Happy Plants

With all the goings on yesterday I thought most of my outside plants and garden beds would be demolished, but not so. Apparently pansies and peas love marble-size hail and 2 inches of rain in under an hour. Once the skies cleared and the weather warnings expired, I went outside to look for any damage that might have occurred. Other than broken branches on the cottonwoods in the back yard not much was harmed. Amazing. If only Windsor, Gilcrest and Platteville had fared half so well...

Our first batch of baby peas this season.

Taylor picked these pansies out. Aren't they gorgeous?

Taylor was bummed that Field Day at her school was canceled for the second year in a row. She was sure that she would have to wait until she was 7 to take a shot at the three-legged race. Was she ever relieved when her gym teacher announced that Field Day is rescheduled for next Tuesday. Whew! She has her fingers double crossed for good weather on Tuesday. She's also trying to practice for the three-legged race--by herself. Wish her luck with that one, won't you? :)

The sting of deferred 3-legging was alleviated by the arrival of the ice cream maker that Grandma Connie and Grandpa Ed sent to us. We are impatiently waiting for the mixing bowl to freeze completely, then we're going to try our first batch! Taylor has requested her favorite, mint chocolate chip, so that will be the inaugural flavor. I sure hope our first batch works out--I don't want to be up until midnight trying to figure all this out. Grandma Lou recently gifted us with the coolest old-fashioned ice cream cups and tall malt/shake glasses. We're going to break those out if we meet with success. Wish us luck!

Kristin