So I thought I would stop by to look at the blog spot and started thinking about how I have totally not done anything for so long.  It is spring again and the garden is in full bloom.  Ray is excited about his garden but not as excited as last year.  He loves to try planting new melons that he has never heard of before.  I was disappointed to find out that we had no cantelope, only banana melon.  I started having visions of jelly melon and what a flop they were and began to get disappointed.  As if God could see my disappointment, a cantelope volunteer came up and is doing great.  I might be able to make cantelope bread and pie after all.

Other than the Garden, we have lots going on with 3 kids.  Cathlyn did great this year in school, but was not ready to move on into 1st grade.  She will be following in her mother's footsteps and staying back in Kinder again.  Alison will start Kinder this year as well.  We are looking forward to a great school year.  Their teachers have been incredible and we are all excited about school starting again and getting to do it all over again.   She can't hardly wait.  She is incredibly funny, as she says the funniest things.  But along with that is the attitude my mom seems to remember.  HOLY MOLY!  Pierce is funny as well.  He keeps us all laughing most of the time.  He came a nd brought me a flower one day last week.  I oogle and awed over the beauty of the flower.  He takes is ballcap off and curtsies and says, "You're welcome, your majesty."  At least someone in this house understands my position.

Summer has gone great for us.  We have planned one fun thing to do each week.  Our plans span from the movies to the lake, picnics to parks and everywhere in between.  The kids have had a blast so far.  Mom's big plans are to purchase a tent and go camping and fishing.  Believe it or not, my husband isn't all that into it.  He thinks camping involves something with an RV.  Boy has he been sheltered!  And yes he was a BOYSCOUT!

Well hope all is well with your families.  Take care and God bless!

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Ray has been working hard.  The corn is gone, much to Pierce's dismay.  His favorite place was the corn.  I think he was sad to see it go.   But the "Corn grow up" until it was time to harvest.  The corn is now in the freezer.  We never thought the time would come for the tomatoes.  We had LOTS of blooms, but no tomatoes.  Then we would have a few turn and the girls (and Ray) would be eyeing them and they would never make it into the house.  The squash has been plentiful.  I have frozen some of it and cooked some of it.  Well enough, here are the newest pics showing off the bounty.  I am not sure how well these pics show the variety of colors.  The little ones are cherry and grape and come in puple, red and yellow.  The green ones are called 'Mister Stripey'.  They are pretty interesting and fun to have such a variety.

The green ones at the top are the "Mr. Stripey".

The very dark ones are the purple.  This picture

doesn't really do them justice.

The yellow squash is actually supposed to be

hubbard although I am not sure they look like

that.  The others are some kind of melon. 

We picked them a little too early but they are

still YUMIE!

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I haven't posted in awhile...Ray is wanting to show off more pics of the garden, so come along for the tour.  Just inside the gate is a wonderful hideaway for my hubby.  If you can't find him, this is where he is hiding.

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Spring means beautiful weather, wildflowers, and GARDENS!  Ray has been so excited about his garden this year, and has been planning since last year.  He has spent hours pouring over catalogs and doing (probably) thousands of web searches.  The time has finally come and he is so excited and all fired up.  If all he has planted does well, it will mean for ENDLESS hours in the kitchen canning, preparing and freezing.  But we will enjoy the bounty of his effort long into the fall. 

This is a short list of what he has in the garden now (or started in pots on the back porch:

Tomatoes (several varieties from striped to grape)

cucumbers (several varieties)

squash

Cantelope

Watermelon

beans, including black eyes

brussel sprouts

salad greens

Okra

Onions

Herbs (from parsley and cilantro to a variety of basil)

strawberries

Even some talk of sponge(??) and warm weather brocolli and cauliflower

Ray could probably add to this list, but this is all I can come up with.  So take a look, these pictures were taken yesterday.

Well, I am signing off for today.  Don't forget where Jesus was on this day some many years ago.  He was preparing for Calvary, for each one of us.

The Frost's

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