Memorial Day Weekend activities

This has actually been a really fun weekend. Friday night Mike and I watched a movie, then decided we just wanted to get the house cleaned that night instead of waiting till the morning. So we did a late night cleaning. It was actually kind of fun. I honestly think cleaning is much more fun in the middle of the night than the middle of the day.

Saturday, Mike and I went for a nice drive with Mike's parents. They had one of their classic Mustangs, and we took the '66 Mustang Convertible. It was fun! We went over to Logan and up Logan canyon to Bear Lake. We then went to Franklin, ID before heading back home. It was a blast. We were able to have the top down for a lot of the drive, but then put it down because we got rained on.

Saturday night My parents came to stay. So we ended up just sitting around chatting and playing computers. When they come to visit everyone has their laptops setup on the dinning room table. We all sit on our computers. That is how we bond.

Sunday I made some Yummy Creamy Potato soup in the crock pot. I also bought bread bowls to have it in. Jenny, Roger and the kids came over for a little while. Then right before the soup was done and ready to be serves, Linda called and said they were having a BBQ. So Mike, My parents, and I all ate some soup as an appetizer before heading to Linda's. We stayed and chatted at Linda's for a little while before heading home. Mike and I also ran to the store and bought some tiki citronella oil. At our wedding we had little lanterns as the center pieces on the tables. Well we ended up having a few left so we hung them on out patio. We have never gotten around to buying the oil so I finally made him buy some last night. So we all sat out on the swing with the lanterns burning, listening to the rain. It was very relaxing and nice.

Today Mike had to go in to work for a couple hours. I went with my parents, Shelly, Lizzy, Kristin, Matthew, Jenny, Roger and their kids, and Rogers Mom to This is the Place monument. It was a blast! They had a little petting Zoo so we got to pet goats, ducks, Lambs, bunnies, and chicks. It was fun. I got some good pictures. We then wandered around the village. For those of you that have never been there... they do a living history. So they have people all dressed up in the pioneer clothes and they have little activities you can do. They are also very knowledgeable about pioneer history. The kids got to ride a little train, make an Indian necklace, and ride ponies. Plus there was a bigger train we got to ride on.

This is Kristin holding a chick.

Lizzy holding a bunny

Lizzy, Kristin, and my Parents in the school house. They told Lizzy she would have graduated already and would be looking to get married at her age.

Kristin, Lizzy and Matthew riding the small train. Matthew looks bored.

We all went to Olive Garden afterwards for lunch. Mike met up with us there for lunch. While I was with my family, Mike hiked Grandeir Peak. I did that hike with him once and it about killed me. I was glad that he got to do that hike though. It has been a couple years since he last did it but it is kinda like a tradition for him. He also said he did it in record time. It only took him an hour and a half round trip. When I did it... it took us six hours. He got some good pictures I will have to post on here later. Right now I have to get going. We are going over to Mike's parents house for a BBQ now. It has been a busy weekend, but it has been a blast!

Ogden Marathon and Yard Work

Yesterday was the Ogden Marathon. Of course Mike had to run it so we spent Friday night in Ogden and half of Saturday. Mike didn't qualify for Boston on this marathon, but he beat his time last year by 21 minutes. His time was 3:22:30. He has some setbacks, but he pulled thru it all and still got a PR on that course. I am proud of him.

As you may recall... this was the Marathon Mike proposed to me at last year. So this Marathon will always be special for us.

Today we did a few things around the house. Mike bought all the needed stuff to get our swamp cooler running. It was starting to get hot in our house so it is nice to have the option of cold air again. We also decided to buy some paving stones. There is a section in our backyard that was just dirt with a couple of stepping stones. It has always been an eye sore and bothered us both so we finally took care of it.

Before

Partway done laying bricks (this was where we ran back to Home Depot because we didn't buy enough stones the first time)

This is when it was all done. It looks tons better in that spot!

