our boys are awesome, s & c's visit, and our garden

our boys are pretty much awesome.

here are ty and zeke in churchill colours for grandpa's colour day in lethbridge.  greg loves the excuse to show off his grandsons to his students.  if they can wear blue and orange, so can you!

we've had some great picnic weather lately.  pack a sandwich or two, or stop at a deli for egg salad and doughnuts.

we were all proud of kylie for running 10k in an hour at abbotsford's run for water.  ty loves yelling "go mommy go!"  kylie and her friends all got thoroughly soaked and had a great time.  she wasnt even sore.

shareen and craig made the g household an anchor stop on their tour of the pacific northwest.  i didnt even get a picture of 2 motorhomes in our driveway.

ty loves auntie freen.  last time he was here she taught him to make a scary face, which he does well to this day.

zeke loves craig.  every morning it was the same... "uuuuggghhh!  ugggh!!!" while straining to reach uncle craig, or be picked up by him.  pleasantly scratchy.

we loved having maggie visit as well.  bringing a dog on a hike really increases one's enjoyment.  bringing 2 dogs on a hike... things get a bit nutty.

our garden is doing awesome!  this is our first real gardening attempt since living in edmonton.  i remember standing in our backyard watering my little row every night and at the end of the summer we had a couple 2 foot tall morningglories, some sprouts with no veggies and a few marigolds.

this year in chilliwack, kylie and i spent 30 minutes planting and then we walked away.  no watering, and about 5 minutes total weeding time.

we did have a little greenhouse help with our lettuce.

the above shots are all from 2 weeks ago, with all the new sprouts poking out.

here is our garden today.  fully up and already providing us with nightly salads!  so far the lettuce, swiss chard, scallions and onions are all ready for early harvest, and the carrots arent far off.

 the peppers and peas still have a ways to go.  i love chilliwack!

speaking of loving chilliwack, last week was spent camping on the east side of harrison lake. we came back and i worked the weekend in abbotsford and now we're off to cultus lake for more (albeit rainier) fun.  D43.  come out and visit!

Zeke is one!!!!

This little cutie turned one last week. Zeke's first year has flown by!  He has all of a sudden become super interactive and nods along with all conversation.  He (one week late) can tell you that he is one and loves to tell you "how big" he is and then clap his hands and stick out his chest with pride.  Happy Birthday little man!

For Zeke's birthday we made a piggy cake.  Zeke loves to eat (constantly!) and we thought a piggy cake would be fitting.  Hopefully he doesn't look back as an obese teenager and think that his parents set him along this path by making him a piggy cake but he is currently quite low on the growth chart so I don't think there is much chance of that. (How this can be I still don't know!! This child consumed close to 4 eggs the other night in one sitting.  He does not have his mother's metabolism!)   We are currently thinking about giving him the leftover icing in the freezer for snacks. ;)

It was a beautiful day for a party!  I thought that because the boys birthdays were so close together (March and May) that I would not notice too much difference in the weather but shockingly May is much warmer. ;)  And it stays lights longer!! Who knew?!?

I was very excited to give Zeke cake.  His older brother is not so much a fan of food and barely touched his first birthday cake, save for a couple licks of icing.  Zeke did not disappoint.  He finished a cupcake and a half and loved it!  He did not get as dirty as I anticipated, this made it much easier to put him to bed in the middle of his party.  (The only time I will do this to you Zeke, I promise!)

The weather has been beautiful lately and we have made the most of it.  We recently headed to our old haunt Island 22 and hung out on this beautiful beach for lunch.

And did some kayaking (well Marc kayaked, I did some spins.  This kayak has no rudder and is very hard to paddle). 

As some savvy picture lookers may have noticed, my mom came down (over??) for Zeke's party.  She was also here for mother's day.  I had a very lovely day and it was especially nice to share it with my mother.
Marc and Ty started out the day making me pancakes . . .

After church Marc and I headed out for a quick hike on our mountain. 

It was sure nice to take my mom out for lunch on mothers day.  We sure packed a lot into this day.  Afterwards we went to throw rocks in the water and visit the chickens and peacocks. 

This is a bit of a strange picture but I like it's quirkiness.

I finished off the day with a beer on the couch while Marc made dinner.  The envy of 1950's fathers everywhere!

Happy Mother's day Mom!!

As my mother's day present Marc made me this beautiful garden box!  Ty helped as well. We planted it last week and have just noticed the first buds.  I love gardening in the Fraser Valley, I plant it and it grows!  There is no way I could be an Alberta gardener, I am too lazy! ;)

And lastly I will leave you with my new favourite picture.  Ty is wearing Marc's Grandpa's hat in our beautiful window seat.