The Garden

Saturday afternoon we took advantage of the nice weather and planted our garden. We actually only planted beans in the garden spot, but don't worry our pumpkin has a better spot - you better watch out all you pumpkin growers, ours is going to win!! Claire helped me plant about 50 strawberry plants in our new strawberry patch - hopefully it works out better than last year. Then she ran inside and found her watering can and watered each one very carefully. She was very happy to have the hose and a job all to herself. Owen loved putting the seeds in the ground, and where Claire helped the beans should be very thick - she doesn't understand spacing the seeds very well, but she had fun. Now we just have to wait for it to grow so our work can begin - weeding, watering, and canning a ton of beans - what fun!!!

The Baby Animal Fair

Our friends the Copelands invited us to go with them to the fairgrounds to the baby animal fair. We had a great time!! Owen absolutely loved the animals. They had them in pens, but the kids could go in and pet each one. Owen would run from pen to pen, and push people out of the way so he could pet the animals. It was a side of him I have not yet met. When he as holding the baby bunny, he actually gave it a kiss. I missed the picture opportunity, but it was really cute. I really had to keep my eyes on him or he would have got away. I thought Claire would be a little more skeptical of the whole thing, but she got right in there and pet all the animals. They really enjoyed seeing the snakes at the end, but I was standing a little to far away to take pictures. Lets just say they were big!!! We finished off our fun morning with a wagon ride, and then went over to Uncle Trevor and Aunt Shanna's for some lunch - thanks for inviting us.

Free Time

I got out of the shower the other morning, and this is what I found. Apparently his reading level is much higher than I thought, or he just loves looking at books upside down.

My Kitchen Helper

Last week I decided it was time to make some strawberry jam (my all time favorite). Claire has become very helpful in the kitchen, so she couldn't wait to help. She wasn't to happy when she realized that it mostly cooks on the stove and it bubbles, but she loved stirring in the pectin, and pouring in all the sugar.

Friday Morning Favorite

I think I am asked every day if the garbage truck is here. Owen just loves that truck, and when he hears it on Friday morning it is the treat of the week for him. It is the easiest day to get him dressed because I always tell him we have to hurry so we can see the garbage truck. Good thing it has a pretty set schedule and always comes about the same time.

Grandpa, Sun, Snow and Cousins

We have had a busy week, and I just wanted to make sure that we remember it. We were so lucky to have a visit from Grandpa Farmer on Monday and Tuesday. He was doing business in Salt Lake and had a few days off. It is so great for the kids to see him, and they love for him to come because he brings them bribes (M&M's - my kids will do just about anything for one of those). So after grandpa sugars them up, he is covered with kisses and hugs just so they can get some more. On Monday night for FHE we went to the park and had a picnic and played on the toys. Tuesday Grandpa worked all day with Aunt Heather, but we were all together for a BBQ at Heather's house (thanks for the ribs dad - they were yummy!!). Claire was so happy that he was here that she didn't want to go to her friends house while I taught preschool so she waited for him to get off his conference call so she could go with him. It was so cute. We never got any pictures because once I remembered to take any, the kids were grumpy - next time!

We had great weather on Monday and Tuesday, then came the snow - I think everyone knows how I feel about that.

Friday we headed to the library, where the kids have so much fun. I had a tons of books to look at for preschool, but they just played and were so good. Afterwards we went for chicken and french fries at Artic Circle (their favorite place because of the toys). We played for awhile, and then went home for naps.

Saturday was a busy day. Our stake has some wheat available to them, so we went and got about 200 pounds of wheat. Then Chad and Owen went to the dump to get rid of some other trees that we cut down (Chad told me today that maybe it is so cold because we keep cutting trees down, but we are done now so it can't be blamed on me).

After that we headed to Firth. All the sister-in-laws had a plan to go to Olive Garden for lunch, and all the kids got to play. We had lunch, and then did a little shopping. I picked up a great kitchen for the preschool at DI. I just need to clean it up. Then I got a new portable DVD player for our upcoming trip to White Bird. Unfortunately one of the screens doesn't work, and we don't have a Target here so I guess I will have to make another trip to Idaho Falls.

That night we had a BBQ with everyone and played forever. It was so great to see everyone and have Stacey, Chad and their kids there. I of course forgot my camera (I need to work on that). The kids were very grumpy today because of no naps yesterday and not getting to bed until 10:00.

Today was so beautiful that we played outside for 2 hours with the kids. They rode their bikes, swung, and dug in the sand box that is not quite completed. We are all ready for a rest from our weekend adventures.

Happy May!

Who said that it was May?? I woke up this morning with Chad looking out the window and making a lot of noise - well, I don't really blame him. I want warm weather. On Monday and Tuesday it was so nice. We were at the park both days and took walks outside. We all got some much needed vitamin C. Now, we have snow again - at least 6 inches. Where is Spring???? We are all ready and it needs to come soon. So hopefully mother nature will listen to all of us pleading mothers and bring it soon.