Strawberry Pickin’

Now that we’re in Washington, we miss our garden that we left behind in Utah.  This year we planted tomatoes, peppers, cucumber, zucchini not to mention all of various berry plants & bushes.  Sad that we won’t be able to be there to reap the rewards of all the hard work planting & weeding we’ve put in so far this year (fortunately we do have neighbors taking care of it).

Joseph & I like gardening for a number of reasons, but most importantly, because we can make our kids work.  Work is healthy for kids & we believe they usually don’t get enough of it (not like in the good old days, I tell ya!).

Luckily, my father-in-law, Franklin, has a huge garden.  More like a small farm.  He lives on a few acres out in the country, surrounded by corn fields & orchards.  The mixture of mint,...

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Our New Home

Is it just me, or do you ever feel like life is a never ending road?

Like, you can see the end destination in the distance, but that point just seems to always be just out of reach, and you never quite get there?

That’s how I’ve been feeling lately. Read the full post

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