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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Trip to Four Peaks

This is an older post on xanga that I forgot to copy onto Blogspot

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.