where do you buy your brain?

Jarrod- Jude, where's your brain?
Jude- Right here (rubs head). I just buyed it.
Jarrod- You just bought it? (questioning to make sure he heard correctly)
Jude- Yeah.
Jarrod- Where did you buy it?
Jude- Walmart.
Jarrod- Was it cheap or expensive?
Jude- Yeah.
Jarrod- That's not an appropriate answer for the question.
Jude- Not cheaper, cheaper

Update!

Ok, so here is my promised update-
the day before school got out we left for Seattle. Jarrod had a seminar and since we aren't really doing anything this summer I thought it would be fun for us to all go and spend the day before the seminar sight seeing. We drove up Thurs. after school and made it by 9pm. We went out to dinner and then to the hotel. On Friday we rode the ferry over to Port Angeles and then made our way to a couple of hikes in Olympic National Park via Forks and La Push. We did the Moment in Time hike by Lake Crescent

Then, we made our way to Forks and La Push. We ate lunch in Forks at Pacific Pizza. You should definitely eat there if you get a chance. It was super yummy! I shopped a little and then we went to La Push. The sea stacks were awesome! We definitley want to hit a few of the beaches next time we go. This time we passed b/c we didn't quite have enough time, but definitely next time.



After that we did the Hall of Mosses Trail in the Hoh Rain Forest it was absolutely gorgeous. I still can't get over how green everything was and how clear the water was everywhere. Olympic National Park was great.

On Saturday Jarrod had his seminar, so we hung out at the hotel and then went to Claim Jumper's for dinner. It was delicious and I finally got to try the Eclair for dessert. It was greatness! The thing was the size of a football and even with 6 of us eating it we couldn't finish it. We left Sunday morning and made it home in great time. On our way out we drove by the fish market and we even got to stop at a Sonic (yay!).












Father's Day- We made homemade doughnuts for breakfast and gave Jarrod his gifts and for dinner we had Five Guys.











Coen also started eating baby food. I make his baby food and so far he absolutely loves it. He is also crawling like crazy (no more military crawl) and sitting up. He has started pulling up on things lower to the ground (the bottom stair and the back of his bouncy seat).













For the 4th Jarrod made homemade biscuits and I made a blueberry pie. We had hot dogs for dinner and then we headed over to the mall to watch the fireworks. Jarrod had monday off, so we turned our garage into a movie theater, had popcorn and watched one of our family faves -RV.













Oh, here's a pic of my Bday peach cobbler. Yummy Yummy!

Happy Birthday to Me!

Well, today is my 29th Birthday and my gift to you is (drumroll please).......
UPDATING THE BLOG!
I know, I know it's just the best gift ever. =) I have tons to update, so later on this afternoon I am going to update everything since the last update- which is tons and tons of fun stuff.
So, as soon as the garage door guy leaves and I feed the kids lunch I will be back on here to give you fun stuff to read.

Garden Update

We have now planted everything in our garden. (Yay!) We started most everything from seed except for a couple of jalapeno plants, lettuce, tomatoes, zucchini, squash, a few storage onions and one cucumber. I am going to try and update as things grow, so we can have a good review of what we planted this year, so we'll know what worked and didn't work for next year. Here's what we've planted:
Row 4-parsley, basil, onion and jalapeno

Row 3- Pickling cucumber, okra, pole beans, jack pot zucchini, patty pan squash, chocolate peppermint and chocolate spearmint

Row 2- Pumpkin and Potatoes

Row 1- Tomatoes (roma, big beef, early girl and sweet 100) and Lettuce

Everything is looking good so far (fingers crossed), so hopefully we'll have a good harvest and I'll be able to can like crazy. My plans are to can the pumpkin, tomatoes and anything else I can think of. We will also definitely be pickling the cucumbers and okra (so yummy!). We are very excited and can't wait for our harvest!

This week at the garden:

J watering the starts we planted








Me and my sleeping
little C Behr











The rest of the kiddos
playing in the Kid Area

Wordless Wednesday- Caught!

Happy Earth Day! (link love)

Happy Earth Day!

In honor of Earth Day I am going to share some links with you that are "green" related. Please visit them all, they are great!

The place where we buy all of our green cleaners and house supplies -
www.melaleuca.com (if you are interested in buying any contact me and I'll get you set up)

40 Ways to a greener home
http://simplemom.net/tips-to-go-green-at-home/#more-2086

Daily Green Hour
http://simplekids.net/green-hour/

Jack Johnson- The 3 R's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6IbRSRe8MQ

Billion Acts of Green (add yours to the list)
http://www.earthday.org/

The Green Guide
http://www.thegreenguide.com/

Care2
http://www.care2.com/

Mother Earth News
http://www.motherearthnews.com/

Raise your own chickens (can't wait until we can do this!)
http://www.grit.com/daily-commute/Save-Money-in-2009-Raise-Your-Own-Chickens.aspx
http://www.wikihow.com/Keep-Chickens-in-a-City
http://www.backyardchickens.com/

Pick your own
http://www.pickyourown.org/

Find a Co-op, Farmer's Market and more
http://www.localharvest.org/

If you know of anything I forgot or you want me to add something leave a comment.

Our Garden

The kiss of the sun for pardon,
The song of the birds for mirth,
One is nearer God's heart in a garden
Than anywhere else on earth.
~Dorothy Frances Gurney, "Garden Thoughts"


Last Saturday, we got to see our Community Garden Plot. We were lucky enough to get a plot this year, we tried last year but it was all full. This year they changed things up and did a lottery and miraculously our name was drawn! We have a great spot right along the edge of the gardens and next to the shed where they keep the "community" tools. We can plant anything we want in our garden and it is all ours to keep. Plus, that primo spot is ours until we don't want it anymore. So, since Jarrod couldn't help us with the plot this time, we decided to just go ahead and get the hay off the top. Kaitlyn raked for a little while, the other kiddos loaded the wheel barrel,I took the wheel barrel to drop off the hay, and the kiddos unloaded it onto the pile (it had to be spread over the pile). Then, Kaitlyn and I switched. This week we are going to add some compost and make our rows so that we can measure them off and decide what to plant. I kind of did a tentative planting chart, but I have since decided to skim it down a little bit b/c I don't want to do too much and end up disappointed. We are soo excited and can't wait to start planting! We are going to do some starts (we'll get those at the Farmer's Market next month) and some seeds (I'm not too sure how the seeds will do- I usually do better with starts). Here are some pics that Jarrod took that day.


Why try to explain miracles to your kids when you can just have them plant a garden. ~Robert Brault

Our Garden Plot

Kid's filling wheel barrel

Raking with Coen