Zucchini Anyone?

We are part of a community garden up at the high school.

We have had a great time planting our crops

and watching them grow.

We try to get up there as often as possible

to weed and water and

especially now since it's time to harvest.

But this is what happens

when you don't get there for a week and a half:

Just tonight (and we were only there for an hour)

we picked

a bag of peas

a small bag of green beans

a bowl of jalapenos

20 ears of corn

and 30 zucchini

some of which were longer than Andrew's arm.

We'll probably go back tomorrow

to finish picking peas, green beans, corn

and see if the watermelon is ready to bring home.

And then there's the potatoes and tomatoes...

Happy Harvest!

P.S. Anyone have any good recipes that use zucchini??

Top of Utah Half Marathon

Official Time: 2:20:01

(Whew!!)

First day of school:

YIPEE!!
(Aren't they handsome??)

Finally, a Celebration!

We finally celebrated Oliver's birthday on Sunday.

He, unfortunately, got very sick on his actual birthday

and it was a few days before he felt well enough to enjoy a party

(and for us to have an evening with nothing going on).

Here he is with his "1" cake

And this is how he felt about his dad

trying to feed him frosting...

(in his defense, he did get sick about 10 minutes

after this picture was taken...)

Happy Birthday Oliver!

Today my little baby turned 1!

He has grow to be a sweet person

and we are so glad he's in our family.

He is a total momma's boy

and loves yogurt and nilla wafers.

He loves to cruise across the furniture

and has taken a couple steps on his own

but is not ready for walking just yet (whew...)

I remember thinking this time last year

that he was never going to come.

And now a year has gone by...

He has been my hardest baby by far.

We've been working on him eating solids

(I've had to be very creative since he won't eat baby food)

and he still gets up in the early morning to nurse.

But regardless, I love this little boy to pieces

and look forward to the many more years we have with him!

Happy Birthday, Oliver!