Back from the 1st state

Did you know that Delaware was the first state to ratify the constitution? A little trivia for you. We had a great time catching up with family and friends in Delaware (and Pennsylvania, New Jersey, camping in Maryland and the coast of Virginia.) It was great to see Joshua playing with his cousins and we packed a lot in. I felt like we were gone for a long time, in a good way. Kurt took great care of the boys and I felt like I actually got a vacation too! Here are a few favorite pics-you can catch the rest on our Picasa photo site.



Bring on the crabs! Joshua loved the fresh crabmeat, dipped in butter of course.His first s'mores, but not really-Kurt didn't give him any chocolate-it was already way past his bedtime.

A little hike with cousins. (This is just before the mosquitoes carried everyone away.)

Hanging at Mom Mom's with more cousins.

Sweet boys, Sean was able to make Tobin laugh a lot.

Oh, wait, I was actually on vacation wasn't I? I think this is the only picture to prove it since I'm usually the photographer.

We really enjoyed the week-thanks guys! We can't wait until next year.

Snacking and Snoozing

Apparently mealtimes at the Zeb house need to be a little more entertaining:

Mary, Mary quite contrary...

I've been wanting to do a vegetable garden for years but in looking into getting started it was always too overwhelming. A few weeks ago however we went on a rampage pulling out bushes and weeds out front and then Kurt dug up a plot for me! The following weekend we bought a little bit of better dirt and then added our compost to it. Then we planted carving pumpkins and acorn squash.7/5-The initial digging.

7/11-We planted the seeds. Joshua's buddy Ava was over to help. She has more experience gardening than the rest of us so we were lucky she was there to help.

7/23- The Acorn squash has sprouted! We have six plants growing and they look great!

7/26 Working in the dirt. The hardest part so far has been keeping Joshua from digging up the seeds/plants.

Last week I noticed one of the pumpkins sprouted. We planted the seeds a little late so I was beginning to lose hope. Hopefully at least the one will make it. We still have space to plant some more things. I was planning tomatoes, but it's just so hot right now it seems like it would be a losing battle.

To be continued...