The Bounty of the Earth

It's been a while since we've posted, I know. We haven't updated about our new house or what we've been doing. I'm sorry. This will be a little update on the house, though, because I'm going to show you pictures of the yard.

I'm really excited about this yard. Number one, it's smaller. Number two, it has so many goodies growing that I can hardly stand it. I finally went on the rounds to discover what was already planted so I know what to grow in my garden this year.

This is what I found:

 I used some of these chives last week, they were delicious! I am excited for when they bloom with their gorgeous purple flowers.

 I cannot wait for summer when the peaches will be ripe on the tree. Peaches are my favorite!

 I did some digging around to discover what this was... and it's rhubarb! I've never eaten or cooked with rhubarb until this morning. I went and picked some, found a muffin recipe, and baked some up. Delicious! I'm excited about adding this to my repertoire of recipes.

 Who doesn't like strawberries? There will be so many and I can't wait. I'm excited to combine them with the rhubarb to make some jam and a pie or two. Yummy.

... and last but not least, raspberries. I could eat them all day, every day, and now I can:) There is a little irrigation ditch that runs in the back of our yard and raspberries grow all the way along it. All I can say is, awesome.

Can you tell I'm excited? I am. This will be a tasty summer and I can't wait to get planting some other goodies. Now, if this weather would just cooperate...

O...R...E...O...

Fed the kids Oreos today. Not sure why.
Maybe I should save them the trouble,
and just buy them sugar filled lard.

Christmas in March

My dad gave us quite the little Christmas gift.  Bless his goodness, love for his children, and love for the beach... he have us a trip to southern Califor-ni-a.  It was such a relaxing trip.  We just sat on the beach for 8 days.  That's it.  Although, Adelaide was lucky and my dad took her to Disneyland with Paula, Anna, Steve, and Sophie.

 We were able to see so many distant loved ones on this trip.  It was awesome. Robyn came out with the kids for a day.  Annie and Adelaide thought it was so cool that they had the same suit.

 We had a fire and made smores.

 Went to Crescent Bay (my fave).

 The tidepools are amazing.

 We saw many, many crabs.

 Brooke, Brian, Lana, and Braden came down for a day.

 Davey and Brian made a baci court in the sand.

 Davey read a book.

 We strolled along San Clemente Pier.

 Gary and Bridgette happened to be on vacation from Maine the same time we were there.  It was perfect.

 The kids buried Pa in the sand.

 Watched movies and ate popcorn.

 There was even a night of opening Christmas presents from Pa and Paula.

 Reggie loved being held...

 and hated the sand.

 I love this one.

 The beach is the best babysitter.

 Kids can play in the sand all day and never get bored.

We were also able to see one of Davey's bestest and oldest friends, Steve Funk and his family.  Another friend of his from school, Laura Ek and two of her kids were able to come for a day at the beach as well.  It was an amazingly relaxing week and beautiful to say the least.

Thanks dad for Christmas in March, we should do it every year!

Back

We are back online.  Back from California.  Back to reality (kind of).  Hopefully we can post about our trip soon, or our new house, or something that's been going on lately.