Anyway, life is so good. I have the greatest family in the world and the love of my life soon moving to Rexburg where I now reside. Really, does it get much better?
Last weekend, Austin and I went to Cokeville to see my family. School starts soon for Austin and I'll be working full-time so we're finishing up our summer adventures and spending time with our families. First of all, I love the fall in Cokeville. I LOVE when the air is crisp and you can just smell the onset of FALL. I love going to football practice and hearing the contact of the football pads and helmets. I love watching my little sisters play volleyball and their excitement about their first games coming up. Honestly, it makes me miss those days in the gym playing ball and getting after it. I love going for a walk during the day when the temperature is just right and the breeze is blowing just so...really, Cokeville is beautiful.
I also enjoy the harvest from my mother's garden. She truly is amazing. For all of you who don't know my mom, here's a little about her. She was raised in Palmer, Alaska and grew up on a dairy farm. Her parents were and are very self-sufficient and have always raised a large garden to take care of a large family. My mom comes by her green thumb quite naturally. She can make ANYTHING grow!! The growing season in C-ville is really short, and yet, every fall we manage to have a big harvest because she somehow manages to keep it all alive. I don't know how she does it. She's outside from sun-up to sun-down and seems to never stop. Right now, she's busy picking rasberries. MILLIONS OF RASBERRIES!!! Oh my goodness, there are so many and they are soooo good! We really have been blessed this year. Our family is very thankful for her hard work and the wonderful fruits and veggies she brings into the freezers for the winter. My mom doesn't have a blog, and even if she did I don't think she'd brag about her garden, so I'm going to brag about it FOR her. Here are some, okay LOTS of, pictures of the garden this summer.
The two long rows of rasberries.
Here is the row of sunflowers. Don't they look so happy?
Both of those pots above are from one, maybe two, seeds. Crazy beautiful!
This is a shot of part of the garden from the street in front of the house. The one below is from the roof, looking down on the east garden.
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I have to agree that your Mom and Dad's yard is by far the most amazing one in this town. It is obvious that a lot of time and effort is put into making it beautiful and I'm sure it is your Mom (with a little help from others) that puts in all the LONG hours. She is honestly one of my heros. I think I drive by your house at least once a week in the summer just to enjoy all of her hard work. It really is an awesome sight.
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