4 McIntosh Apples

McIntosh Garden Update

We planted our garden plants this morning. We put Bell Peppers, Big Boy Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Jalapeños, Banana Peppers, onions, and cherry tomatoes. Now the waiting begins to enjoy our vegetables.

From 4MA Garden

At first we thought he was going to back out on us. However, he surprised us and not only enjoyed playing and but he told us how much fun he had playing. We are glad that enjoyed himself and we look forward to the rest of his games.

From First T-Ball Game

The McIntosh Garden

First and foremost, I don’t think we are gardeners. I’ve never been able to keep a plastic plant alive. April has some more success than I have, but we are nowhere near being able to make a garden work.

April has talked about wanted a garden for a couple of years and we just never got around to make it work.

Well after we got our rebate gift card back from Lowe’s after we did our roof this year, we had some money to make our garden and make a decent attempt at growing our own veggies and herbs this year. After watching the prices of peppers and other veggies go up in price, we asked Steve and Mom for some help because they have a very nice garden.

So Friday, we bought the garden supplies and Saturday we put it all together. I need to pick up a half scoop of compost to fill it out and next weekend, we will plant.

I have photo album that I’ll be using to document all of the progress year that you can find here:

4MA Garden

.

To watch the progress, make sure you keep checking here and on the photo album.

From 4MA Garden

Mothers Day 2010

For Mother’s day this year, we decided to keep it low key and have everyone over for dinner.

A simple meal turned out to be something more than we projected. April was making a homemade cheesecake when the propane ran out on our stove and she had to run to her Mom’s house to finish it up. We also had to make Chris cook the lasagna because our stove wouldn’t be filled until the next couple of days.

We finally got through the scare and had dinner, which turned out ok. Not what we planned, but we made do. After dinner was finished, we sat back and enjoyed some laughs watching “America’s Funniest Home Video”

From Mothers Day 2010

Preschool Outdoor Day

Ean’s first year at preschool is starting to wind down and the weather is starting to participate. Ean’s teacher, Leslie, wanted to give the kids some different type of activities. The kids played with sidewalk chalk, a parachute, and water balloons. The kids really enjoyed their day outdoors.

From Ean's Preschool Outdoor day

Birthday Surpise

So as most of you may know Friday was my 40th birthday. Yes, I feel old at times, but I don’t think I’m falling apart anytime soon. I want to thank everyone for the cards, well-wishes, as well as the gifts.

I did however get a very nice gift for my birthday that is out of the ordinary. It was Star Wars pancake molds. April and I attempted to make good pancakes until we discovered that we really needed cooking spray to keep the pancakes from sticking.

From Dylan Bday 2010

First T-Ball Practice

So it began today – The start of Ean’s baseball career. His very first t-ball practice was this evening. He made friends pretty quickly with his teammates as their ran around the bases.

One promising thing is that Ean will not be the only first year playing. The bad thing is that after the first practice, the team isn’t looking so hot. Good thing we have a few more practices to go.

We do have copies of the schedules if you want. Just let April or I know.

Free Comic Book Day 2010

Today was free comic book day and the family met up with my friend, Ray and his son at Books, Comics & Things in north Fort Wayne. There were a couple of members of the 501st that had some of their helmets on display as well as some of the weapons.

We all walked away with a handful of comics and were witness to a small costume contest.

All in all a fun day.