and he started to complain about his jaw and teeth. Further inspection showed he chipped 2 teeth- upper and lower first molars. Hopefully we can get into the dentist tomorrow to see how bad they are. And the stitches come out on Friday.

After Paul came home from work, again, we started to dig into the fireworks. This is the first year we've ever bought fireworks- there are perks to selling a car to the manager of a firework warehouse, such as 60% off.

The kids were so excited....usually they are excited just to watch neighborhood explosions from our yard, but this year our 2 neighbors both had some to set off, plus ours, plus the random ones we can see from our yard. And I got over my aniexty once the sparklers were gone.

Sunday was fishing and playing up in Townsed. Lakin nearly caught his first fish....he handed the pole to his dad and walked away about a second before it bit. He was still excited since it was on his pole.
And of course there was food. Paul's mom and Grandmother were up this time....which means lots of food. I think they ate more than played.

Aside from the start, it was a great weekend. And we all woke up ready today for the first day of our new school year. 3rd grade, 1 st grade, Pre K and Preschool.....

Harvest Update- June

Total harvest for June:

52. 33 lbs


total for the year:
102.28 lbs

The tomatoes and cucumbers are coming in. We've been having this cucumber tomato salad a lot with dinner. It's great- 4 ingredients: cucumbers, tomatoes, fresh basil and onion. All from the back yard. We have a few cantaloupes, lots of peppers, the boys are excited that the corn actually grew this year- over my head. Usually it tassels at about 2 ft tall and never amounts to much. The sweet potato plants have taken over, I only wish I could see what was going on under the soil.

Blueberry Picking!

On the way home from the mountains last Friday I drove by the local blueberry farm to see if they were open or had a sign out. They did and they were opening for the season today. We were all pretty excited since we have missed the season the past few years due to not paying attention to the dates. So we piled in the car this morning at 8 am and headed to the farm...

They gave us our buckets and belts and sent us on our way. The boys of course loved picking in here:

We picked for about an hour

Until Lakin wore out and wanted to be held.

But we got about 7 lbs of berries....ready for freezing and eating and baking.

Now I just have to go to the store for some items to make the pie they are begging me to make.