Summer Update

It has been way too long since we updated, so here it is all at once. 

 

With the addition of the dog we became painfully aware of any and all dirt in our yard.  She likes to dig, and run through it wet and then track it into the house.

  There is about an 18 inch gap between the fence and the grass, which is also a problem with the neighbors dog digging under.

We turned it into this (don't mind the burn spots).  We added about 90 square feet of sod total, and one more raised bed to be used next year.  We are repairing the burn spots next week...we've finally figured out how to combat that.

It is amazing how much bigger the yard feels with just the extra 18 inches.  You probably can't tell in the picture though.

Our garden has gone a bit crazy.  The tomatoes, well one in particular, have actually grown taller than the fence.  We have some zucchini growing, the carrots are awesome, and we haven't had to buy lettuce in a long time.  Very fun.

Evan played tball/coach pitch.  He did great for his first season ever.  He even had an in the park home run one game.  I thought switching to coach pitch midseason would be rough, but Evan hit it off the pitch almost every time.  

 The kids buddies from down the street moved to Germany, but this past week we got our first pen pal letters from them which was very exciting.

 We found a gigantic beetle on a walk with Molly one night.  So nasty.

Just to prove Grace and I are still here.  She is hitting the terrible twos with real force, and she isn't even two yet.  Check out her super cute bow though.  Her cousin Lauren made it and in Grace's words it makes her "so pitty."