A fun family picknic

I am trying to keep up with the blogging world, and also add my 2 cents here and there. So today I will talk about my darling boys. Really, the world wouldn't be the same without them. I want to talk about the weekend before last when we drove into the woods to have a picknic lunch.

We don't do a whole lot as a family in the way of getting out of the house. So it sounded like a good idea when a friend of mine suggested a family picknic. I work for the forest service, so you would think that I get into the woods frequently. But, this is just not so. So that morning, after our weekend trip to visit grandma, we got ready for our journey. I made some homemade potato salad (yum!) and pocket pies (also a major yum!) and brownies for desert. Noah had just woke from his nap and Eli was busy all morning outside with dad, so it was going to be ok to drive for an hour to get to the spot. We ended up at the Buck Springs campground for our picknic. It was a gorgeous day. We ate in peace and then explored the surroundings.

After lunch it was time to go home, or so we thought. The adults made the decision to drive around the long way and see the lake and look for wildlife rather than just drive back the way we came. It was a truly wonderful afternoon. The boys ended up napping most of the way back. We ended up finding a spot we could splash in the creek for a couple of minutes before be made it into town. I highly suggest a family picknic now, it does a family good!

Time flies when your having fun!!

Well here it is the middle of July, the dog days of summer in my book. Here is an update on some happenings in our lives.

Noah is a little stinker. He had a birthday, and it passed without him walking. When I say walking, I mean like taking steps away from whatever he is holding on to himself without our encouragement. He will gladly walk from mommy to daddy and back, but only for short distances. We know that he can do it, he is just happy crawling. He also has the special talent of climbing stairs like a monkey. He is fast.

Eli is ready to start his second year of school at the Montessori school. He is really excited and keeps asking if it is time to go to school. This summer Josh has been taking the boys to storytime nearly every wednesday and they love it. Eli has his very own library card and checks out books to read all week. It is super nice to have that activity to do and get out of the house.

Josh and I are super excited about the upcoming visits. I always love to get over to see my sis, and now she will definantely owe me a trip or two cause this will be the 3rd trip in 3 months. Then hopefully we will get the pleasure of hosting Christine and children (Jared is also welcome hint hint) for awhile. We kinda have a tradition of going to the county fair together and I really enjoy that time that we have. The in the end of September all of Josh's family will be coming to Burns for the first time. I simply can't wait! It will be the first time his brothers have met the boys, and his dad had only met Eli when he was an infant. I can't wait!

My garden is doing really well for my first year. The fencing has done it's job so far and kept the dear out. My only problem is weeds, they sure do grow fast! Josh has helped me a great deal with the garden too, and I am so lucky to have the help. I have harvested cilantro and am waiting for everything else to come on. Oh yeah, green onions too! The tomatos are growing fast with this heat wave, and the peppers have exploded too! I hope to feed all the coming visitors with garden fresh produce this fall!

I am going to keep up with the blog more in the future I hope..... Stay tuned!