Spring is in the air! Garden planting time

It's time for the planting the garden! This is the next installment. We re-tilled the ground, made rows and planted beans (string, italian, lima, and asparagus beans), carrots, onions, tomatoes, cucumbers (lemon and armenian), corn, spinach, asparagus, peas and zucchini squash. Next week we'll finish up with the celery, pumpkin, canteloupe, watermelon and crookneck squash. That rounds it out. We have, along with the vegetables, a number of fruits - 3 apples, peaches, pears, nectarines, apricots, kiwis, 3 grapes, raspeberries, strawberries, and blueberries. Nothing like fresh produce for real flavor! Maybe we'll get some chickens next year and have our own little mini farm! Anyway, thanks to grandma and grandpa Jackson for helping us out. They're used to that warm Hong Kong weather and so were frozen in our 50 degree weather.

Chase at the Centennial Invitational in Gresham

Chase finally was able to attemp pole vault at his meet yesterday. He only was able to clear 12'6". We still love him, though ;-) He took 4th in the 1500 meter and dead last in the 800 meter (very much unlike him). Later, he ran the 4X400 relay and Skyview took first place! Chase contributed much to this race. Enjoy the pictures.

Chase at the Centenial Invitational

Grandma and Grandpa Are Back!!!!

My parents are finally back from their mission to Hong Kong so they have come up to visit us for a few days now that they are back. Today we went out with them to a place called Lucia Falls in Battleground and just hiked around a bit. It was really beautiful and the weather wasn't half bad! Then we had lunch at Burgerville and afterwards went to a lovely little Lilac and Tulip farm in Woodland. It was really interesting because there was this really loud sound that kept going off every 30 seconds or so. We found someone and asked them about it and it turns out that it is an air cannon that the farmers shoot off to keep the clouds from forming above their farm. It was really cool because there were heavy, dark clouds everywhere except for above the farm. Anyway, the tulips were absolutely beautiful! It was a really fun day!

Gardening Time!

It's that time again!!! Gardening time!!! These pictures are just a glimps of what winter does to a garden. Last weekend Dad and the boys were out working their little hiners off plowing and weeding, and all sorts of things. This year we are going to try and grow a 200 pound watermelon!! Wouldn't that be amazing? I believe our garden this year will also consist of asparagus, which is what I am really excited for!!!!

April 18, 2009 - Chase goes to the Larry Eason Invitational at Snohomish High School Veterans Memorial Stadium to compete in the men's 1600 and men's 800 meter. The first race was the 1600 in which he placed 2nd. He was hanging behind the kid that was supposed to have a time of 4:11. That kid, from Canada, finished with a time of 4:30. Chase should have been following the kid from Redmond who took State last year in CrossCountry. He finished with a time of 4:16 followed by Chase with a time of 4:26:17. We've got high hopes for him. He wanted to Pole Vault this year, but a suitable pole wasn't available and the new one that was ordered was the wrong one. Needless to say, Chase has been feeling very dejected that he hasn't been able to compete. A new, correct pole is supposed to be delivered tomorrow. Hopefully he'll be able to practice with the new pole for a few days before Saturday's competition in Gresham, Oregon. We expected him to clear at least 15 feet this year.

Just a few of the spring colors we have at our house right now. Mother Nature is AMAZING! We're in the process of getting our garden in. The ground is tilled, but we ran out of time for planting. Tomorrow (04/13/2009) is supposed to be a torrent of rain, so come back to see how we're doing. We'll post regular pictures as the garden grows. By the way, we're still enjoying the "fruits" of our labors from last year from corn to green beans to peaches, carrots and tomatoes. We're going to plant watermelon and canteloupe along with all the other things we did last year. Stay tuned!