Ketchup!

I keep thinking I don't have very much to blog about, mostly because my iCloud wasn't working right so my crappy photos haven't been uploading.  Since I recently fixed it (I did!  all by myself!), I have discovered quite the load of things I haven't documented.  For example, we have been to Denver, Boise, and Logan since I last posted.  Our mountains were recently on fire and all of our neighbors up the street had to evacuate.  My tomato plants have awesome little golf ball green tomatoes on them.  I have gained four million or so lbs (ok, like 10).  Leo has become an insane toddler.  Benson and Griffin think their life is a wrestling match.  Things like that.

So, how about I put up a bunch of awesome pictures and call that an update?  Sound good?  Great!

Oh yeah, and Keith made a bunch of people from work and his home teaching family do a mud run 5k with him.  I think Keith was in the top 10 finishers.  What a stud!

This awkward bathroom self-photo was taken at about 14 weeks.  I got bigger A LOT faster with Leo and am grateful that my body seems to be taking it's time.  P.S. we find out what "it" is tomorrow.

How about all of these boys?  We all had a blast visiting our boy cousins in Denver!

Sno-cone season began!  Need I say more?  Yes-those brown eyes melt me.

Geez, there is so much I forgot about. My sister-in-law Elana's second book came out!  Go read  Possession and Surrender by Elana Johnson.  My name is even in the "thank you" section.  Yes!

What about my freaky rash?  I think it was just hives that I had for a few days.  Awesome.

Leo is completely iPod obsessed.

Baseball games have begun!  It is one of my all-time favorite things to do.  Mostly because of the food.

Sweet little tomatoes.

When we thought we may have to evacuate our house, I had to grab a few things just in case.  I was grateful, because it allowed me to come across this beauty.  This is Keith in third grade.  The girl, boy in the glasses.  Sexy.

My boys are a constant source of joy and entertainment.

What do you think this baby is?  I vote boy.  Although I have already received a plethora of girl presents from well-meaning neighbors and friends (and my mom).

I am a gardener, I garden!

For the first time in my adult life, I have planted things in the ground.  Growing up, the only time I ever worked in the yard was when I was grounded or in serious trouble, which has always given me an aversion to gardening.  The boys begged me to plant pumpkins this year and since I have a deep love in my heart for fresh tomatoes, we decided to give it a whirl!

I had no idea how much I would love it. I am seriously unhealthily attached to my plants.  I have a hard time going out of town and leaving them for someone else to water them.  I go out each morning and night to check on my little dears.  They feel like my own children.  I know, I am ridiculous.  I even made a garden diagram.

Here are some cute pics of our sweet little garden:

 Keith literally listens to the gardening channel on the radio sometimes.  Plus he has done all sorts of farming and yard work for his mom, so he was our expert!

 It was a fun little family night activity.

 Leo was soaking wet within minutes of our project, so he played white trash baby the rest of the night.  And begged me to open the tennis balls until I conceded.

This kid loves to suck on ice and he loved playing in the dirt.  I had to vacuum his crib the next day because there was so much dirt in it.  What is it about babies just in diapers that is so adorable?

 The church owns a farm that is our front yard basically.  It is so beautiful.  The first several feet is a small hill that has weeds on it, so we decided to plant our pumpkins there.

 Where's white trash baby?  Benson and Griffin worship their dad.  We seriously live in the prettiest place.

The boys were so excited to hop the fence and help dad.

We planted zucchini, squash, chives, garlic, cantaloupe, lots and lots of tomatoes, peas, beans, cucumbers, and pumpkins.  Our zucchini and squash have cute little buds on them, along with the chives.  Our tomatoes are growing taller and have flowers on them.  The pumpkins have sprouted, along with the beans and peas.  So far we have nothing from the cucumber or cantaloupe, so I guess we will see if they survive or not.  And I read you aren't supposed to plant garlic until August!  Woops.  Why would the nursery sell it in May then?  Jerks!


We also planted flowers and they are still alive!  Stay tuned to see if we actually manage to produce anything!  P.S. Did I seriously just blog about gardening?  I am awesome.