Stage one

This holiday going home to see family

was a crazy busy, but amazing!

Finding the time for everyone to see you can get a bit stressful.

Now home and back to our normal routine we can't help but feel sadden in missing our families. Even with all the back and forward, being busy, and the stress.

I know that some day we'll make it back to the coast and can't wait to see them again soon!

Thank you to our parents for the amazing families that they have

and the love and support we can always feel!

Also from this holiday, quite conveniently, but Jordan and my family took family photos. With Marci as our photography we made it home with the most amazing family pictures! With the new photos, a large bare wall in my living room and a Roberts crafts store 90% closing sale, I'm ready for my next project!

STAGE 1

I couldn't get all the letters at Roberts, but most of these.

Hobby Lobby is the next best source around here!

I'll paint them and hang them in STAGE 2

Then I have gotten all the pictures that I want to hang printed from Costco

Frames are next, I'm thinking Ikea....?

Holiday Pennants

Handmade Holiday Paper Trees

Handmade Advent Calender

Wrapping Paper Wreath

Birthday Cake for my cousin Sharon!

Fish Cake!

Steamy Sunday!

We have had so much produce for our tomato plants I haven't been able to keep up and I had some almost ready to be thrown out.

My friend Marilee Akina offered to show me how to can tomatoes, if I helped her with her 10 quarts of canned tomatoes!

Thank you again Marilee!

I'm not sure where I was looking

7 pints of diced, Italian style, canned tomatoes!

So here is our garden now, you should look back to our last post to compare pictures. It's crazy to see how much things have grown!

Our Tomatoes have really taken off!

We have a lot of blossoms on all our tomato plants.
I'm so excited!

This is our grape tomatoes

Zucchini has taken over this part of our garden,

I can't even use my stepping planks anymore.

These are out sunflowers that are sky-rocketing!

Red Onion
Cucumber

It's hard to see in this picture, but there are blossoms on these as well

Our other cucumber plant

These are our bell pepper and jalapeno plants.

These are most special to me because they are the ones that I started from seed!

Romaine Lettuce.

I have had a few harvests from these already and have had some most enjoyable salads!