Summer Evenings

We spent the better part of the evening preparing for today's rain. This entailed hoeing furrows for all of our wonderful seeds and teaching a 4 year old how to space out seeds. I think teaching the 4 year old was the more challenging part of the planting experience.

We figured that we still had plenty of time to plant crops that had shorter growing cycles. Abby was very excited to pick out seeds to plant, her favorite was okra. Yes, okra, it is believed to be her favorite vegetable and I admit I too am partial to it. She planted a nice 15 foot row of okra for her and poppa to enjoy in a mere two months.

As our garden grows I will post some photos of our new space. Until then we have pictures of our previous garden to get us through.

Sigh....

It's true...they grow up so fast.


Lately we have been experimenting with "new" words, our own words. Some one enjoys producing their own vocabulary, I think she likes to hear the combination of letters she produces. She has even gone as far as to attempt to name her new sibling with one such word; we are still working on that.

These days will be missed, before you know it she will shun such silliness....anyhow, I will enjoy every little word that comes out of her mouth.

Hello!

Has it really been this long since I have posted? Oh well back in the saddle! On Friday we found out the sex of our little one...a girl!! We are so excited and I am sure you can imagine how excited Abby is. She informed us that a sister is what she has always wanted ( in her 4 long years).

Oh yes, more news...we moved. What was I thinking? Right now we are living in a lake of boxes, not a sea as much of our stuff is in storage, but a little lake of disorder. We made sure that Abby's items were all unpacked to make her feel as adjusted as possible. I hope that she enjoys her new home, she has some many more opportunities than we did as kids; that seems to be the mantra these days. Those of you that know our situation understand that it is a bit unconventional these days, but it will work.

We had a busy week with moving and our first dance recital; pictures will soon follow as will the commentary!