Garden and Grandparents

I finally worked up the courage to plant a little garden this year.  I was lucky enough to have my parents visit one weekend in May and they were a big help getting it set up.  I'm trying the square foot garden method and everything I read said to start small the first time, so we're starting with one 4 by 4 foot raised bed.  Spencer and Esther were as excited as I was to play in the dirt and then to plant the seeds and plants.  We planted carrots, cucumbers, green beans, peppers, onions, yellow squash, and tomatoes.  My goal this year is to make mistakes so even if nothing survives I'll know what not to do next year!

Here it is two weeks later.  It's like magic to see how the seeds turned to plants and the small plants got bigger!

Ammon surprised us by not being as shy as we thought he might be and made fast friends when food was involved.

Thanks for the puzzle, Gramma!

The park was another big winner.

The main motive for their trip was to see Spencer's last soccer game.  For his first season he did a great job, though Daniel and I observed that he seemed more excited about socializing with the other teammates than actually playing the game!

Here's his first game back in April when it was COLD outside.

We also had a bonus visit from Daniel's parents last weekend.  Once again we discovered the best way to warm up to Ammon is with food.  Thank you again for going out of your way to come see us!