Oops…

It seems that I have gotten a little behind on my blog posts… the last one I did was from July and it’s now January… so I guess I’ll just have to quickly catch up and make it my New Years Resolution to be more on top of my blogs.

This summer was hot and beautiful!  Which was great for our lawn and new trees and garden! We worked so hard on making our yard look good and by the end of the summer, we were really proud of the accomplishments we had made!

 

Jordan and his brother’s decided to do the Color Run this summer as well, it’s where they get chalk thrown at them through out the course… Jordan’s advice to anyone who wants to do it, keep your mouth closed, it’s super hard to get the chalk off of your teeth!

We also had a great Fourth of July (but really missed being at the Calgary Stampede, so we’re planning on doing that next year!) and we spent some time at the cabin!

Visit from Mom and Dad!

Mom and Dad came down to visit us this weekend and we shopped til we dropped, saw one really good movie (Rock of Ages – so good!  Had to stop myself from singing along with every song) saw one not so good movie (This Means War – what is the appeal of Chelsea Handler anyway?  I think she is so annoying) ate tons of good food AAAAAAAND got to pet some penguins at the Idaho Falls zoo!

Here’s Dad doing what Dad does best… grilling steaks!  They were sooooo good!

Roxy and Hurley could not get enough of my parents, it was funny to see them fighting for their attention!

We went to the zoo to see the penguins and it was such a cool experience to be able to play and pet the penguins!  They were black-footed penguins from South Africa!  So fun!  We got a special treat too, cause they brought out two of the baby ones for us to play with! 

Heat Wave!

Holy cannoli, it has been soooo hot here!  Everything is growing super fast, which is nice, but it’s also been a pain trying to keep everything watered! 

My rose bush is blooming already!  And they are gorgeous!  The combo of my Dappled Willow tree and my rose bush is probably my favorite thing in my yard, I just think they look so cute!

We had some “issues” with the zinnias in the front flower bed, and by “issues” I mean they all died, so we replaced them with these cute pink dahlias and things are looking much better now!  However, the zinnias in the side flower are doing awesome, they are like two feet tall!  It’s so weird!

The garden is coming along nicely too, we already have a pepper coming and we are going to have a TON of raspberries even though it was the first year they were planted!

Have I ever mentioned how much I love my husband?

I’m pretty sure I say it all the time but I just think Jordan is the best!  Guess it was a good thing I married him huh?  Take for example this weekend:  he has a cold and has been feeling sick but the stud muffin had signed up to run a 10K with his brother and sister and so he still ran it – and he came in under an hour!  And then after that, he came home and whipped up some curtains for our bedroom… like it was no big deal.  Sometimes I wonder if there is anything he can’t do…?  (the answer is yes, he is terrible at cleaning… )

These came from a pin I found on Pinterest… here it is below.  He did pretty dang good!

In other news, we had our first garden casualty… the basil just couldn’t make it.  But we also had our first corn stalks come out…

And we finally have GRASS growing on the western side of the house!!  Hooray!  It’s not just dirt anymore!

Dad, check out my Sweet Peas!

Just hanging out…

It was a solar eclipse this weekend… so I borrowed Arden’s welding helmet so I could watch it!  PS, the eclipse took A LOT longer than I thought it would… it all happened veerrrryyy slllloowwwllyy….