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I finally took the time to figure out what other flowers I bought on Monday. So here are pictures and NAMES!

I got 3 delphinium plants. I am excited to see what color they are! 

This is a purple cone flower also known as Echinacea or Black Sampson.

 

Dianthus flowers in white. 

And of course, holly hocks. 

I got one other flower, but I lost the tag, and all I can remember is that it was a hybrid something.

 

In Less Than 24 Hours....

I have done a lot!! Man, not having the weight of school on my shoulders sure does make it easier for me to let my hair down!

             Last night we had movie night with some awesome Jiffy pop and treats

And what is movie night without a fort???

I woke up early this morning to cool of the house and let the morning air waft through the windows and doors. So, while I did that, I decided to try my hand at a new recipe for cinnamon pull apart bread. 

 It took a while to do, but it was well worth it!

 Flour mixture, Egg, and butter mixture

 Cinnamon and sugar mixture ( I added a bit of brown sugar too and nutmeg)

 Almost like making cinnamon rolls

 Layered up

 Stack in the pan

DROOL. 

It was SO yummy! 

There is still some left.... so far 

 While I waited for the dough to rise and bake, I ventured to my flower garden and front porch to admire these beauties.

Summer is grand in deed!

2011 Garden List

The boys and I ventured to Moss's Green house this afternoon and we are ready to plant!! We have the start of our garden expansion going right now, but we are not sure if it will be ready in time to plant. So we got enough (probably more) for our small garden.

Red onions
Walla walla onions
Watermellon
Zucchini
Strawberries
Tomatoes
Cumbers
Cilantro
Jalepenos
Carrots
Bell Peppers
Dill

If we expand the garden in time, I am going back to get :

Lettuce
Radishes
Pumpkins
Corn
More tomatoes
Cantaloupe
Raspberry Bush


And we are also planting a new flower bed in the front of the house. So I got snap dragons, pansies, violas, petunias, chrysanthemums, marigolds and daisies.

I was excited to plant, but as soon as we got home a thunderstorm rolled in and we had a huge down pour. Maybe Monday for planting.  

I LOVE this time of year!!!

Sara the Party Planner, Nana's Amaryllis and Ben at 10 Months!

So, to say the least, this week has been super busy!! Two birthdays, Harry Potter Movie, A baby shower and a visit to Nana's. The week isn't even over yet!! I am pooped already!! So First off, I planned a baby shower for my friend Joscelyn, the day after her birthday. It was great fun. I made my first diaper cake, which was intimidating but fun! I have more pictures, I am just too lazy to upload all of them right now. My masterpiece!

Rex's mom airbrushing tattoos at the shower!

So today is Joscelyns husbands birthday (Doug) and we made a trip to Nana's, which is always tons of fun! She had to show me her amaryllis which is in bloom. Yes i know, a flower in bloom in the summer, not very shocking, but the amaryllis is a winter plant that normally is dormant during the summer. My green thumbed grandma managed to get hers to bloom in the dead of summer! Go figure, again! I think her thumb is neon green not just green!!! Speaking of which I really need to get updated pictures of my garden on here! I will try and do so tonight! I have a TON of summer squash, about 10 tomatoes , one pickling cucumber ( ready to be picked ) and my pumpkins are blooming! Everything is HUGE! I am very happy with how it is coming along!! But that is a whole other blog post.




Benjamin turned 10 months old yesterday! WOW! He is doing fantastic. crawling cruising, getting into everything, standing momentarily by himself, drinking from his sippy cup, feeding him self, eating everything and almost always smiling! he waves bye, waves hi, yells "DADADADA " when Rex walks in the door, and my not so favorite yells, "NO" very plainly when the boys or I try and take something away from him. Fun, no? He is a joy though, and for the most part is one happy baby! We love him to pieces. I do not know his length off hand, but he has gained another pound in the past two months! This kid is an eater! two more months of formula, two more months of formula.... I will be so glad when that is gone!!! I think he will be very easy to ween off the bottle though. He mostly uses his sippy cup, so that is good news! Then we ween the cup at two and potty train! I am really looking forward to potty training. I was thinking one night about how long I have been changing diapers since Trenton was born, and with each of the boys, and having a small break from diapers between each of them, I have only had 8 months off diaper duty in the past 6 years! CRAZY!! So I think potty training will come along quickly for Mr. Ben!

Well, I think that's about it. I will go take pictures now of my garden and try and get them up tonight!