Here is what is growing in my garden and my house: This is the spinach I planted last fall that has completely gone to seed with the warm weather. I need to pull it out and plant something else. I got some good spinach over the season but should have picked more.  I have about 17 tomato plants in the ground. I used Walls of Water at first which helped them. When the plant starts outgrowing it, I take it off. Some of my walls are too old and if it's too windy, that can be a little rough on the plant. A lot of them are paste tomato plants. Here is my cold frame bed that I kept covered over the winter. I planted kale and lettuce in early March. I have some cilantro in there as well. I had Tat Soi in it but it went to seed so I planted Bell peppers in their place. The weather is a little cool for the peppers still so I'm trying to keep them happy with the Walls of Water and milk jugs but I'm not sure how well it's working. I also cover it with the green row cover that is l...

Happy Mother's Day! I found this booklet our church congregation gave to all the mothers back in 2004 with funny answers from lots of Primary children to the following questions. I'm mostly focusing on my kids' answers but I'll share a few other funny answers too. (Not all families were featured on every question in the booklet.)  Why did Heavenly Father give us Mothers? "We are spirits up in Heaven and we come down in our mother's stomach," Everett (5) "Because we love them very much," Susanna (3) "So they could tell us what to do," Garrett (9) "Because he loves us and we need someone to take care of us," Lincoln (7) How does a Mom learn to be a Mom? "By being a Mom," Jan (11) "They don't really learn," Courtney  What was your mother like before she was a Mom? "Just like me but she could snap her fingers," Kiersten  "Who knows," Sam What should Moms do in their spare time? "Sle...

Visiting the hospital where Jan and Garrett were born Visiting our old neighbors in Maryland  July 23, 2000 [Paula] We went on vacation from June 18-July 12th! Here are the highlights: Scott: liked everything except the driving. Paula: liked seeing old friends and church history sites. Didn't like staying in small motels. David:  liked Aunt Sally's house in Rapid City and the Wilson's in Madison. Didn't like driving and salty ocean water Jan:  liked visiting Chris Nagle and the beach. Didn't like driving home. Garrett:  liked visiting Joe, Chris and the beach, as well as Aunt Sally's house and Nerf guns. Lincoln:  liked everything! (He did get sick for a few days.) The boys have already forgotten a lot of what we did. We visited Independence, Liberty Jail, Adam-ondi-Ahman and Far West in Missouri. We visited Carthage and Nauvoo in Illinois, then Kirtland in Ohio. We were in Maryland for 2 weeks while Scott worked at NIST, visiting the beach in Delaware and lots ...