Ians here- I need a nap!

Ian arrived Wednesday morning and we have been having sooo much fun!

Thursday Brian and Ian had some father son bonding at Cabelas. Brian finally found some waders (fishing stuff) that were of a quality and price that he could accept. Ian got a Power Popper ball gun.

Friday we all spent the day in the sun at the arts festival. We had a great time. My favorite was the guy from Kansas that made relay cool metal cactus. They were relay amazing, and from Kansas! Brian loved to just experience all the art. Ian's favorite was the yard art metal sculptures. We had hoped to stay longer, but the heat and $2.00 water wore us out. Here we are tired and happy resting up to leave.

Saturday: If you are not aware I Want Chickens! Since we first visited our friends Michael and Susan's home and meet Goldie, their first chicken, I have wanted chickens. Unfortunately they are Currently illegal in West Valley City. That is (hopefully) soon to change. The city is considering changing the laws and I am (tee hee) counting my chickens before they hatch and planning for the new pets next spring. No, I am not crazy, how many of your pets and loving, friendly, mow your lawn, eat the bugs our of your yard, fertilize the yard and make food?

So on Saturday we went to the Tour De Coop, a tour of some of Salt Lake City's back yard chicken coops. Salt Lake City allows chickens (no roosters, but who wants one of those? Now that is crazy) I had a great time, Brian caught the vision, and Ian was very well behaved! Here is one of the little ladies we met.



We are busy planning our future chicken coop and here are some of the coops we saw.

We also got to celebrate Amon's birthday. It was a great 7 year old party and Ian had a lot of fun and Brian and I had as much as our worn out selves could handle.

I was so grateful for a Sunday. I needed a day to rest.

We are hoping to see the Schiele's some time soon, although we don't yet have plans for several weeks. I think Brian is trying to set up a fishing day for Saturday.

In case I am too worn out to write next week- We are going to a chocolate factory on Monday, Sugar house park on Friday, Sunday we have a wedding extravaganza , and and and......

THANKS FOR VOTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just thought I'd let you know, that the results are in from the "People's Choice" voting I posted about a few weeks ago.
And while I didn't the most votes, I DID get enough to make the top 20 list!

http://www.artistswanted.org/exposure/

I am the seventh name down, I don't know if that means anything or not, but from what I understand, there were about 2951 portfolios.
I am not sure what happens next, but the BIG prize is still in up for grabs!
Brian

Wheee

I want a bike! A pink cruzer. I found the perfect one on sale at K-mart a few weeks ago and now that I have the money they are sold out. Sold out, back ordered, have to wait who knows how long, all gone.

When I first saw it we were selling our old room air conditioner it seemed like the perfect way to spend some money- and save some with gas prices. I can do quick trips to the store on a bike. Not real shopping, but ran out of milk, need bread, craving cottage cheese trips.

I there are several family's that have been taking daily bike trips around the neighborhood. It looks like they are having so much fun! I want to go too.

I have an old bike I bought from Merilee that is not in working order. We could fix it up, but I was never really comfortable on it. And besides, it is not a new pink bike.

I found one I might like as much at another store. We will go look at it soon and see if it meets Brian's expert bike opinion. Stay tuned

Birds!

The birds have eaten our first strawberrys! We moved the bird neting from one of our garden boxes to the strawberrys today!

June or March?

The weather has been crazy for gardening. There are many days I cant get out because it is so wet and cold. We do have a few things that are doing well.

Our elderberry's are flowering! Not growing much, but they are gorgeous!

We also have our first strawberry's. Tiny, but they are cute! You are supposed to remove the berry's the first year to give the plants a chance to establish, but I think I will let them make one or two berries each.

Its nice to see soemthing growing. Our poor cucumbers keep dying. We have planted 2 batches now. The first ones all died so we planted 4 more, and are now down to 3. You can see this one is hanging on, if only just. I talked to the guy at Western Gardens, and cuks are supposed to be easy to grow. :( Any hints?