This is the first  watermelon we have been able to grow.  Every spring that we have been married we have planted a garden for the garden fresh tomatoes, and each year we have thrown a watermelon plant in just in case.

Well this is the first year that we actually got watermelons to grow!  I thought I was the most excited about it, it turns out Chase was so excited he couldn't help but pick it......even though it was still a little small.

O.k., REALLY small! 

He insisted that we eat it because afterall, we had waiting all summer for it to "get a big belly".  Apparently this was big enough for Chase.


So we cut it open and ate it.  Chase had it in his mouth and back out so fast that I didn't even get a picture of it.

Maybe next year........

One of the ways we kept an extremely energetic 2 year old busy this summer.

.... and maybe his mom and dad as well..... but there are no pictures of that :)

And this is what Brody did while we had our fun.

Brody's blessing

We blessed Brody on the 4th of July.  I always get so busy and freaked out when I am in charge of those things that I forget to take pictures, so these are the few I managed to capture.

Daniel's b-day

June 19, 2010

The ice cave

June 19, 2010

There is an ice cave hidden up at Miners Basin.  We like to hike up there every once in a while so we won't forget how to get to it.  This year the snow had completely covered it, so we just played in the snow instead.

Chase thought it was pretty fun throwing "snow borns" at Grandpa down below.

I'm back........

and blogging in style.  After our 5 year old computer (death bed age for computers) crashed and fried 2 hard drives with it we finally got a new one.  And it's amazing going from a 5 year old computer to an "average" new one.

We picked one out and ended up getting a floor model for a discount, so we used the money to buy an office chair.  We have been using a folding chair or camp chair for years now so this is a huge improvement as well.

I'm ready to blog to my hearts content :)

I'm taking a break....

I'm sure you've noticed the blog has become sporadic and boring lately.  I'm burned out.  I'm frustrated at my camera which is focusing at less than 50% of the time (actually my lens I think).  Our computer crashed and took along with it some of my more recent pictures that I hadn't gotten backed up yet, and there just isn't time anymore as I try to adjust to two boys (okay sometimes three :) fighting for my attention.

So I'm just going to take a break, relax and take some pressure off.  Which is hard to admit because I do this blog for myself and my kids to look back at, but no worries....

I'll be back...