Captain Bryce

It is hard to believe that we put the old girl in the water mid-March. This has to be a record.  The earliest I can remember putting the boat in was from a couple of years ago in mid april.  We had such a fun afternoon.  Captain Bryson drove us all the way to the dam and back.

 

Sowing our seeds

I'm so excited to report that we finished planting our very first vegetable garden this weekend. I've always loved hearing stories from Jason and Pa about the wonderful gardens they both had growing up. Stories of Grammy Wetzel growing their own tomatoes and then canning them for spaghetti sauce or stories of Granny Giltner canning her own berries for jam. In fact just yesterday Pa was telling me how neat it was as a child to have his very own row of vegetables he was in charge of from the planting to the harvesting.

Jason prepared several really neat raised beds in the backyard and a wonderful tilled patch out at the land and we are going to give it a go. Cucumbers, peppers, carrots, peas, tomatoes, and corn. Bryson had a ball digging in the dirt and helping us map out each row. Here are a few pics to get us going. I hope to follow up with more in the next few weeks as our garden starts to HOPEFULLY grow.  :)



Tomatoes

 


Cucumbers, Peppers, Carrots



Garden at the Land



Covering the seeds





The Water's Edge

This past weekend Jason and I were able to go canoeing at Congaree National Park. It was absolutely amazing.  This picture says it all.  The water was so calm that you could hardly tell where the trees stopped and the reflection began.

From Canoeing with FLP

Fun Report

Major Excitement:
We were able to Skype with Bryson’s cousins Jackson (age 6) and Miya (age 2) this week. Grammy was visiting them in Poplar Grove right outside of Chicago and was able to take her computer camera. Thank you so much Grammy!! She is always so on top of things. It was sooooo much fun. We got to see how tall they both are getting and how long and pretty Miya’s hair is getting. We practiced making faces back and forth and giving all kinds of kisses. So much fun.

Bryson’s favorites for this week:
Words: Apple Juice and iPod.
Potty Training: Getting better. Of course the apple juice intake created many opportunities to use the big boy potty.
Hobby: Riding his power wheel four-wheeler with the utility trailer attached (Little Jason Wetzel in the making).
Foods: Butterscotch pudding.