A Handsome Guy!!! 3/29/2008

It is hard to get pictures of Tiler, he is 15 and always on the move.
Well, as fast as his MOM will allow.
My camera caught up with him at a church football game yesterday,
it is hard to believe he is almost 6 feet tall.
He is a good kid and I am so proud!!
Tiler plays football, soccer and runs track.
He is in Student Government and on the Honor Roll.
Tiler is very active at church, he helps teach the 3rd grade class
and also is a 3rd grade counselor at camp in the summer.
How is that for bragging!!

Tennis Anyone!!! 3/29/2008

I played a lot of tennis when I was young,

so when Sophie showed an interest in the sport I was very excited.

Here are just a few pictures of one of

our outings.

She has great form for a 5 year old, well almost 6.

The Wall Walkers 3/26/2008

Every morning these little guy walk past my house on the wall, it is so cute. There are about 15 of them each morning. They also come back by in the evening, sometimes they have babies with them, but not this morning.

They are Gambel's Quail.

They like to peck around in this old stump for something to eat!!

My computer is in front of a big window that looks out onto my patio, so the mornings that I am at my computer I see these happy little birds. Sometimes they come right up and look in my window but then run away when they see me move.

It starts the day off right and I think to myself, how very lucky I am, and I thank God for the little things.

What a Surprise!! 3/25/2008

When I got to the garden today,

look what I found.

There were two artichokes

on the big plant that we have been watching

grow all winter.

It is heating up here in Arizona

so we are planting all new warm

weather crops.

This week we planted

cucumbers, melons, squash.

This is what we are eating out

of the garden this week.

This is my dinner for tomorrow!!!

Yum Yum!!! Bok Choy, artichoke,

beets, carrots and red leafy lettuce.

There was a piece of asparagus

here also
but I eat it on the way home,

it was too good!!!

Someone has to do it..... 3/11/2008

...and it may as well be me, since I love it so much!!!

As you know I am going to school to be a Master Gardener

and that is all you will hear about for a while.

We must give 50 hours of volunteer work

before graduation.

I like to put most of my hours in at the

vegetable garden and this is why.

The garden is beautiful!

With all of its Hollyhocks.

There are so many growing everywhere that we must

pull them every week.

The garden in interesting!

This is an artichoke plant for those that do not know.

The garden is very rewarding, it gives back.

This is my take for today.

After we work for 3 or 4 hours we get to harvest.

We grow vegetables year around here in Arizona.

I have tried this at home but it never works for me.

That is what makes this garden so fun.

This garden is in the perfect world, what a wonderful place to be!!!!

Flowers from the Master Garden.

Botanical Gardens 3/9/2008

I know Jen already blogged

about our trip

to the Botanical Gardens

with my sister from Colorado,

but we had such a great time

that I would like to also post my pictures of the day.