2010 FEB - Garden

This year we tried a winter garden for the first time. We planted green beans and peas. Our green bean harvest was small and is over. The peas are just now coming on. Our first pea harvest produced about a 1/2 cup shelled peas. We just harvested again yesterday and we received 2 cups and there are still more peas left on the vines to mature. I remember when I was little -- maybe 4 or 5 -- and I sat with Grandma Roberts on her back porch and helped her shell peas. I told my boys the story and they were excited to help me harvest and shell the peas, though they still won't eat them! I blanched them and stored them in the freezer, like Grandma taught me the first year that Jerry and I were married.

2010 FEB - Jerika & Tori @ Museum Robot Exhibit

Jerika, Tori & I went to the Robots Exhibit at the Arizona Science Center in Phoenix. We were hoping it would be more techie, but we made the most of it and had fun.

2010 FEB - Riparian Preserve Family Activity

Our trip at the beginning of February to the Riparian Preserve here in Gilbert. My Aunt Pam was in town and she was able to join us. We had fun identifying and learning about the birds. There's a photo below with Gideon on a bridge. If you look to the left in the photo you'll see a duck in flight that just left the bridge railing.

2010 FEB - Kyler

Kyler and his 3D castle and working trebuchet for Castle Day.

Renaissance Festival - archery booth, in front of castle, sword shop.

2010 JAN - Gideon

Gideon and his homemade igloo of ice!




Desert Diorama - Notice the saguaro cacti and their red fruit. He also drew a palo verde tree on the background. Gideon is holding a meteorite that he'll make crash into the desert. What a boy!