Harvesting has begun!

Last year Papa Ed explained to us how to grow cauliflower so we decided to give it a try.  

Thanks Grandpa!

It is hard to get the whole garden in one photo.....so.....I tried to get it in two. 

It still didn't work.

Sections will have to do!

The kids helped harvest the beets.

By the time we were finishing up harvesting they had pretty much had enough.

So...I brought out a big knife for each of them to help top them and they were all of the sudden interested in helping again.  These kids love using knives.  It makes them feel so grown up.

After all that work it was time to cool off.  

By the end of the day we had 31 pints of pickled beets.

That is enough to have a lot of yummy salads this coming year!

I had to add this even though it has nothing to do with the garden.  The kids practice with him several times a day.  He loves the attention!

Summer Fun!...

 

The kids rode their bikes in the Annabella town bike parade for the 4th of July.

We went to the parade in Richfield on the 4th.

Casey liked the pageant girls.

Heston liked the race cars.
Whit liked the treats.
Grandpa & Grandma Nielson rented a gigantic water slide for their birthday party.  The kids couldn't get enough!  Dad even gave it a try!

We inherited a new toy from our friends who just moved to Virginia.

So...we decided to give it a try at Maple Grove campground.
Mom caught a small fish.
Heston & Levi caught lots of small fish....

and some big ones too!

Casey was the best at releasing them back into the stream.
Whit liked hanging out in the trailer.
Casey & Levi have been working hard in their pumpkin patch!
Grandpa, Grandma, Leslie & Erin came for a visit so we explored the Big Rock Candy Mountain bike trail.  We had a blast!

Grandma helped us give Charlie another haircut.

This time he is not white underneath.  Levi is training him to not buck.
Camping at Maple Grove was so fun so we decided to give Fishlake a try.  
The kids had fun swimming and fishing in the Lake.
We didn't catch one single fish though.  I wonder why????

Levi can officially say that he has done a backflip off the diving board now.  He can also say that he has a hard time hitting the water.

We found an awesome park in Salina.  I am going to try to talk Grandpa Nielson into building one of these cool swings in his yard for the grandkids.