My Garden!

This year has been a little tough on my garden with the rains early on. I was scared that nothing was going to grow but so far it looks okay. I have my beans climbing up the string and hopefully I will have enough to can them. I have about 4 potato plants that are doing well so I should be able to get close to 75 pounds! There is a good amount of carrots coming up and the pumpkins are growing like crazy! They have escaped onto my grass! I did plant lettuce, some herbs and tomatoes but unfortunately they did not do as well as I had hoped. I am starting to get this whole green thumb thing down I think!

Woodland Park Zoo

So we decided to go to the Woodland Park Zoo last weekend with Brian's parents. Lucy is pretty big on the animals so we thought it would be a good idea. She had a good time. Even though she had a cold she walked almost the entire way through the zoo and looked at all the animals. She really enjoyed feeding the birds as well as the monkeys. Kate did great as well. She slept for a little while but was is a good mood the whole time. Enjoy the pictures!

Love It!

So this week I was able to start moving into my new classroom at my new school. It is awesome! I found most of my new equipment all packed up on 4 pallets about 4 ft tall. I moved so many boxes on Tuesday! My job now is to finish unpacking the boxes, inventory the stuff, put it away, and collapse the enormous pile of empty boxes. I am loving that I have new stuff but this is a huge job and so little time to get it all done.
We are making a little progress on the addition. Brian used a crane to move the shed and hopefully we will have our permits soon and get the excavation started. I really didn't think that permits would take so long but this is a learning process too!
The girls are getting huge! Lucy's vocabulary is getting bigger and bigger. She is asking actual questions and putting more concepts together. Kate is using her hands a lot more and hopefully she will be sitting up soon.

Almost There!

Well it has been a while since I have posted. There hasn't been much happening around here lately. We enjoyed our 2nd camping trip to Rife Lake with the Vawters a while back. It was a good time. Lucy actually went in the lake! Once on her own at the swimming hole and again when we were on the boat. Brian took a picture...Ignore the woman with her!
We are trying to get started on the addition to the house. Brian has taken down the fence and we are hopefully going to get the hole dug soon. Once we get the permits back we can get the foundation done and Brian can start building! It will be fabulous when it is done and I am extremely excited.
We are almost back to school starting! That gets me really excited. It is going to be a great experience opening a new junior high. Liberty sounds like it will be a great school and the staff has been awesome so far. Not to mention that I get to unpack brand new equipment for my classroom which is awesome! Meetings are starting up and the countdown has started!

Comparison

Lucy is on the left and Kate is on the right. What do you think??

Newborn
1 Month

2 Months
3 Months

4 Months

So big!

Summer Fun!

We have been having a blast so far this summer. Lucy has been a huge water machine. She loves the pool that she can slide down. She has started to be adventurous and try coming down the slide in different ways. She also loves her cousin Kyla and tries to make her laugh. Auntie Jen also has three kitties that Lucy thought were great. Only problem was that Lucy is used to being really rough with cats so I don't think they liked it very much. To see more pictures take a look at the photo album link on the blog. There is a folder for Summer 2010.