Gardens

These are pictures from our new back yard. It gets better and better all the time. Right now is the peak of the spring/early summer gardening season in Arizona. (Those of you who are still buried under snow will be laughing in your turn come July when I am 9 months pregnant and it is 110 degrees outside.) The purple flower is the blossom of my Passiflora or "Passion Vine". It blooms all summer, but each flower only lasts one day. The flower bed is my first completed raised bed in the garden! My Mom and Dad helped me to get it started when they were here at the end of February. Mom helped me plant all the plants, including the spiny ones that bite. (Greater love hath no Mommy...) Then Dad and I went for a drive in the hills above our house and picked up the larger rocks off the side of the road! The other picture is Ryan showing off his tomatoes. He loves to go out and inspect the vegetable garden every morning. Yes, those are swim goggles he's wearing on his head, part of his latest super-hero disguise. I really do love life with little boys! They go from Flash Gordon to Luke Skywalker to Nephi with such ease.