THE GARDEN.

Oh my gosh, JULY is the month of the garden! I am soaking in all of the green and other colors!

 

Micah had a great time hiding in boxes! These were from our new patio table set...he was so bummed when we broke them down for the garden work!

And the garden trug Jeff made me was so fun to use this month!

The 'Vid

And then it was our turn to have Covid...again? In the previous fall, Micah and Josh and I got it, but this time around we all got it...just spread out a bit...  Grace got it first, and just made the isolation deadline to go to camp the next week.  I got it with her, then Josh succumbed...Jeff didn't get it until a few weeks later when we were in Crater Lake...and we gave it to Julie's fam! Lovely. It wasn't too uncomfortable, just a nuissance.

 

4th of July at the Farm

The 4th of July was a the farm this year...with the Van Sickles! We were so excited to have them.  They brought their trailer and parked it down by the shop for extra sleeping space.  We went to the Johnson Parade, of course, and it was still pretty wacky! My favorite was the Druffel girls having Covid Nose Swabs (the size of pool noodles). We had a great day together! Kalei had just gotten back from her Europe trip with Drew & Annie, and wasn't feeling well.  While she was here, she tested positive for Covid, so their visit was short and sweet...although Alea and Kai stayed for fireworks and an overnight.  We saw the Moser cousins and made strawberry jam! So much fun.

And I came back to this many fresh strawberries in my garden! AFTER the jam making!
 

July Begins

We got to go to the Garland Theater with Travis! Bad Guys...the movie, not the company.

Soooo...Grace housesat/dogsat for the Morrows and had Josh and Kai over to watch a movie.  SOMEHOW Maisy found the red food coloring in the pantry and made quite the bloodstained memories! The carpet cleaning, the pink dog muzzle, the call from Jeff where he'd lost his mind over this...ha!

Nessa and I loved walking the trails behind MMS...OFF LEASH. She loved it! She would only go so far ahead of me, peek around the corner, and then run back to me. Pretty fun!

Jeff and Josh and Micah went to Beacon for the first time together...it was quite memorable in that Micah worked his TUSHIE off to bike all the way up, just to get a flat tire at the top and had to run it down. Talk about BAD TIMING!