My garden

This year I worked part time during the summer in a gravel pit as a pit boss. Emily dislikes when I work at all as usually something suffers because of it. This year the disaster was my garden. Oh and my interior home improvement plans took a hit too. Unless I am home every day, the garden is a goner as it is so big, weeds usually catch up and pass me. Lets take a look at my beautiful garden this year, shall we? Especially since we are for sure not taking a tour of my house.

Yummy strawbs.

There are usually strawberries here. My Concord grapes are right behind them and you can see they are all mad at me too as they haven’t gotten any attention.

The old coop.

This is the old chicken coop. It is being replaced by the new red barn chicken coop. We will get to that later.

Fuji apples

Here is our wonderful Fuji apple tree. It is three years old. It is doing very well because the weeds are not able to go that high.

Huge pumpkins

We planted a few Dill Atlantic Giant pumpkins. Here is one of them growing. Weeds don’t seem to bother those much.

Heat for the winter

I cut down a walnut tree and this is just some of the pile that will be used for firewood.

Statuesque fields of corn

My lovely cornfield. Certainly all our family will enjoy eating this. Hit "older posts" below to see the new red barn.

The new red barn

I built this new red barn chicken coop for my chickens, as it is easier to heat and take care of during the winter. A little smaller too. That wood is over a hundred years old. The old coop was just too huge. I might use the old one to house my tiller, my lawn mower and about a million rounds of ammo or something.
Well that's it for this years garden. the dow dropped 500 points today so maybe next year the only thing we will be eating will be OUT of this garden. I feel I'd do better if that was the case.

Ode to Jacob

Jacob is officially a TEENAGER!!!!!

Jacob is a wonderful young man.
Jacob is funny.
Jacob loves to cook.
Jacob is really responsible.
Jacob loves to pass the sacrament. He looks so good in his suit!
Jacob has a very serious side and thinks about a lot of things.
We love you, Jacob! We're so glad Heavenly Father sent you to our family!!!

Ode to David

My baby boy is NINE!

David is a joy to our family.
David smiles a lot.
David says funny things.
David is very easy going.
David loves to read.
David loves to sing so much that we bought him his own hymn book for church.
David loves school.
When we finish reading scriptures, David says, "Aww, can't we please just read one more chapter?"
We all love our David very much.
Happy Birthday, Davey pavey! We love you!

Date Night in Italy

We had dinner at Gloria's Little Italy in Provo last night. We absolutely loved the atmosphere and the yummy authentic Italian Food. We got there around 6pm and without a reservation had to wait for 25 minutes. The only thing we would have changed is that we would have made a reservation. When we left, the parking lot was full of people eating gelato while they waited 45 minutes or more for seats.

Jay liked it so much, he hugged the host on the way out. . . the guy said, "See ya Jay. Thanks for grabbing my side." We decided that when we go out to dinner, we want to start going to new places. . . .anyone have any suggestions for next time?

Oh How Lovely Was the Morning

If you had to choose a favorite. . . sunrise or sunset, which would you choose? Today I would choose a sunrise. Here is a picture of one from Friday morning. This is the beautiful Spanish Fork valley. The absolute best part of my day is when I come over the Santaquin hill in the morning. My breath catches in my throat as the sun begins to shine on the valley that lays before me. I am filled with a sense of hope. Hope for a new day - a new beginning. Nothing on Heavenly Father's beautiful earth quite compares to the early morning sunrise for me. I am so blessed to live in Utah and have the distinct pleasure of commuting each day past this gorgeous site.
~Em