Revealing party

Our family through my cousin a reveal party. We decorated with pink and blue decorations and picked what each of us thought she was having. We played nursery rhyme jeopardy and baby bingo. We used mustaches for the boy and pink headbands for the girl.  She made a cake and dyed the cake the cake blue. At the end of the night it we found out what she was expecting by cutting a piece of the cake. It was a lot of fun.

Canning with my Grandma

Today my Grandma taught me how to can vegetables. It was a privilege for me to get to be in the kitchen with her learning how to can. It will be a day I will cherish forever. It was fun, exciting, and turns out it's really addicting. We pickled and canned beets, carrots, peppers, homegrown salsa, pickles,  veggie medley and orange marmalade. By the end of the day I was looking through my kitchen to see what else I could can. It is super fun to can anything and everything. Next week we will be canning some more veggies using the pressure cooker. I can't wait. 

Thank you Grandma 

Sunflowers

I have never grown sunflowers before so I really didn't know what to expect. I can't believe how tall they can grow. Some have very thick stems and lots of blooms. The kids helped me plant them by digging a hole and pouring the entire seed pack into the one hole. I can't wait to see how those ones end up. So far one has bloomed and I expect the rest to bloom over the next few days.

 I some how ended up with one sunflower that has a purple stem and giant green and purple leaves.

This has bloomed over the last few days

June 20th

June 22nd

June 23rd

       

   

 I also planted wildflowers and they too have begun to bloom.

 

This week in the garden

I picked a bunch of fresh veggies this week. I planted lots of lettuce and radishes not knowing if it all would grow and now I have so much I have been sending it home with anyone who stops by. I had know idea radishes only take three weeks to grow from seed to ready to pick. I have been eating a lot of salad needless to say. Still waiting on my tomatoes. I looked today and the seven plants that I have growing are loaded with tomatoes. I will probably have a ton of tomatoes all at once. I guess I will be doing a lot of canning. I picked a garlic just to see if it was ready and I think it could have gotten a little bigger. I will try again in a couple of weeks with the others. The watermelon is doing great and the boys can't wait to eat them. They ask everyday if it is time to pick them. 

 Radishes, Beet, and Garlic

 Lettuce

 Carrots

Watermelon

Corn

Peppers

Spaghetti Squash

Sunflower

Pumpkin

Tomatoes