The Round Up Parade

Every year, Prineville hosts the Crooked River Round Up the week before the 4th of July. And a great part of that is the parade that happens that Saturday morning. There is a little festival in the park, great snacks, local vendors, and lots of fun for the kiddos. But our favorite part of the parade is the fact that DADDY is in it! So, here is Bailey anxiously awaiting Daddy's big debut...notice that she has both candy and a political advertisement in hand.

 

And here is new Baby Sam at his first parade. He was wiped out and I was tired of carrying him in the Ergo.

 

Then Daddy arrived, banging on the base drum in the Trash Can Marching Band, sponsored by his employer, Prineville Disposal. Daddy was keeping the beat well(except when we called out to him!)

 

And of course, we had to stop for a milkshake after the parade was over.

 

You reap what you sow

 

Today, we enjoyed our garden for the first time! It is such a delight to watch a garden grow (I know...I lead a simple life), especially when you start it from seed. Remember my ramblings on in February about how the winter was going to kill me? Well, now that the garden is in full bloom, I'm in heaven! This plate includes three different types of lettuce: Black Seeded Simpson, Prizehead and Buttercrunch and they are the first things in our garden (minus the strawberries) that are ready to harvest. In fact, they are overflowing their square foot space.

We are looking forward to a nice bounty to include lettuce, strawberries, corn, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, muncher cukes, watermelon, cantaloupe, tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, grapes, cilantro, parsley, and green beans! No zucchini this year? Well, we have an abundant supply of frozen zucchini for bread in the freezer, so I decided to use the space I had for corn this year.

I mentioned grapes...my husband received two grapevine starts from a gentleman on his route for work! So very cool when people share, isn't it? So, "Thanks!" goes out to that guy. I can't wait to pluck fresh grapes off the vines!

And by the way, our little munchkin turns 3 next week. Unreal, eh? Another thing that's unreal is that she actually smiled for the camera. Oh and one more thing that's unreal...? We will have a baby sometime in the next week or two. It's a good month for the Joneses.