Our garden did so well this year! In the back of our RV pad, we separated a section for a garden area. Last year we just planted stuff in the dirt and hoped for the best but that didn't really work very well. This year, we got smart and Russell built four large raised garden boxes. In these boxes we added new good dirt and filled them with plants. The first box had carrots, zucchini, spaghetti squash, and a couple sunflowers for fun. The next box was filled with tomatoes. The next box had a watermelon plant and a couple cucumber plants. The last box was filled with potatoes and peas. We also still have our two little garden boxes in the backyard that had beans, onions, kale, lettuce, spinach, and an acorn squash. Unfortunately the small garden boxes did not grow very well this year and we didn't get anything from it except one lone acorn squash and some kale. But our big grow boxes were exploding with fruits and vegetables!!
Our garden boxes, just went crazy and it seriously looked like a jungle out there. I would go out every morning and pick at least 10 tomatoes and a zucchini or two. We also got a ton of potatoes too. Everything else also grew really well. We had a lot of fresh produce to eat during the summer. we made so many zucchini recipes and spaghetti squash dishes. My favorite though was the watermelons that we got. They were so flavorful! Everything was so good.
I also did a lot of canning this summer.
I used 25 pounds of tomatoes to make spaghetti sauce, and 25 pounds of tomatoes to make salsa. After using this many tomatoes, I still had a lot left over. So we took a large box down to St. George with us when we went down. We also had a lot of tomato sandwiches which are our favorite. Our friends also gave us a lot of apples off of their trees. I used these to make applesauce. I made 18 quarts of applesauce in different flavors like strawberry, raspberry, and triple berry. They are so good! I also made many, many loaves and muffins of zucchini bread. These I froze to eat later. We love summer and we love our garden!
Also during the summer the kids participated in the Summer Passport activity through the Hyrum Museum. This is were the kids had to do a bunch of different activities to pass off different requirements on their passport. The kids were able to do pretty much all of the activities so we got to go to the end of summer party. While at the party, they won prizes and Emily won some modeling clay. We had a great time as a family playing with the clay and making fun creations. Here is some pictures of our artwork:
They all turned out really cute and it was fun to play and create things. We kept these creations on display on the piano for the rest of the summer. The kids were so proud!
Another fun thing that has happened, and Logan was so excited about this, was that Logan lost his first tooth!
He had been wanting to lose a tooth ever since he started growing teeth in. Okay maybe not that long but for quite a while. He started wiggling this tooth probably a year ago and finally he was able to pull it out. He even pulled it all by himself! Logan thought this was the best thing ever and could not wait for the Tooth Fairy to come to him.
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