Saturday, September 26, 2015

Time to Plant Winter/Spring Flowers

This picture shows our home with the summer flowers. This week I removed the summer flowers and replaced them with the winter/spring flowers: pansies, tulip and daffodil bulbs. Hopefully, it will be very showy next spring. It is imperative that you plant the winter/spring flowers in mid to late September so they have a full month of growing season to establish their root system so they can survive the winter.
 This picture shows the flowers in our courtyard. It became a little too much like a jungle later in the year.
 Our two hanging baskets are very showing with the different flowers, although all you can really see here are the super-tunia plants. Regular watering with Miracle-Gro makes all the difference. Our flower pots also did very well and added much color to the landscape. I keep the baskets and the pots until the frost takes them later in the fall.
 The Osteopermum (purple daisy-like flower) is a great flower to plant as it always looks good and keeps on blooming.
 This picture shows our home with the new winter/spring flowers planted.
 Notice the pansies in front of the hedge. They will grow and fill in over the winter and spring months. There are also daffodil bulbs planted in between the pansies and the hedge (winter gem boxwood)
 These are the pansies planted in the courtyard. There are also tulip bulbs planted in between the pansies to give the flower garden height and more dimension and to add more visual interest. I put down landscaping fabric to hopefully stop the cats from using the flowerbed as their private bathroom!
 Another view of the new flowers.
 Here are pictures of the side of the house with the new flowers planted including daffodil bulbs. It should look good nest spring!
 Another side angle view of the new flowers. Thanks for taking the time to view these pictures. I love you all!

Sunday, September 13, 2015

Tim and Taylor's Day Off!

Standing in front of Smith Reservoir up Spanish Fork Canyon  
 Let's go riding!
 Good times! 
 Break time
 Safety first
 Instruction time
 Doing it on your own! That's my Governor pistol by S&W
 Tim takes dead aim on the old stump
 I can still shoot
 Taylor riding with his dad; look who is bringing up the rear.
Taylor likes 4-wheeling!

Additional Summer Pictures with Ashley and Brandt

Here are some pictures with Ashley and Brandt I wanted to shave on the blog. 
We had so much fun with Ashley and her family visiting for the summer!
 Here on the Main Street Plaza in downtown Salt Lake City.



 Evie's first Carousel ride
Girls just love the Merry-go-round ride
This girl loves to swing! 
 Three generations of Shaw girls!

 Evie was such a good baby; we enjoyed having her home!


Evie loves her pacifier to a fault!

4-Wheeling with Landon and Sydney 22 August 2015

We had a good time riding up Provo Canyon!
 Get ready, get set, . . .
 I like riding with mom!
Let's go riding!  
 Hey dad, I want one of these!
 Check out that crazy-fun helmet!
 Where's dad and Lach?
 Lach is happy to be held by mom!
 Like father, like son
 Like mother, like children!
 Tali is getting so grown-up!
 Lach is a handsome young man.
Landon loves Oreo cookies!

Thursday, August 20, 2015

Emily is 20 years-old!


 Happy Birthday to Emily! We love her!
Thanks to Mom for making Emily's favorite desert, Dirty Dessert!