F.O.O.L. #2

More fruits of our labor!! This time: tomatoes, onions, and basil. We traded some toms for zukes and peppers with a neighbor. We pulled lettuce today, and we still have more growing that we don't know if we can eat!!!
On the menu: pesto, salsa, pasta sauce (for the freezer), zuke bread and grilled zukes. Yummm.

Justin with tons of toms in front of monster lettuce (these are the ones that made it - they haven't bolted yet).

The plant was too heavy for it's cage, so we secured the cage to the nearby tree, and now the string is the only thing holding the plant up. There are so many tomatoes hiding that we are worried we won't see them and they will go bad!!

Basil in bottom right corner.

Guess what...

... we are pregnant!!

Welcome baby CC!
February 11, 2011

16 week ultrasound - here you can see a hand, the femur of one leg, and the bottom of the foot of another leg (like the baby is crossing it's legs)

waving hello - so amazing that you can see each bone in the hand!

a nice shot of the whole body with a part of an arm showing on top. If you look closely, you can see the features of the face.

another good one of the whole body


Mary has been feeling better recently, in the beginning, she was sick all the time and slept about 18 hours a day (no joke). She claims it was like being hung over all the time. Now she isn't as nauseous, but school does make her tired (especially since most of her core teaching time is from 11-3). She is in full-on baby mode, claiming that no clothes fit her and she has nothing to wear. I just tell her that it is maternal storage tissue because that is what one pregnancy book told me to call it instead of fat. Soon we will post the two pics we have documenting the growth of her belly.

Today's FOOL (fruit of our labor)

Got a good crop today...gonna make pizza and veggies tonight! Can't wait!Purple onions, carrots, wax beans, purple beans, and a few peas

First Carrot!

We may be really behind on this, but it was worth the wait! We pulled out our first carrot today! We totally expected a little tiny nothing carrot, but was extremely surprised when a full size carrot came out! So we are going to pull all the big ones today, and have them for snacks!

Date Night!

Well we decided that even though we went camping for our anniversary, we really didn't have a date night to celebrate. SO last night we decided to do some fun things we don't usually do! Mary got out of her master's class at 2, and then we went straight to the Denver Botanical Gardens. We have never been there in the summer, and they also had a sculpture art show, so it was pretty neat to see. Afterwards, we went to mary's favorite restaurant, Watercourse. Which if course is all vegetarian...but really good! Then we came home and I had an art table set up for us to create some bird themed art to hang up on our walls. Then we made mint chocolate chip malts, and had a movie night! It was a lot of fun, and we both decided we are going to try to do a night like this at least once a month! Enjoy the pics!

Mary and flowers

Cool color combinations...so many different flowers!

One of the ponds in the middle of the gardens...also one of the Moore Sculptures on display

Mary with her favorite thing...waterfalls

Justin

Another big sculpture...where's Justin?

Table set up for art making

Mary making hers

Finished products: Justin's

Mary's (recognize the pattern?)

Anniversary Camping

We have started to make this an annual event to go camping for our anniversary! This year we chose the same location as last year, Peak One Campground on Lake Dillon up in Frisco. We were able to get a campsite right on the water which is really great...it reminds us a lot of camping back in MI! Frisco is a little mountain town nearby and surrounded by mountains on all sides...which provides for some pretty spectacular views! Also, Breckenridge is only a 15 minute drive away, so we would go there after dinner for ice cream or cookies! Enjoy the pics, thanks for checking in!

Our tent set up in a small group of trees

There were wildflowers everywhere!

Down by the lake

Normal mid day activity...Sammy reading a book to his dad

Mountain views...the skies were spectacular!

Just before dusk...the clouds got really low!

US!

Our Oregon Trip!

Last week we got back from a very relaxing, and very eventful trip to Hillsboro, Oregon to be with Mary's sister and family! We arrived a few days before Erica, Carter, Joe, Mom and Dad joined us. It was great to get in a lot of one-on-one time before the craziness ensued...haha. We took part in MANY activities, and we really loved doing them all. But it was very nice just to spend time with family and kids. Highlights included: Hillsboro farmer's market, watching Bunny and James at VBS, watching the kids play on the ipad, helping the Curl's get a new iMac (we converted them!), downtown Portland for breweries and cupcakes, Dinosaurs at the Zoo (Justin really liked this), exploring new restaurants, disc golf in the Curls yard, and at a really nice course in the country, putting together a bird puzzle, waterfalls, Columbia river gorge, Red Robin..."yummm", IKEA, ok there were lots of things! The pics show a lot of those activites...a big thank you to the Curl's for hosting us, and feeding us! It was great, can't wait to go back!

Uncle Justin making cookie cutter pancakes with the kids

Bunny with 2 new kittens the Curls are fostering...they were sooo small!

Mariposa and Uncle Justin playing on the ipad

Berry picking..well really berry eating

Wine Tasting...Just on of the stops!

Wine Tasting...Cooper Mountain!

Gemma really liked the Rose's at the Asian (Chinese or Japanese?) Rose Gardens

All of us at the Rose Gardens

Auntie Mary with 3 of 4 kids

A pretty pretty rose

Mariposa smelling a Rose with Auntie Erica...it matches her hair!

Rogue Bewery in Portland...great beer, don't worry the little kids only had one beer each

A wonderful cupcake from Saint Cupcake in Portland!

Us at the Columbia River Gorge

Multnomah Falls...we are on the bridge...just squint

Horsetail Falls

Mary's Senior Pic

Joe braved the cold water, and swam under the falls!

Horning Hideout...it was part farm, part fishing pond, part disc golf, part concert venue...and apparently part Peacock home...very cool!

Mariposa on a swing at Horning Hideout..she was pretty geeked out it

After all of us played Disc Golf...Gemma beat us all, who knew she was so good?

At the zoo...Bunny sizing up her wings with that of our Prehistoric friends

Auntie Mary and Bunny...why are they so happy...LOOK BEHIND YOU!

James and Bunny discovering a new fossil

Mary proving that humans DID evolve from dinosaurs

Not your typical family portrait

Auntie with kids, and Mr. Deere

Happy Gemma and Auntie Mary

Justin throwing down a big hill @ Hornings Hideout...very cool hole!