The Large Family Garden

Eric and I decided we needed a bigger garden this year. We borrowed some land from a friend of ours. So far the garden is a success. This our test year. We know what we will do next year and what we will not do. Keeping up with the weeds has been fun. The garden measures 55ft by 85ft. We harvested some potatoes for dinner last night. Very wonderful. We also have our garden at home. We harvested all the peas this weekend. We got a gallon and a half of peas in the freezer now. I am planning a second crop. When the corn is ready we will have a big corn boil and have a party.

Front Yard Landscaping

We finished phase one of our front yard landscaping. The retaining wall area and in front of it is done. I am very happy with what we did. Meredith and Andrea were big help. we all worked very hard. The next phase is the slate patio in front of the livingroom window. I am also taking the sod away from around the two trees between the sidewalk and street. I am looking forward to getting the work done.

Our family decided to meet at Kyak Point this July for a family campout. It was great fun. We got to know 2 new people. We met Kendall, Ben's friend and Jachen{sp} Monicas'friend from Swizterland. We met every night at our campsite to sit around the campfire. It was so cold that we looked like we were camping in the winter months. If you look at the pictures we are all bundled up. We also met Mallory's friend Scott. It was a great time. We did miss the family members that were not there. We missed Amy and her family and Jacob and Lisa. Maybe they can all come next year.

MOSES LAKE CAMP OUT.

I had to work at my job near Moses Lake last weekend. So we decided to make it campout and drive back and forth from Shrag. Our dear friends the Eraths decided to join us at the campground. Their trailer was parked behind us. On Saturday our dear freinds the Olsens came to see us. We had a great time. We had water front property. We weren't supposed to but it has rained so much that the camp area in front of us was under water. It was kind of soothing listening the waves. Eric, Andrea and Meredith went fishing quite a bit. They did not catch anything though. I don't think they cared, they had fun. The only fish we got was the fish our campground neighbor gave us when I traded him a bowl of dutch oven chili for it. Not bad if I say so myself.

OUR NEW TOYS!!!!

A month or so ago Eric and I went camping in a tent. We froze to death. When we got home we decided we were going to buy a trailer. We found one we liked very much. The bathroom is huge. It is not a regular trailer bathroom. It has lots of shelves and drawers so that everyone can have a shelf and drawer for themselves. It has a regular corner shower. Not one of those small showers you usually find in trailers. The rest of the trailer is also roomy. After we bought it we started having nightmares about our old truck not being able to pull the trailer. We were right. So we ended up buying a new Diesel pickup. We went on our first camping trip last weekend. It was great. We were not freezing to death. We are very grateful!!!!

SPRING AND SUMMER HAPPENINGS.

I am sorry it has been so long since I posted. Besides landscaping and camping we are going to have a fun time in our new trailer. I will post pictures when we get the trailor.
I am tiling the girls bathroom and should be done by the end of the week. I will post then also.
We had a great Mothers Day. My sister Karen came to see Mother. Our friends Elaine and Bob Erath came to visit on their way to Yakima.I worked Karen and Elaine to death. I had a catering job that weekend. They helped me quite alot. They also went with me to serve. I forgot to take pictures but I did get pictures from the one event I catered the weekend before.
I think we will have a great summer this year. The Fourth Of July will be great. The WHOLE family is getting together at Kyak Point, north of Seattle. It will be a great weekend. We will be getting to know Ben's girlfriend Kendall. We are really looking forward to that. I hope we don't over whelm her. We will be getting great pictures then also.Have a great summer everyone. I will try to be more diligent in my postings.