Potato Harvest

We tried growing potatoes for the first time this year. We planted them in grow bags and they sat on our driveway. We planted two bags, one white potatoes and one with red. Each bag started with three  organic tubers (shriveled up potato starts with eyes on them). We harvested them this weekend 

and we can't wait to eat them! 

Our bounty! 

 

Leo and Maxi

This summer we got to watch Leo on Tuesdays and Thursdays when Ty was at work and Val was at class. He's such an easy going pup. He's a good boy, but his one down fall is chewing on baskets...good thing he's so cute.  One weekend this summer, Ty & Val and Mimi & Papa were out of town so we got to pet sit Leo and Maxi! 

Look at all dog hair on the floor!

 Lots of playing!

June This and That

Since forever Kiera's been sleeping just like this!

 Girl Scout Pizza Box Decorating...We decorated boxes

at our Girl Scout Meeting then had our pizza served in 

our personal boxes! 

 Retirement Lunch for Mrs. Delagrange

The kids were with us because we came right 

from Camp Invention

 Dogsitting our granddog/nephew

 Walking in the rain!

 The "Bait Shack" is now being called the "She Shed"

And she got some ferns...Mom shared her antique finials 

with me and I think they're perfect! 

 A great summer morning...farm fresh blueberries in my

yogurt and reading a book! 

 Makin' eggs with Papa Bear

Excited to try my hand at Elephant Ear bulbs! 

 Visiting Jake's Goat Farm and feeding baby goats

 Hello from the pond!

We finally got our passports this week at the library. 

We laughed so hard at our photos, we can't pick whose is the funniest!

Mentos and Coke

Mimi and Papa got Kiera the "Geyser Tube" for Christmas, which is a contraption that releases Mentos into a two liter of Coke after the string is pulled. It's a trick that's been done many times before but it never gets old! 

 Setting up...

 The aftermath...

 After the explosion, Kiera used the 

single scoop ice cream scoopers to enjoy a

(slightly minty) Coke Slush!

Kindness Rocks Project

The latest craze is painted rocks...but this one is extra

fun because they are "kindness rocks." Kind messages are

written/panted on decorated rocks and hidden around

town in hopes to brighten someone's day. We had a little

station set up at our block party, but didn't get many rocks

painted...mostly because we had an inflatable water slide

there! So we set a weekend day aside and invited the some

neighborhood girls to a backyard rock painting party. The 

rocks we created were beautiful and uplifting. See for yourself...

Each girl showing off their favorite rock

On the back of each rock, we listed a website and a hashtag

so we could spread the love via social media

Then later in the week, after the rocks had been sealed with

a clear coat of paint, we hopped on our bikes and hid the rocks

around town!