Sunday, June 15, 2008

Everyday is Father's Day!

Mother's Day tends to be a different day because it is the day where mom's get to take a break from their normal household duties and delegate them all the the husband. It's a wonderful relaxing day (in theory, when the kids are older probably) where you can read, take a nap, enjoy a meal not cooked by you (in my case this doesn't happen unless I want scrambled eggs or Mac&Cheese), etc. Father's Day is one of those great days where it doesn't seem all that different. Today I found myself doing what I normally do, except not asking Phil to do anything, except take out the trash (I'm sorry there are just some things set in stone which the mom won't do). Other than that, not very much was different. He got to take a leisurely nap (which happens during the week sometimes), he got a nice homecooked meal, he played with the kids and had a clean house. So to sum it up, I think that we need a lot more mother's days (once a month, eh ladies?) because it seems as though everyday is Father's Day! :) With all joking aside, thanks to Phil for being a great husband, father and provider for our family. I love you baby! Here he is playing catch with Zachary

This weekend, Phil's mom and sister Melanie came into town and we went out to eat at the Grand Sierra Resort Lodge buffet. Being residents, we get an awesome discount so that it's only $7.77 per person as opposed to $18.00. The food is fabulous (prime rib, turkey, pork, pasta, etc). Here are some pictures from the night...

Gardening


As some of you may know, we planted a garden last weekend. My friend Amanda has a nice big backyard with planter boxes and I asked her if she gardened. She said she didn't and would love to, so we joined with another couple, Kaijsa and Nate, and planted a vegetable garden in her backyard. We're going to do the weeding and fertilizing etc. and my friend Amanda is doing the watering. I think that it will be great, especially if we get some produce out of the deal. Here are some pictures...

On the top we have 4 cucumber plants, middle: 7 tomato plants, bottom: 6 green peppers, 6 red peppers, bush beans, 1 jalepeno pepper plant. In the big box is cantalope. In the box by the rose bushes, we planted a watermelon plant just for fun.In this box we have pole beans, 2 summer sqash and 3 zuchinni (yum yum)

4 comments:

Alisha said...

Your garden looks great, I hope that you get a ton of food from it! Maybe next year you can pass on all of your gardening knowledge.

Rebecca said...

So I totally agree that we should have mothers day once a month and that Father's day is like everyday! I have to say too that the men all got an ice cold bottle of IBC rootbeer for Fathers day in our ward and the women...a magnet (which I am sure to a lot of time for someone to put together), but still magnet vs rootbeer...hmmm I told the Bishop my vote is rootbeer for the women next year! Great job on your community garden!! Our garden is doing pretty well. We have squash, cucumbers, lettuce and onions growing! Not bad for our first eh! Oh and so excited for you and your concert! Score points for Phil!

Janessa Taylor said...

Hey Bec, finally getting to this... finally back in the blogging world! So cute--glad you have a garden too! I want Jordan to build me a little one too, so I can have fresh tomatoes! YUM!! Maybe some corn, since corn is pretty much like gold these days :)

Love you Bec!

Rachel said...

Way to go with the garden. I'm super impressed. We have only tried herbs in the past and I always end up killing them. (Or maybe that is because the neighbor's cat always digs them up...grrrr) This year, I attempted some tomatoes in containers too so we'll see what happens with them.

Also way to go Phil with getting you the Sarah Brightman tickets...maybe you can have him give Craig some pointers. :)