Red, White, & Blue :(

Titus was the BLUE in our Red, White, & Blue photos. He wasn't super cooperative for Aunt Jo Jo...




Photos by Holst Creative Touch

Garden Update

Here is a mid-summer update on our garden.

Grace holding our first zucchini we picked. So far we have gotten 3 and I have made zucchini fries and shredded some to freeze for zucchini bread.

A bad storm passed through Hannibal on a Tuesday afternoon downing two trees next to our garden. One of them did some damage.
Paul's corn was hurt the worst.
Grace picking a pepper.
The two huge trees.
Grace showing our damaged garden. (love the sad face)
Our broccoli crop. I have never grown broccoli so it took a bit of research to know how to harvest it. I have learned a lot and I think I would definitely try it again. So far I have made Beef N' Broccoli and Broccoli Cheese Soup with broccoli from our garden.

We spent a lot of time helping our friends pick up tree limbs. This picture just shows a few...they were everywhere!

Fourth of July

Fireworks at Grandma Holst's house.

Aunt Jo Jo and the future Uncle Jake (Josie got engaged on Friday night!)

Parade:

This year we were in the parade for Jeremy's company Reliable.






Fireworks on the 4th:

We watched fireworks across the river from Hannibal on the riverfront with our friends the Whetstones. It was a great spot...although Titus didn't make it through and I ended up with him in the van.