Finally Got Some Pictures Uploaded

Aaron surprised me with tickets to Lion King, the broadway version and Capitol Theatre for our Anniversary this year (August 21st was our anniversary, but we went to the show on August 25th)

Conner came home from his mission so he could spend a few weeks with Grandma before she died, and we went to the airport to greet him (late at night, hence Ally's tantrum/mood)

Kyrie took and aced Preschool level 2 swim lessons at the Clearfield Aquatics center

Ally and I took a mommy & me swim class at the same time Kyrie was swimming (no chasing a 2 year old to keep her out of the water, and Ally learned valuable safety lessons)

I have had lots of problems trying to upload pictures to blogger, so I had not updated in a long while, plus I feel like life's been on fast forward. Consider this my reader's digest version of this summer's happenings.

Kyrie Freestyle Video

Here's the clip of Kyrie's freestyle. It's about 20 seconds long.

Kyrie Freestyling @ Nationals, May 22, 2010

Kyrie took 1st place in Freestyle. She was up against several other girls her age. The 2nd cutest (although equally ranked, for sure) freestyle I saw was EvVah Fewkes. The 2 year old was absolutely adorable!

Western Nationals May 21-22, 2010

Kyrie's Team Dance

Kyrie, Ada, and Ally

Kyrie and Ada in their similar costumes

Kyrie had 2 team dances, and her team took first place for both of those dances.

Lessons Learned about Gardening Thus Far

Perennial herbs like sage do well in the cold, and are safe to be planted around April 15th. Broccoli is a cold weather plant and can also be planted around April 15th, and it survives light freezes.

Peas need a trellis system (so they can climb while they grow), but should be planted outdoors March 15th (I didn't plant mine early enough, or with a trellis).

Corn, tomatoes, pumpkins, watermelon, cucumbers, honeydew, and cantaloupe should NEVER be planted before May 15th, unless they are well covered/insulated. (I don't think I'll try bothering with covering them or buying them before May 15th.)

It's been good to learn about gardening. Hopefully I'll have enough figured out before next year to actually be successful.

I also found out the church has a website that is very informative about gardening: Provident Living

Garden Progress Part II, May 20, 2010

Our new watermelon starts

Our new pumpkin starts

Some new tomato starts

Peas that came through ... I didn't know I needed a trellis until after I planted the peas (will place a trellis next year).

This picture doesn't do it justice, but the picture of the broccoli plants shows they're doing well, especially since they started out the same size our cauliflower plants are in the other posts' pictures.

Plant Progress 5/20/2010

Our newly purchased cauliflower (to replace the dead corn plants).

Sweet Basil and English Thyme (to replace the dead lemon basil)

Our still-surviving sage and other herb.

Some of our raspberry starts

Our still-surviving strawberry plants (left from the previous owners).

We bought plants to replace the ones we killed.