The Garden at 9 weeks.

We have no idea how to tell if the watermelon is ready so we picked one.


Guess what? It wasn't!!


This is what we found in the first ear of corn we harvested. We had fun watching the worm.



It has overtaken the space!


The first pumpkin. I guess I thought they started out orange.



None of the corn is edible, but it was fun to grow.


This isn't the garden, but Camille and CJ did get hold of the camera. This first one is a self portrait.

CJ's new ride

Clark came home today with this for CJ because he ALWAYS wants to drive.

The first harvest

We harvested 20 cucumbers tonight!! There are still tons on the vines so we are going to be doing lots of things (pickling, etc) with them including giving them away. It was really fun to pick one from the garden and then come in the house and eat it.

1st day of school 2011

This year Katie is in 6th grade and Camille is in 4th. Clayton will be in 9th, but is going to a different school now so he doesn't start until Friday. Click the links below to see the previous years.


2010 school year
2009 school year
2008 school year
2007 school year

Sports and "The Man"

Clayton and CJ love to play like brothers do.



Camille is getting fierce.


And CJ is just taking it all in stride. Doesn't he look so grown up??

The Garden at 6 weeks

The garden is getting HUGE and we are finally seeing some "fruits" of our labor. Click here to see the garden at 4 weeks.





Cucumbers - we counted about 20.


This is the one watermelon we've found so far. It has already doubled in size over the last 3 days.