Let the gardening begin...

1. With inspiration from Jonathan and Kelly I decided to split my big garden up into 4 raised beds (really 3.5 beds...the far left bed is pretty skinny!)
so, I've dug roughly 1 foot wide paths between each bed)


2. Bring in the wood chips to cover the paths.
Pictured in this photo is George. He's helping to make my gardening dreams possible!


3. I've laid down newspapers and covered the paths with the wood chips.


4. Now all I need to do is plant my vegetables!

Vacation, Part II

Cousin time in the Twin Cities (We got to see ALL of Charlie's cousins!)

Benjamin and Charlie...


Ray William...


Making his first appearance on Martha's blog, let me introduce Oliver Eugene...
our new little nephew with his sister (Adina) and dad (John) and mom (Taryn)


The family Hanson with our new nephew (Oliver was born on May 1st)

Charlie and Aunt Kara...


Adina and Charlie...


Fun, huge, fast carousal ride at the mall
(John, as I'm posting this I realize that I totally owe you $2)

Vacation...

A few pictures from our vacation to Plummer, Minnesota!
Check out Jonathan's blog (the link is on the left of my blog page) to view a map of Plummer!


JJ, Charlie, and Mike in Thief River Falls

On Friday morning we woke up to some snow...good thing there was a casino with a HUGE water park nearby...

yellow slide=fun slide (again, again)
red slide=pain slide (never again)




Kelly and Charlie


We met Grandma and Grandpa at Caribou on our way to the cities (for Part II of vacation)