More Pumpkins!

Now we have at least fifteen to twenty mini pumpkins on our pumpkin vines.

This is one of the big pumpkins, and it is already turning orange!

There are flowers on the vines, and the pumpkin grows behind the flower for awhile. Then the flower falls off. (In the picture above, the flower is going to fall off.)

The bottom of the pumpkin is where the flower used to be.

Making Pancakes

Yesterday, we made a mix and then used it to make some pancakes for breakfast. And dad came home just as we decided to make some. perfect timing. :)

Sarpy County Fair

In the afternoon on the last day of the fair, they have some foot races and an animal scramble.

Ellen and her friend Hanna

My cousin Olivia caught a duck.

This is our friend Jake's duck that he caught.

My cousin Amilia

Hanna, Ellen, and Olivia with her duck in the box

These are the things Ellen and I entered in the fair through the Douglas county 4-H.

Ellen entered this shirt that she sewed and received a red ribbon.

I entered this shirt that I sewed, and I received a blue ribbon.

I crocheted this baby soaker, and I received a purple ribbon and special recognition.

This is a sweater that I crocheted last fall for myself. For this I received a purple ribbon, and it was selected to go to the state fair. I also received the junior Fiber Arts Award.

Philippians 4:8

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think of such things.

NIV

Caterpillars!

Pumpkins In Our Compost Pile!

Last fall we put our old rotting pumpkins in our compost pile. Then this spring we noticed some vines growing in our compost pile. We didn't know what it was until dad looked up pictures on the internet of pumpkin vines. Now it is producing dark, green pumpkins! We have two big ones, but there are also a few other small ones.

It has little spinners that grow outward and that attach to things. So now the vines are not only covering our compost pile, but they are coming out of the fence around it. And the leaves on it are a foot wide! I can't wait till the pumpkins start star turning orange!

Two weeks ago it was only this big.

Now the pumpkin is a little bigger than a cantaloupe.

Fireworks!

Last night my family and I were at my cousins' house watching fireworks. They were very big, pretty, and loud. :)