And the carrots and onions.
My Jalapeno peppers have finally emerged; I was afraid the seeds were too old.
My cucumbers are up and ready to be thinned. I always dread thinning plants, it feels like I'm killing them.
With all the weeds gone my garden looks a little bare.
But I would rather it look bare than buried in weeds.
I love how lush and full the plants are. While weeding I noticed many of the green beans have begun blooming.
With the green beans finished next on my list will be the peas. They are growing well but the weeds are too thick around each plant.
My tomato plants are really looking good and getting tall; thankfully the weeds around them have been very minimal.
The carrots are coming along nicely;
And so are the onions.
I started several pepper plants indoors but when I moved them outdoors most died; I only have three plants that lived and they are really struggling.
Although my garden is small this year I am so very pleased with it.
And I love having it in the orchard, which is really looking good as well.
I'm already on my second mowing and determined to keep up with it. Mowing small green weeds is so much easier than mowing tall dried weeds!
I wasn't too sure it could be fixed or even fixed up.
Thankfully Pat is good at restoring things.
We had to order a few replacement parts in order to have a working unit; thank goodness for the Internet.
On Saturday we noticed the eggs began hatching;
Which is good since every one of our chickens have been killed over the past few months.
Between the dogs, the coyotes and I think a bobcat, our poor hens didn't have a chance!
Thankfully we were able to buy some fertile eggs and can now begin replacing our flock.
A sporting goods store is not exactly what I consider a "fun" place to go, but boy was I wrong about this place.
It was like being in a zoo or a museum; it was truly amazing.
There is so much to see in this store.
They even had a large aquarium room filled with giant fish.
I'm so glad Jonathan talked me into going; while he shopped Elizabeth and I just walked around and admired all the wonderful displays.
We visited The Oasis which is an exciting restaurant built on a cliff. We dined on a deck that hung over the cliff's edge.
The view was breathtaking! 
Our food was really good and the weather was perfect.
While at the Oasis I took this photo of my sister and Elizabeth. They have the same type of hair and in this photo my sister looks more like Elizabeth's mom than her aunt.
What a fun time we all had; the Austin area is so pretty and so exciting!
A book bag is always a fun project; my favorite part...the over sized flower.
I so need to make one of these for Elizabeth.
First she chose two colors, pink and purple and then she began marking and cutting them into squares.
Next she slowly stitched the squares into a pleasing design.
Once the front was finished she cut a back and stitched around the outer edges.
After stuffing it was time to stitch, by hand, the opening closed.
And "presto" a pretty little pillow made by a pretty little girl. I love how Elizabeth always wants to do something special for others.
