Mid Summer fun!

As we get settled into our home this summer, not too much has been happening in terms of sickness or issues with Kenny (thank God). We've been trying to keep the summer going with a trip to Alabama to see family and the home days for our new city...which just so happen to be right at the end of the street of ours...literally...in our side yard.

Here is my hubby and our nephew who owns a Kettle Corn/chocolate factory...

 The four younger kids going on rides...

 Kenny and Kay...

 Kenny was a little scared at first, but then enjoyed the ride...

 Kenny and Gina. Believe it or not, this ride went fast! Poor Kenny held Gina's arm the whole ride!

 The fun house is always fun...

 ok...another one of Kenny's favorites that went a little bit too fast for him...he was holding onto Gina for dear life!

 

 Kenny and his Grandpa...unbeknown to eachother...put on the same type of shirt for the day.

So that was the fun filled Home Days, since then, we have been visiting cousins and making the most of the rain we've been getting and welcoming home my nephew who came home on leave from the Army...

Here is my oldest getting ready to go on the makeshift slip & slide...

 the little ones even got in on the action...

 

 They all thought it would help with the sliding...garbage bags with dish soap on them... 

 haahaa...maybe this should be Pintrested under "fun times in the rain...or in the hills ;) )

We all had a really fun time. Great food and lots of laughs..its always fun with our family!

 

And finally, I've been working really hard on the gardens...veggie and flower...around the house. Believe it or not, after 19 years of trying my hardest to grow zucchini at our old house, I am finally growing them here at our new house!!! I am beyond ecstatic!

 

We are going to be having more tomatoes than we'll know what to do with...yummmmmy...

 

 Our broccoli has small heads on them...woot woot!

 The cabbage as well...we started to have a little issue with bugs and critters eating them...but with some pest control spray and some netting...I think were good... 

 

 

 our brussel sprouts have teenie tiny brussel sprouts emerging

...hopefully we'll have a good amount of them for Thanksgiving dinner...

Peppers are growing...

we'll have an over abundant amount of tomatoes of all kinds...

all the cool weather crops are really starting to take off...

 some flowers from the front yard. Forget-me-nots and purple daisies...

 

 the front yard perennials are really starting to fill out...

 

 

 And for todays harvest...our first crop of beans and come gourmet cucumbers along with regular salad ones...

 

I've always loved to garden...thanks to my Grandpa and my dad. So to teach my kids how to get their hands dirty and to reap the benefits of the hard work of planting...seeing their eyes when they come running in the house with a cucumber or tomato, really makes me smile. Life is good.