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Gems In The Garden

If you don't have strawberries in your garden, you should plant them.

That's all.

Summer Time in I.P.

I have this relationship with Summer Time. It's strange because EVERYONE loves summer time. I do too, don't get me wrong. But when your husband is a farmer, you just kind of like winter. That is, if you like spending time with him... which I do.
So here we are, it's summer time and my husband is a working like a wild man. Checking pivots, fixing pivots, hauling, spreading, spraying, fixing, unclogging, bleeding, driving tractoring (not a word, I know), you get the idea.
And then one day, one day he says to you, "I think we could go up to Island Park for two days next week. What do you think?" And the Napoleon Dynamite in you says, "HECK, YES!"
A, hem. Let me get a hold of myself. This may or may not be what happened at our house a few weeks ago. All leading up to the two measley pictures. Thanks for sticking with me on my ramblings. I can think of two people who would still be reading this (thanks Heather and Kristine).
Here is Gwen who is somewhat of a dare devil, she hopped in the water to swim with dad. They look so happy in this picture, I love it.

We always bring the rain with us to Island Park, but that's okay. A few sweatshirts later and we good.

I deeply love at least two days this summer.

The Beach

I realized the other day that we don't have to fly to California to go to the beach. We have Rigby Lake! The cleanest water in all of Idaho!
The girls have been wanting to build sandcastles and so off we went to spend a day in the sun while Derek is hard at work! I haven't been to Rigby Lake for about 10 years and it was much improved. I was pleasantly surprised. We had a blast and we mostly played in the sand the entire time. For the rest of the time, I sat under my wonderful, big, new, umbrella and read my book.

Fun fun!

Best Holiday Ever

I think this has been and will always be my title for the 4th of July. WE LOVE THE 4TH OF JULY!!! The food and weather are the BEST!
We loved the parade, the girls really enjoyed it. They would have enjoyed it more if they'd gotten more candy! We were at the end of the route and everyone had run dry on candy. Oh well, still fun. Here we are with cousins and family:
Here are the girls at the fireworks, enjoying themselves on the flatbeds.

The blue-mouthed-two-year-old-girls!

Watching the fireworks:

Gwen was covering her ears the whole time.

So much fun, can't wait until next year.

My Baby!

Gwen is TWO!! She is such a sweetie and she enjoyed her birthday very much! We did what she wanted on her big day, and dad got to spend the day with us. (Which was my favorite part.)
In the morning she had her door decorated and BOTH girls loved it.
We went to the zoo, and then to the park for a picnic. Here they are with cousin Levi, playing at the old park on Rollandet.

Blowing out her two candles.

Opening presents.

The best part: eating the cake!

And we try to get a family picture on birthdays, so here is it. It's a beauty, I know.

Farmin'

I am so happy that my husband is a farmer and that we have all sorts of fun things to explore. Here are my happy girls ready to go on a ride around the farm.

I do have the same matching outfit.

My Green Thumb

Alright, so I don't really have a green thumb but I'm working on it. I really enjoy gardening and flowers etc. I have found so much joy in watching my flowers bloom and picking fruits and veggies out of my garden. Here are a few of my favorites from earlier this summer.

Some of my favorite flowers that remind me of when I was little:
Gerber daisies are so pretty!

I love this clematis vine. It is huge now and I love every blossom.

And Evelyns bird house out on the pine tree. So cute.

I'm working on the green thumb. When everything I plant actually GROWS :).