Our Garden!

 Our garden is really starting to look like the real thing.

Now that we have cleared the carpet of weeds in 5000 sq ft of space. 

 We have discovered from neighbors and friends at church that this plot of land

has a lot of weeds. And the previous gardeners did not

take the time to clear it before it went to seed.

Well, I think we have somewhat of a handle on the weeds.

We have put in over 10 hours of hoeing and pulling.  The kind that take you to your knees

to decipher which is a weed and which is a teeny seedling.

This morning I glance over and saw an older gentlemen riding his bike. 

He rode into the drive way and spent the next hour and a half helping

Kirk pull weeds in between our carrot seedlings.

This is just a smathering of what is coming up.

I took the pictures just before we watered so the top layer

of the dirt looks a little cracked.

We still have cucumbers, onion, broccoli, carrots and

something else...it is all becoming a blur.

 Hopefully these sweet deer stay away. 

I pray that they don't find our seedlings.

The husband and wife that are staying in the house for the summer are from

Texas.  They are borrowing these three chickens from their owner

for the summer.  They sure are pretty. 

The three of them hang out together and stay close by.

Victoria and I would really like to have chickens.

Victoria was trying to convince me that we could just have one and

keep it in the backyard. It will happen sometime, just not now.

So for now we will enjoy these three.

 The horses next door are fascinated by the camera.

They want to smell it.  This one in particular loves attention and is very mouthy.

I will have to find out what her name is.

So I have to make sure that Victoria doesn't turn her back on this one.

He has been known to nip at her pony tail.

With the longer days, we have been eating dinner and then spending the remainder of daylight out doors. Not only is the weather awesome, but there is wildlife to watch.

The time spent together is priceless.

In Search for a Rental...

While the kids and I are trying to find a house to rent that will accept pets,

we are staying in Malad, Idaho with my cousin Kathy and her family. 

The five of us fit in Blue's room with a queen, a double, a daybed and two cots.  It is actually pretty roomy. Thank you Blue for moving into Sundi's old room. 

The first day we were there it poured rain and stormed all night.

It was awesome!

 In the midst of house hunting we rode one of Kathy's neighbors horse. 

When you live in the country, the neighbor lives down the street and around the corner.

I hadn't been on a horse in 20+ years.  It was amazeing. 

These horses were funny to watch. 

The horse Daphne was riding, named Joe, was walking around the alfalfa field.

I think his pasture mates were becoming envious of the possibility of having a nibble of that grass.

They wanted to make sure that they didn't miss out on anything, just in case they might get some too.

The horse on the far left was the mother to the dark one in the middle. 

She looked like her hair was bleached.

Thank you Kathy for making arrangements for us to ride a horse.

It was fun.

Jared was back at the house getting accustomed to the thought of what was going on in our lives. 

He hates not knowing what is next.

With our Heavenly Father, you never know what is next!