The garden is in full bloom! How wonderful to see all our hard work paying off. A new ray of sunshine has brightened our garden!
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| We can't wait for sunflower seeds! |
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| I think this pumpkin is going to be ready before October! |
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| Ken can't wait to make Chile Relleno's with these Ancho peppers. |
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| Picked our first Eggplant, made Eggplant Parmesan! |
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| We may even have some grapes this year. |
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| Tomatoes will be ready to pick this weekend! |
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| The Marigolds in Ella's garden! |
The garden is just full of life and we hoped the fish were too at the annual neighborhood fishing derby. Ella had been waiting weeks for the fishing derby and she was so excited to take part. She awoke bright and early, ready to go. They tried catching worms in the back yard, but after 30 minutes and only finding one worm in the yard, they took off to Wal-mart to "catch" them instead.
Ella caught a 5.5 inch blue gill, during the two hour derby. She had fun and even her brother tried his hand at fishing.
It won't be long before Eric will be out fishing too.
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| Eric keeping a watchful eye on the fish! |
Ella and Ken had a great time fishing. We are so lucky to have such a wonderful neighborhood event as this. The kids were all excited and they had a great turn out. Ella was one of the youngest participants and she hopes next year to win one of the trophy's for biggest fish caught!
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Ella's green ribbon!
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Following the fishing derby there was more fun to be had the neighborhood picnic. They had horses to ride, games to play, and great food to eat! We all had a blast and the weather was perfect!
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| Eric's first ride! |
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| Ella trying her hand at mini golf! |
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| Eric loved the jump castle! |
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| Ella danced to musical dots! |
We were very happy to have Grandma and Grandpa Swift join us for the fishing derby and picnic, as they stayed a few days with us as they were preparing for their trip back home to Florida.
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| Eric and Grandpa lounging. |
We all really enjoyed their visit and hope to see them in the Fall, for a much needed vacation to Disney World.