It was a good weekend. I like it when we can get out and get stuff done. Mike and I are both rather sore though. Oh and an update on the garden... one of the tomato plants and the spaghetti squash plant are dying. I tried not watering them for a few days... then tried watering them more.... but they are still not looking so good. The other two tomato plants look great. The radishes are springing up as well. I didn't expect those to sprout so soon. Nothing else has sprouted yet so we will see!

My first Vegetable Garden

I have never planted a Vegetable garden before, but that is what Mike and I did today. We have a huge area behind our garage that has been occupied by giant weeds. Well we evicted the weeds and decided to plant a garden. We bought a Tiller at Home Depot yesterday and went to town back there. I forgot to get a before picture, but this is when half of it was tilled. You can see on the right side where there were still some weeds waiting to be destroyed.

We went to Walmart and bought some tomato plants. We got some big tomatoes, medium Roma tomatoes, and Cherry Tomatoes. We also bought a Spaghetti Squash plant. I have never had Spaghetti Squash but Mike loves it! These are the plants we bought prior to plannting, sitting our our redneck patio table. Side Note: Mike wants to get rid of the big wire spool, but I wont let him. I am determined I will make it into something cool someday. For now it sits there being used as a patio table.

We also bought seeds for Peas, Radishes (although I think I planted those two a bit late in the year so I don't know if they will grow), Zucchini, and Cucumbers. We bought a weeping hose and some other misc gardening supplies.

This is the area after it was all tilled. Look how nice it looks!

This is the finished product. I really hope it all works out. I am nervous to get my hopes up that anything will grow. I found out last year with flowers that I cannot grow something from seeds. If it is already half grown, I can replant and be fine... but straight from seeds.... no good.Our neighbor behind us has a huge garden. They pretty well live off their garden. They can it and use it thru the winter. He is very knowledgeable and has been giving us pointers. One thing I have forgotten to ask him... is how often to water. I am thinking about a half hour every other day. Does that sound right to people? I went on a gardening forum and that is what people suggested. So for all of you gardeners out there.... please help! I need all the suggestions I can get!

Sego, and Ducks

So I decided I needed to do a more positive post since my last one was so negative. So I would do the post I have been wanting to do for a few months but just haven't gotten around to it. Before I get into that... I wanted to share a picture of our visitors we had.

Mike was backing into the drive way after our shopping trip when he suddenly hit the breaks. I couldn't see them at the time, but behind us were some ducks. Mike chased them around with the camera trying to get pictures. It was night time so it was hard to get any good ones. They were cute little guys!

I have been meaning to post about the Ghost Town Sego. I am obsessed with Ghost Towns and try to stop at them whenever we go on vacation somewhere. We went to Sego when we did our Moab trip in March. It isn't too far out of Moab. It was fun. There were some Petroglyphs when you first start driving into the canyon leading to Sego. They were everywhere! Sadly vandals have added their own petroglyphs with the ancient ones. I hate when people feel they need to vandalize or leave their mark. I don't care that Sue and Bob were there in 1992. It makes me mad when people vandalize historic things. Anyways... now that I got that off my chest we can move on to Sego.

Sego was a mining town from about 1911-1947. It went thru a few different owners throughout the years. This was just an abandoned house. The miners were able to build cabins and such around the area. This was a pretty neat looking house.

This was a Hotel. It is is sad condition now. There was a breeze when we were there and that whole building just swayed back and forth. I don't see it lasting much longer. It was neat though. Mike's nephew Aaron is in the picture pointing to something that must have been interesting.

This was the Mercantile which happened to be owned by the Mining Company. The Miners were only aloud to shop at this Mercantile. They would get in trouble if they were caught shopping in Nearby Thompson. So basically the mining company was paying the miners but then recouping their money in the items the miners had to buy from their Mercantile. This building was impressive. I could see it standing for the next 100 years if people don't get to it first.

This was a picture I found online of the town in its heyday. The hotel is the building on the left, then the Mercantile is in the middle. I have no idea what the building is to the right of the Mercantile. There was no evidence of the building having been there.
Anyways.... Sego was a neat little place. I highly suggest it to anyone when heading to Moab. It is a nice little side excursion that is will worth your time.