Bloom Where You're Planted

I have been dying to plant something for as long as I can remember. I have dreamed about someday having my own home, planting a garden and a few flower pots and raising kids. Well my dreams are coming true. I bought a flower pot and called my mom because she is an expert homemaker and gardener. She went through the Master Gardener program and has always been a good one to call for advice. She came up from Sandy and helped me plant the pot shown above. Of course we had to take a picture of the two of us due to the occasion. My mom and I couldn't help but laugh of how ridiculous we looked taking pictures slammed up against the house next to a flower pot. Out of all the years my mom has gardened she had never taken a picture next to her good work. Leave it to me to be the first to be excited about taking a picture next to a flower pot.
I had so much fun planting flowers I decided I must start a garden. During Kylie's naps I would pull weeds and till our rock garden as fast as I could before she would wake up. I'm sure anyone observing would think I was trying to set a new record for the fastest garden planted. I read all the directions and even took out a ruler to measure making sure our garden would have the best possible chance of survival. I planted cucumbers, squash, peas, chives, strawberries, and red and green peppers. I was not sure how many to plant so I just used all the seeds. Apparently that is a lot by the response I have received from others. I now love talking about gardening and find it amusing to discover the tricks of the trade. I'm already calling myself a gardener.

Fishing Hats

Last weekend we spent Friday night with the Jones. Nate just bought Dave's dream fishing boat so Dave and I decided that we needed special fishing hats for the occasion. We have been searching everywhere we go in pursuit of crazy hats that even the fish will giggle at. We found a couple that we liked and decided to show them off to the Jones showing our preparation for our future fishing trips. So it hit me... lets play SCUM and use these hats according to how well we are doing in the game. Genius! So that's exactly what we did. We tried so hard to make our men be in a position in the game to where the silliest hats. What a riot! We had so much fun I felt like I was back in high school playing silly games. We had a great time and it is now going to be difficult not to play SCUM without wearing HATS.