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Weed or Watermelon?

I say it is a watermelon plant although all my google searches do not comfirm this! This first picture is what it looks like when it is small. It starts with two smooth leaves.

And then it grows bigger with spikier leaves. 

Mike thinks it is a stickery weed. Any help? Grandma Stubbs do you know?? 

Maybe I need to stay home more....

Ian got a similar video sent to his email address after he went shopping with me. I thought I could trust Finn to keep an eye on those guys but he went along with everything.

AKA Wendy Stubbs

So there is another Wendy Stubbs that lives in the South. She is a very Christian woman, a wife, a mother, a volunteer. How do I know all this about her? I frequently get her emails. Her email address must be really close to mine. I have unsubscribed to her weekly church newsletter multiple times. I have received hotel room confirmations. Today I received a flight confirmation email.  (Anybody want to take a trip? I've got boarding passes!) She was a volunteer at a large religious revival in Atlanta in January. It took many emails to get them to stop sending me the hourly updates! And now unfortunately I have found out that she needs some marital counseling. The counselor emailed me a questionnaire to fill out before the appointment on Monday. My heart goes out to her, struggling in her marriage, her kids getting bad grades (yes, I got an email from the school teacher). Every time I get these emails I send polite responses that they have the WRONG email address. I wish that I knew the right address! Am I the only one that this happens too? Does this other Wendy get MY emails?

Any who. It's summer vacation! Eliza graduated from Kindergarten. Me and the kids spent a few hours in the Wilderness waiting for Mike to finish the BIG RACE.I am so glad it is done! He did great and is walking almost normally. Now maybe when I go the the dentist, the dentist will actually talk to me about something other than my husbands running habits. Like maybe my teeth or something.

Gardening Goodness

Last year in March, this is what the garden area looked like:

After lots of hard work, this is what it looked like in July.  I can't find any pictures from August & September.. It was really impressive then.  Also notice the lush green grass! Delightful. 

 Here was some of our harvest last year:

We had such great success that we decided to expand the garden! Thanks to my Dad and Mike for a few hours digging and rota-tilling...

We now have this! It is mostly planted and I can't wait to start harvesting peas, corn, potatoes, onions, pumpkins, zucchini, cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, cabbage and more.  We also expanded the strawberry plantation in the front of the house which is is flourishing nicely. 

 Here is an added baby bonus for your viewing pleasure....