Zucchini, Zucchini, Zucchini

So this summer we haven't been too successful with our garden except for one plant.

Our zucchini plant!

It's huge

We have actually had about four large zucchini, but I forgot to take a picture

before I cooked them.

This is the latest one we harvest.

I just recently made zucchini bread.

I didn't take a picture because it didn't visually look good, but it did taste great!

This past week I had a idea to try frying them. they turned out better then I thought.

I didn't have bread crumbs so I made some

bread crumbs from hamburger buns and Parmesan cheese

and fried them in vegetable oil.

YUM!!!

I told you I would never be good!

What can I say? I'm so terrible at this blogging thing!

I do have good intentions, but things get crazy and I start forgetting and put it off.

Unfortunately I have written this blog as another apology.

"I'm sorry!!"

The picture is just for fun. I have been having so technical difficulties.

My pictures have been giving me a hard time up-loading to my computer. It might take a little while longer.

In the mean time I wanted to ask if I should post pictures of events from July.

Events such as; Jordan's birthday, Las Vegas trip, etc.

Or should I just continue with the latest event and move on?

Let me know what you think.

Should I go back...or...Stay current

A blog for my blogs

I have to write an apologia for my mistake.

I accidentally posted my 4th of July pictures before the Owlz game.

OOPS!!! Sorry!

Owlz Game

Friday July 3rd

we took Marie and the Basua kids to a minor league baseball game. The Orem Owlz.

It was a nice day and the kids had fun!

Ari got a new back pack for her birthday and loved wearing it around! she looked so cute!

The kids wanted to take pictures with Hootz and Holly Owl!

Every few games they have fireworks at the end of the game. That is what the kids were looking forward to the most!
And they were great fireworks!

Independence Day

"4th of July"

was a lot of fun!

We enjoyed the All-American traditions that come with celebrating Independence Day!

First we celebrated at the Basua house with a great, yummy BBQ.

Adam and Melissa always cook the best food!

We had ribs, hot dogs, and hamburgers. We had water balloons, games, and a pool!

And of course we had FIREWORKS, what is 4th of July with out fireworks!

Baby Tori enjoying the great summer day!

The kids helped Marci fill up the water balloons!

The boys played Bocce ball!

The kids played in the pool!

SO MUCH FUN!!

They know how to party!

Second, Jordan and I had tickets to "Stadium of Fire" that evening

BYU hosts it every year!

They get singers and musicians to perform and have a huge patriotic celebration!

It was a blast!

They have military planes and helicopters fly over!

This year they raised this flag up for an important reason. A lady made this flag about 10 years ago for a one time use. After that use they decided that they wanted to use it for all special events at BYU. It was also the flag hung in downtown Provo after 911. Now that it is old and has served its purpose so honorable, it was time to retire the flag. To retire a flag, you have to burn it in a patriotic ceremony.

We got to see the burning of the flag and sing the national anthem for it. Through the ceremony they had stories of armed force men and women that brought tears to many eyes. It was very touching and sentimental!

Before the burning of the flag and fireworks they had SHeDaisy and the Jonas brothers perform. I like both groups which made the night even more special!

Though I have never heard so many screaming teen girls before, when the Jonas Brothers came on. I heard one guy say, " It must have been the largest girl choir singing A Capella."

SHeDaisy

Jonas Brothers

This is a short clip of how close the fireworks were. It was incredible!!

The 18th Day!!

So it has been 18 days since we first planted.

Already we have seen some great

growth and are still waiting for others (if they ever come...?)

First here are our corn growing

I'm excited for the corn!

Next here are the sunflowers!

They are going to look so beautiful!

These are the zucchini squashes.

I think we have some munchers

to take care of!!

The leaves had a few nibble marks on them.

These are our peas!

These are what Jordan is look

forward to the most!

Finally there is carrots growing.

Not much,

but hopefully ongoing.

We are missing the cucumbers and tomatoes :(

But Jordan is optimistic!

Though we might have to try again later :(

Dresser

The same weekend that we planted our garden, Jordan, Marie, and I decided to re-purpose this old dresser.

This is how the dresser looked before we cleaned, sanded, and painted it.

It got dark as we were painting so we had to move the party inside!

Our masterpiece!!!