Daddy's Day

We had a fun day with both of our dads yesterday.

We spent the day soaking up the sun on the lake with Aaron's dad.

And then finished up the day with a BBQ at my parents house with my dad.

It was a simple & wonderful day.

We always have a great time with Aaron's brother Andrew & his wife Angela! 

We finished the night at my parents were we enjoyed sitting by the pool in our tank tops and swim suits.

There is just something about warm summer nights that makes me a happy girl!

And it is not a party without some trampoline time, my mom even got in on the fun!

I hope you all had a wonderful day too!

Summer has begun!!!

Well our summer has begun! 

The snow has melted enough for for us to get to our home for the summer...the mountains.

We started this year off strong with a little get-a-way to Kings Canyon National Park.

We took a really cool 4wheel drive road that crossed two creeks before we got to what we thought was the perfect spot!

We love driving out far way from the world, so campgrounds really don't work so well for us, ha ha.

We love to let our dogs roam all they want, and there are no people there for them to bother.

The canopy of trees there is high above the ground, and so it is easy to hike without trails because there is not a lot of brush to get in your way, so we just wandered all over exploring to our hearts content.

This is the beginning of our summer love affair with the mountains!

Let the summer begin!

The road to our spot, and one of the creeks you have to pass through.  This makes the spot all the better,

because most people do not go through all the work to get somewhere where the nearest bathroom is 30 min. away, ha ha.  

It is so peaceful being all alone amidst such raw beauty...

This creek was about 20 feet away from our spot, and there were so many neat baby waterfalls:)

And of course lots of campfire fun

my studmuffin:)

our perfect spot!

Aaron set up a slack line that entertained us for HOURS!!

Of course our trip included lots of hiking

And we even took time to do a little fishing

Heres to summer! 

finally a garden update!

Well, it is harvest time in parts of our garden.

Our little red potatoes are all out of the ground and have been baked, put in soups and stews, and in added to yummy casseroles.

They just taste so much better when you have seen them grow outside your front door!

We still have alot of things going strong, like our zucchini,beans, lettus, and peas, but have now we are starting to plant a new wave of things.

We have not had to buy veggies in quite awhile now, it is sooo fun!!

We have more zucchini than we could ever eat, so it has been fun to give to neighbors and family.

However, if you leave for just two days, beware, when you come home these will be waiting for you!!

We have SO MANY green beans!

 Our grass in grown in, and we finally found a push lawn mower on craigslist...it is really fun:)

And some summertime colorful flowers that make me smile!

Aaron's cool bench

notice the snapdragon that started growing in the wall, so crazy!

so much yummy lettus!

our crazy herb box

we have been harvesting beets too

and have almost harvested all the carrots, so these are the third wave of carrots growing

We have been eating mostly stuff that we have grown ourselves, it has been so rewarding and fun to grow what you eat!!!!