Picking Carrots....

We need more garden boxes!

Our carrots do awesome in this soil 

and I would love to have a whole box to dedicate to carrots.

 We tried a couple different varieties...

 some are purple

 and some are orange.

 We would have contests to see who could pick the biggest carrot out...

I won every time:) 

 In all the excitement, 

some of the carrots got left in the soil, so we had Evie and Dad dig them out.

A bucket full of carrots.

She loved going after multiple carrots at a time.

 For dessert that night, 

carrots and dip!

 They loved the carrots.
What a great night.

Boys camping trip...

will become an annual event!

All the boys had a blast even the older ones:) 

It was a no moms allowed weekend,

which always leads to a whole lot of fun.

Soaking up the last bit of summer...

We have been busy around here:

 soaking up the sun, 

 smiling at the beauty,

 enjoying naps(Mittens snuggled in my new flower bed)

 picking humongous vegetables,

 finding crazy creatures,

 it's a luna moth catepillar if you were wondering,

 finding NEW favorite vegetables(ground cherries),

 getting a different ride,

 sizing our sunflowers up,

 swimming with cousins,

 canning,

 making forts,

 more canning, 

 making picante,

 doing all the mixin',

 keeping the kids busy,

 night swimming,

 more swimming,

and all together having so much fun.

Hope you all are enjoying your summer 

before school begins!

Just family time...

This post never got published...things got crazy. 

Our time up on the Island with just the five of us.

I will let the pictures do the talking...