It was a beautiful day when we got back from our walk, so we spent some time in the backyard hanging out.
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Grammy came out to visit shortly before Edward’s party and was able to spend some time with him. Edward and her had lots of fun playing, singing and dancing. I don’t know who wore who out faster. I think Edward might of won, but it was sure close.
Edward hangs out at Grammy’s house (AKA: Grammy’s motorhome)
Guess Grammy won this round.
Grammy brought a lot of Cherries over from Eastern Washington, so I got to spend a chunk of time pitting cherries.
Darrell and I worked hard this year to get a garden set up at our place. We didn’t move in until May last year and by the time we got finished moving in and everything, it was to late to start the project of making garden beds and getting a garden planted. So we started early this year. I worked on cleaning up the garden bed that sits next to the driveway while Darrell worked on making three beds in the backyard. It was a lot of work and we spent a chunk of time working on it, but it was definitely worth it.
Here are our beginning photos:
And then we have our working on them and finished beds photos:
After we finished getting the beds ready in April, we decided to try to plant by seeds and see how they would work:
After waiting a month, we started seeing green sprouts, but then the birds started eating the poor little seedlings. So in the end, we ended up just buying plants and replanting everything.
I knew we would be busy, but I didn’t expect to be this busy. I am going to do a few posts and combine some months.
July:
In July, we had our exchange student from Spain. It was a blast having her around. It kept us really busy, but was a lot of fun. We took the ferry over to Kingston and drove down to Bremerton to meet with my Uncle Paul for dinner on the first Saturday she was here. That Sunday, my cousin was in town and was having her little girl’s first birthday party, so we attended that. The next weekend we headed up to Vancouver and Sechelt to visit with some of Darrell’s relatives. The last weekend she was here, we drove down to Enumclaw for the Highland Games.
August:
The first weekend, we said good-bye to Leire and then the next afternoon, my dad showed up for a few days while waiting for a load. The next weekend, we headed over to Sandpoint since Darrell’s mom broke her heel and needed surgery. We went out to visit and help her pack a little bit of her stuff since she was getting ready to move back down to California. Darrell also volunteered as a judge for a Space Elevator competition.
September:
We had a fairly quiet beginning to September. We had Edwards doctors appointment and just spent time as a family. It was the beginning of the FTC season, so Darrell was busy helping them out. He also went for a hike with our neighbor to Blanco lake. It was a little bit more strenuous than both of them thought it would be, so they never made it all the way. At the end of September, we went down to Southern California and then drove out to Vegas for my sisters wedding. It was a lot of fun spending a week hanging out with family. Edward spent a good portion of his time in Vegas swimming in the pools. He absolutely loved the pools and didn’t want to get out. The last day of September was Darrell’s first day of class for his Master’s program at UW. This class is whopping his butt and we are glad that it is almost over. One quarter down, 8 more to go.
When we first moved into the house, we wandered around the house and Darrell saw the mess of plants that have creeped over the side of the wall and took over the side of the house.
Unfortunately, the blackberry bushes had gone up under the siding and was blocking the output for the fireplace so it was one of the first things we needed to do.
Before:
After:
