The Dad Life

I know some of you have seen this on Facebook, but this is just too funny not to share with those not on Facebook.  I love this video and could watch it over and over again.  

Wells First Full Prayer

Wells first full prayer: Heavenly Father, Heavenly Father, Heavenly Father... church...Mommy be safe...Daddy be safe...too...Heavenly Father, Jesus...name...AMEN!!!

Scooter

Wells got a scooter a couple of weeks ago and he loves it!  He will not separate himself from it.  When we go inside the "scootie" comes inside.  When we are outside one foot is planted flat on the scooter and the other on the pavement.  He even wants me to put it in the car when we leave (but I will NOT break down and do that).  He's pretty good at it too. I'm surprised at how fast he's caught on. 

A few nights ago I was taking video of him going down our neighbors driveway and we just happened to get our little neighbor girl Claire learning how to ride her bike.  In the video you can see her brother Reese teaching her how to ride the bike. Then a little later in the video you can see Claire riding the bike by herself and all the neighbor kids running after her cheering her on :)  

At the end of the video there is a clip of Wells turfing it on his scooter and I just had to put it in because it shows what a tough little thing he is.

Another Adventure of Wells

I think I need to get Wells a sand box.  He spent about 10 minutes (which is a long time for his attention span) playing in this box of detergent this morning.  

The good thing is he smelled nice after he was all done :)

Garden Smarden

Garden Smarden... I've always said that when it comes to that time of year that everyone get so excited about.  "It's so fun to pick out the seeds!"  "Oh I love to till the nice moist soil..."  Are people really serious?  How can someone get a kick out of working in the DIRT!

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Well... I've caught the bug...

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I think I've just always taken my dad's bounteous garden for granted my whole life.  All the fresh veggies and fruit have just, well, always been there every summer (and even all winter when my mom has canned).  But this summer I decided I was sick of the store bought tasteless tomatoes, the pithy potatoes, and the flimsy carrots.  So I decided to take my dad's well of knowledge that's stored up his shiny bald head, and learn something from him.

Wow did I learn a lot.  Little tricks of the trade, how to hoe so you don't hurt your back, how to utilize every bit of dirt, how to talk to the plants so they will grow faster and stronger... (okay so maybe I just did that, not my dad).

Anyway, he let me use his garden if I would share the produce.  So here are a couple of pictures from the beginning to what it was about a month ago.

Little ghosts in the garden

This is my dad's ghetto tomato cage

This is just a tiny bit of what we grew.  Isn't it beautiful????

All in all we grew

Radishes

Carrots

Green onions

Yellow onions

Red potatoes

Yukon Gold potatoes

Green Peppers

Cucumbers

Crook neck squash

Zucchini

Snow peas

Sugar peas

Cherry tomatoes

Regular tomatoes

Lettuce

And I've enjoyed every single bit of it.  

Thanks dad for sharing your knowledge.  

Love you.

Random video I like

This is one of the students Wade has worked with while in Student Programs at Operation Smile.  I don't know why, but I love this video :)

Slip 'n' slide