Train Quilt

I finally finished the train quilt I was making for Wesley's bed! I made matching curtains and accent pillows last year when we were in our house, but the quilt has waited until now. Now the set is complete. I had to show Wesley how to pull back the covers and get inside since he usually just sleeps on top with a cuddle blanket.














He loved it and wanted to stay in bed.











Now, to train him to MAKE the bed:)

My Condo Garden

Well, I got into gardening last year when we had a backyard. I had so much fun, I just couldn't give it up when we moved back to the condo. I tried planting some things inside during the summer, but that didn't work so well and increased the population of the condo quite dramatically:) Happy to report that our little black buzzing friends have moved out. So I moved the pots outside and planted a couple of seeds every so often to see if it was cool enough for anything to grow. Finally I had some sprouts that did not get fried upon germination. I took it as a sign and got busy planting bush beans, green onions, peas, swiss chard, lettuce, spinach and carrots.
Here's my peas, swiss chard, spinach and some carrots.










As you can see, the peas are doing great!











There are actually quite a lot of sprouts in this pot, but they're small and slow growing:)







And finally the green beans and green onions are thriving.

Summer 2009

I haven't posted for a while, and there's a reason for that...I've become addicted to facebook. So any of you that aren't already my friends on facebook, please join me there since I am on there a lot more than I am on my blog:)




Anyway, so we started out the summer camping in the mountains east of San Diego with my family. The weather was perfect, and we enjoyed the three-day retreat into nature. Wesley got VERY dirty, had fun playing with Grandma, Grandpa and Aunts and Uncle. We also did a little hiking, and found out that Wesley does very well on the trail. I am excited now that the weather is cooling down and we can check out some of the trails here in AZ! Anyone know of any good trails that are free and not too far?



Wesley is such an early bird. We have had to go to great lengths to train him to at least stay quiet in his bed until 6:00. As you can see, we used playdough to help him understand what 6:00 looks like on his digital clock. Lately we have been bribing him with treats if we don't hear him until 6:00. It mostly works:)


Just a cute picture of Wesley all dressed up for Sunday. Just like Daddy:)


















We ended the summer with another trip to nature, but this time a little closer to home. Labor Day found us up on the Mogollon Rim, north of Payson, AZ for a day trip. We enjoyed the cooler weather, took a short hike so Wesley could break in his new (thrift store) hiking boots:), and took lots of pictures of the scenery.