More from the garden

Remember earlier this summer when we had babies all over the place? Well, we had more late in the summer! Josh was in the garden one afternoon and heard some rustling, only to be surprised by 4 new baby bunnies! Their mama was such a good mama and had made them a great nest in the corner of the garden. We poked around a bit (never getting too close) to show the boys and check in on them and every night, she was sure to cover them up really well and put lots of her own fur in there to keep them warm. It was the cutest thing ever.

Here's one of their little noses poking out. Don't mind our brown beans...we didn't like them very well so we let them go bad. :( No beans next year! And here you can see a couple of them all cuddled in their nest:

Our garden did really well this year! Here is one crazy plant that produced EVERYTHING at once and then putzed out. All of the others have produced all along, but this old guy gave us everything he had all at once and then just tuckered out.

Here is the loot after one jaunt to the garden. We've done picks like this a good half dozen times throughout the summer. And we're still not sick of tomatoes!!

In addition to the tomatoes and the cukes, we finally got an eggplant!! 2, actually! We haven't picked them yet but we're excited...3rd year's a charm!

Storm Shelter

So everyone knows that Kowe and I share a certain (well founded, I might add) fear of tornados. It really is hilarious because Kowe can sense a storm coming from miles away. She starts acting weird and then as it approaches and I start freaking out with her (only when there is a chance of tornados...I'm not scared of most thunderstorms, but she sure is), she knows exactly what to do to keep safe. We have our storm shelter all set up in the kitchen closet, so we have all of our pillows and blankets ready and we start our little routine of getting the vacuum out, getting the weather radio and flashlight ready, etc. She just knows. Sometimes if I know it's going to storm while I'm at work, I'll leave the storm shelter open for her because I know it makes her feel much more secure. She also loves to be behind the toilet, so we'll turn the fan on and let her hang out in there so that she can't hear the small rumbles as easily.

Well, on this particular day, I was gone and Josh was home with the dogs as a scary storm approached. I guess he forgot to open Kowe's storm shelter but had left the cupboard open so she plowed through and made her own safe haven. I am so sad by the worry in her little eyes! But doesn't her path of destruction kind of remind you of a tornado?!Josh cleaned out some of the cans so she could get nice and cozy. I feel so bad.

She is just so cute!

Mama's 80th Birthday

So where did we leave off? Oh, yes...the morning after our celebration in Cincinnati. Josh had to get up and going because he was headed to Southern IN for his Mamaw's (or Mama as they spell it, but it's hard for me to spell it that way) 80th Surprise Birthday Party!

Josh forgot the camera (we'll assume it was because he forgot, not because of his condition.) SO I stole a few pics from Jeremy since I asked Josh to get me some and that hasn't happened. I was sad to have to miss the party (and the visit from Jeremy, Lisa & Alex) but I had to work. I hear it was a beautiful day!

Here are a few cute pics:

Josh and Patty helping get everything ready for the big surprise:

I hear Mamaw was really surprised! Here she is, cute as can be in her birthday hat:

Nothing like a little help from your favorite son:

Here is a pic of all of the Wright men with Grandpa:

And here is a pic of Uncle Josh with Alex. (J & Lisa-hopefully you don't mind that Alex is in these.) Is there anything cuter than this?:

Finally, one of all of the Wrights:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAMA(W)!!!

Garden

We started our garden during our first full year in the house and it has grown and grown and grown each year! We are really excited about it this year! We added the composter, the cucumber climbing fence and the herb garden outside, so we are really enjoying it! :)

It's turning out to be our best one yet in terms of growth, too! One tomato plant is almost as tall as me! Here are some pics:

Overview of the entire thing: Herb garden:

First tomatoes of the year, cheers!

Two cute garden helpers:

First of the bell peppers:
Lots of green beans and peppers:
Another overview...look at all of those yellow blooms!:

First of the cherry tomatoes:

The cucumber climbing fence that Josh masterfully created...they're climbing it perfectly!:

And they drop through the bottom! He's a genius!

Now if only our tomatoes would be ready!

