Our Garden

Kevin wanted us to start having our own garden.  First, he removed an old, uneven sidewalk in back of our house.  Then, he built and filled in the raised beds.  My job was to start plants in the greenhouse and have them ready for the boxes.  This was a long project, because he was only able to work on it when he came home between fires so I had to re-pot the plants into bigger pots often.  Maylee and I kept things watered well...which meant sprinkler time for Maylee.  She loved being able to pick and eat blueberries, strawberries, thimble berries, and pea pods while she was playing.

 Maylee planted these seeds...she over-watered the trays on the left which caused the seeds to wash out.

She is helping "dig for gold."

Her plants are getting bigger...

 Last two garden boxes for our pumpkins and squash...

Flower Girl Maylee

Donata's Wedding

Donata is a close family friend and chose Maylee to be her flower girl.

The wedding was held on her parent's property and had a country theme.

It was perfect for Donata and Matt!

Rehearsal

Donata's Big Day

 Is Maylee rubbing off on them or did they rub off on her?

4th of July 2013

Kev was in Colorado on fire assignment so it was just the girls and I.  We joined friends and participated in our local celebration.  Again, matching dresses selected by Maylee.

June Snapshots

 Look!  Maylee dressed me up!

Maylee likes to pretend she is Rapunzel...

Cousin Kyle and Sam's Wedding

 Dollar Dance...

 Cousins

 Dancing Queen

 Somebody is laughing about destroying her sister's fort.

 

Kaleah is 7 Months Old

Kaleah loves playing with her toes.  She also got her first two teeth at seven months old.  

She isn't rolling over yet, but she tries.

Father's Day Weekend

Kev returned to his Forest Service fire fighter job so the girls didn't get to see him until Father's Day weekend.  We did garden projects on Saturday.  On Father's Day, Maylee picked going to a park with frozen yogurt as the special thing to do with Dad.

Kaleah's present to Dad was getting her first two teeth on Father's Day morning! 

The girls also gave him a travel coffee mug that they painted and put their hand prints on.

Kaleah's MRI

Kaleah's head growth was not following typical trends for two check-ups in a row so the doctor ordered an MRI.  Luckily, the results came back stating everything is okay.  Poor girl has had many extra appointments (inversion procedure for turning breech, ultrasound on her hips for being breech, physical therapy on her tongue, and the MRI.)  We know she will have to have plastic surgery to remove a cyst beside her eye when she is a little older.  After that, we hope we are done with all these extra appointments/procedures. 

 

Visiting Relatives in June

We traveled south again to attend Great Uncle Derrill's 80th birthday.  Uncle Clay from the other side of the family also happened to be visiting in Moscow.

Again, Maylee picked out these dresses at the store so her little sister could match her.

We will see how long she thinks it is cool for Kaleah to dress like her.

Cinder kept sniffing at a spot in Ammie's yard.  

She found a divot that baby bunnies were nestled in.  Maylee thought this was cool!