Obsessed with Gardening - Version 2014

I am obsessed and addicted to gardening. It seems to be all I do and all I talk about! Starting in January I talked with everyone I worked with who gardened in the area and got as much advice as I could. I started plants inside... and they died. Then I planted more inside... and they died. Then I planted a third round inside, and they survived! Well... most of them :)  

I bought a bunch of plants at the local nursery, they were a lot cheaper than Walmart and much better quality as well. 

This year I planted:

-Strawberries

-Onions (both yellow and white)

-Artichoke (it died...)

-Cantaloupe 

-Carrots (only about 20 out of 200 seeds grew)

-Red Potatoes

-Broccoli

-Bush Beans

-Spaghetti Squash

-Cucumbers

-Zucchini

-Yellow Zucchini

-Bumpy Yellow Squash (I thought it was the same as yellow zucchini) I don't know what it is!

-Bell Peppers: Orange, Red and Green

-Jalapeños (not doing so well)

-Pumpkins (both pumpkin pie pumpkins and jack-o-lantern pumpkins)

-4 types of Tomatoes

... and I only used about 5/8 of the space I have for my garden!

Here are the beginning pictures:

My tomato plants. I have a few tomatoes growing already! 

My pumpkin plants. If I get a ton of pumpkins I am going to try to sell them! 

An overview of the garden taken today: July 7th.

Onions, carrots, cantaloupe, and red potatoes.

Broccoli and Bush Beans.

Zucchini and Peppers. Those three huge zucchini grew while we were in Oregon!

A cute little carrot popping up.

A flower growing on my onions.

A cute little pumpkin growing.

Walking and making noises

Well, Zack has been around for a year. He started walking for real the first week of February. He is now able to climb onto couches and such. Depending on the chair, he can also get down. There was a birthday party and a camera was used. I don't have access to those pictures yet but here are some primers.

Putting small hands into large shoes. Hands may or may not be smelly now.

He might be laughing.

Cow costume!!

Favorite activity? Climbing into the cupboards and removing contents.

Smash cake for Zack that Krys made. The cake was left nearly unsmashed.

Balloons in the crib.

Krys made a bean bag for the boy. It's awesome!

Running in the park.

Somebody loves tunnels.

He did not want to let go he was so excited.

He went down solo and loved it.

On time post

The Sanchez family is doing very well. I am starting what may be my busiest semester of all time. Krys is busy teaching and doing Young Women's stuff. Zack is a handful and now has a knack for hijinks. He has taken actual steps by himself. He has said "Dada" because I am his favorite. Krys has told me that he's said "Mama" so we'll count that too. Got his first haircut yesterday. Here are some pictures!

Climbing on his car seat. Normal occurrence.

Pointing while almost walking.

"I'm a cowboy!"

He likes mirrors. He is also a very handsome Superman.

"I'm naked and hugging gloves."

New haircut.

It's like he knows he's handsome.

Of course he got my creeper face.