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read my profile sign my guestbook Name: Jeff & Becky Country: United States State: Arizona Interests: Snowboarding,rollerblading,camping,hiking.XBOX Occupation: IC Development Engineer Industry: Computers (Hardware & Software Message: message me Member Since: 1/16/2003

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Monday, July 27, 2009

July

We have finally finished most of our backyard. The grass has been growing very well, there are just a few patchy spots that need help. I also finished our brick wall along the back. We ordered a few tons of dirt to fill it with, and a few tons of gravel to go along the walkway to the side of the house. The last thing we want to do is lay curbing between the rocks and grass.

The monsoon season has started, our neighbors tree fell over from the wind. They had to cut all the limbs and straighten it back up. Our tree was leaning far to the left after the storm, and the support posts were cracking.

Tom Kofoed came by to visit us while on his way to New Mexico, and helped me straighten the tree out. We headed through the desert to chandler for dinner and got stuck in a dust storm. It was late afternoon, but some places were dark as night. The highway was jammed with cars unable to see the road ahead. We have had several thunderstorms since then, and a little bit of rain. This really is a fun time to be living in Phoenix.

And our poor garden suffering from the 110+ weather and heavy winds.

I have found some time to work on my dads old motorcycle. It still needs a lot of work

Chuumba enjoying some licorice. He got a lot of attention from our nephews and nieces while they were here over fourth of July.

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Sunday, May 24, 2009

Trip to Four Peaks

Last week we went off road up to Four Peaks. Becky & I borrowed her brother Josh's 4 wheelers, while he rode a dirt bike around. The weather was perfect up in the mountains! We didn't start getting hot until we got back to the truck down in the valley.

Becky on the new quad, and working on her tan. This bike is a monster!

View from the top: The valley we rode through.

The other side of Four Peaks, I think that is Roosevelt Lake

We have been doing more work on our back yard while I have so much extra time. We ordered a lot more bricks, and we are working on extending it along the back of our yard.

Our new Mexican fan palm. The fence now runs all the way across the yard to keep the dog out of our new plants.

We moved the brick to surround Becky's flower garden.

Our garden is doing very well. The squash and cucumber plants are getting very big, but the flowers wilt in the heat and we get nothing out of them.

I used the fencing we have been using to keep chuumba out of things to surround the larger plants. The top branches were dangling over the old support and breaking off.

This is how Chuumba cools off after helping me in the yard on hot days.

We have been getting tons of cherry tomatoes lately, and a few strawberries.

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Sunday, May 17, 2009

Fresh vegetables = yummy!!!

Just thought i would give you a quick update on how our garden is doing. So far, we have enjoyed strawberries, spinach, onions, tomatoes, and carrots. So good!!!! Nothing beats cherry tomatoes picked straight from the vine in the warm summer afternoon!! Soon, we will have red peppers. We are still hoping for cucumbers and yellow squash.

We thought we would save money and kill the bugs ourselves. So, we fired our bugs guys and got our own bug spray. After seeing it sit there for a day or two, I took actions into my own hand. I got all geared up with gloves, Jeff's head lamp and the spray. It was actually kind of fun. Never thought I would EVER do this, since I make Jeff kill ANY bug I see!

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Monday, May 04, 2009

Flower garden and my birthday

Jeff started his severance today, and I had today off, so we got to spend the whole day together!! It was great! We bought a BBQ grill and had an excellent dinner!!! Jeff is a superstar when it comes to putting things together - he put that grill together really fast!

Look - I planted a flower garden!! I am addicted to gardening now! There are a few plants I planted from seed that haven't come up yet, so we will see if they grow or not :) Hope so!! Next year we will raise it a little and add another layer of bricks so it will stand out more.

And here are a few pictures from my birthday!!! I had a great day!! I went to the spa with a few of my close girlfriends, then out to dinner with friends.

I LOVE getting pedicures!!!!!

I love these girls - I have known all of the them almost the whole time I have lived in AZ (8 years now)!!

My two best friends - Karen and Noelle.

Still inlove!!

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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Fun with Chumba and gardens

Chumba has learned how to open some doors. It helps that we don't have traditional door knobs. Instead we have the lever kind he can easily pull down on while pushing into the door. He can also swing open our baby gate we use to keep him in the hallway while we are away. The other day he got into our bathroom and had some fun toilet paper.