Josh's Birthday Celebration

We decided to celebrate Josh's birthday with a trip to Cincinnati to watch the Cubbies along with Shell, Dan, Laura and Jeff. We had such a fantastic time!! First, we stopped off at IKEA for some bargain shopping, then we headed to our hotel room and got the celebration started!

Nothing starts off a Wright celebration like some vajunka! Then we headed to a fun little bar near the ballpark for some (aka MANY) drinks.
Danny got the entire bar to sing happy birthday to Josh. He was pretty embarrassed but it was really neat to have all those people singing to him.
Shell did a little "Brown Chicken Brown Cow" dance with some random guys...

We were so excited to get to spend the weekend with Shell and Dan. We don't get to hang out with just them very often! And they don't get a weekend away from the boys together very often, so I think they had a great time too!
And our trip would not have been the same without Jeff & Laura! Laura, our little fair weather fan... :)
This picture cracks me up!

I have to say, by this time we weren't noticing much around us. However, Josh spotted Big Easy and I had to chase him down and get a picture! I don't think he knew. ;) If you have ever watched Real World/Road Rules challenges, you'll be well aware of who Big Easy is. If not, you wouldn't care, but we were really excited! However, he quickly walked upstairs to the VIP section so this was the best I could get...

The girls checked in a little earlier than the guys. They somehow managed to come back to the room, decide they weren't tired yet, go back out to some bars, return to the hotel, steal some guys pizza and breadsticks and then make it back to the hotel room in the wee hours of the morning.

Then...they STOLE our bed! Dan and Josh cuddled all night long!
...while Shell andLaura had to cuddle up on the floor to try to keep warm!

Okay. Truth be told, Josh and Dan had to take the floor. But trust me, they had no idea where they were.

Babies All Around!

Birds and bunnies, oh my!

Early this spring, Patty and I noticed some Robin eggs in the tree next to the house. We weren't sure if they would be okay because they were kind of exposed. Sure enough, they were! I snapped a couple of pictures of their fuzzy little heads before the flew the nest. They're so cute but you have to look close!

Then I was working at the Taste and got a text from Josh with lots of !!!'s...unusual for him, but I was running around like a crazy lady so I didn't have time to check it till later. He was texting to tell me that 5 baby bunnies had made their home in our garden! We were so excited!! I told them they could eat all the green beans if they wanted! (You can see some of the damage they did to the leaves but I think they left the beans alone.) The next day, 4 of them were gone (or at least we couldn't find them in there) and there was one lone little guy. Now he's gone, too. :( But they all left just in time for us to start picking the garden. Can you even handle their cuteness?? (This is just 4, the other little guy was off on his own.) Birds, bunnies...even a wasps nest! Looks like there might be some fertile air floating around the Wright house!! Let's hope that carries to the inside of the house, too! (The air, not the wasps of course!)

Josh & Lincoln's Birthdays: @ the Zoo and such

Since Josh and Linc have birthdays just a few days apart, we had a lot of celebrating all packed in! First, here are some pictures from Lincoln's birthday party. What kids party is complete without a pinata?! Here are some pics of J opening his presents on his birthday:

We told Linc he could choose anything he wanted and we would make a special day for just him. He could pick the park or the Children's Museum, the Indy Zoo, the pool...whatever he wanted. He chose the Indianapolis Zoo (yay!). That was our first choice, too.

Here are Linc and Josh while I sing Happy Birthday to them. We got some so-so cupcakes from a new cupcake shop in town. When you've had More Cupcakes and Sprinkles Cupcakes, these left a little to be desired. But they were fun either way! Josh had the Pooh one (with honey), Linc had a Chocolatey Chocolate one and mine in the bottom there is an Elvis one.Blowing out the candles!
Alright! Birthday Buddies!

This picture melts my heart! I love that they have on their matching plaid shorts and brown shirts! We didn't even plan it!! Linc loves his Uncle Josh so much.
We all loved the giraffes!
Waving to the giraffes! We stood and watched the one at the trees for the longest time. He was licking the tree and Lincoln loved it!
Me and Dinks at the rhinos

I can't believe how big he is!

We had such a great time! He is such a good boy and loved the time with us without having to split the attention with Griff. We'll do the same for Griff in July for his birthday. Wish we could do it more often!