The Garden is Producing!!!

Seems like the last three weeks the garden has been producing faster then we can put the items up.  We have had a ton of squash, our freezer is almost completely full...good thing we both really like it!  Here are a few pictures of two of our days pickings in the last week, it has been really great production because of lots of rain.

I am sad to say that our corn did not do too good, we actually tore everything down last weekend.  Thankfully we were able to get a few ears and will be enjoying them in the near future.

My favorite thing lately has been our purple hull peas, if you are like me you are thinking, what in the world is that!  When we first began talking about a garden, that is all Reid kept saying and I thought he was crazy because I never heard of them.  I was pleasantly surprised, they are soooo good, I will definately put them on our list for next year.

Reid is finally happy to have his home grown tomatoes.  He has enjoyed many tomato sandwiches for lunch...still kinda odd to me but he loves them!  We planted 8 tomato plants and they are all really starting to thrive in the next few weeks I think we are gonna have too many on our hands!

Tonight Reid is cooking some good ole squash and onions, beer butt chicken, candied carrots and green beans...who is ready to join us???

July has flown by

The last few weeks have been busy for both of us.  For July 4th we spent the weekend in the Jemez Mountains with my Aunt and Uncle and their family and friends.  It was an adventure to say the least!  Our tent did not have tent poles so our plans for camping out in our tent were not able to happen, but thankfully there was room in the cabin for us to stay. Rooster and Houla had a blast running free on the land and even found some cows to play with!  I enjoyed taking Reid to my favorite place, that has so many wonderful memories from my childhood.  The weather was beautiful and the nights got cold, but unfortunately we had to return to Las Cruces to the 100+ weather.  Here is a picture of the dogs on our drive home, boy were they tired!

Reid spent a week in Denver for a conference with fellow Animal Science grad students.  He presented his research that he has compiled thus far and then spent time enjoying other presentations and talking to people in his field.  He then returned to Las Cruces to help a fellow student with her research on Dairy calves...I think they are supper cute!  Then he spent two days in Clayton getting ready for another study to begin there.  Thankfully he is back in Las Cruces for a little while...hopefully!   Here is a picture of me with one of the dairy calves, they are so cute and fun to play with.

Reid and I have enjoyed a few sessions of racket ball at the gym.  Although, I don't know that we are exactly playing by the rules, we still have fun no matter what!

We were able to go to Albuquerque for a weekend with my family.  My aunt and uncle always host an ugly shirt bbq and Reid has been determined to win since he found out about it in December.  I am happy to say that he won...but of course with a little help from my wonderful taste! Here is a picture of the winning shirt and of course Reid's trophy for the year.

Last but not least we were able to spend a night bowling with friends.  They asked if we were good at bowling and Reid said no he is awful.  I said that I hadn't been bowling in ages and not sure how I would be.  Well, for those of you who know anything about me, I spent many years on a bowling league.  The truth was still that I hadn't bowled in years.  Although it was not the best scores all that matters is that we had a great time.  Thanks Cody and Marissa for a great night!