We really enjoyed our summer garden this year. We grew seven varieties of tomatoes, green peppers, jalapeno peppers, zucchinis, and lots of flowers and herbs. The kids loved helping me water, weed, and pick the garden throughout the summer.
I had fun experimenting with all kinds of tomato recipes. Of course I had to make my traditional tomato pie, but I tried out some new dishes, too. There's nothing quite like fresh tomatoes!
Unfortunately "tobacco bugs" (as my dad calls them) ate and destroyed our zucchini plants. I was so sad. We did get some yummy zucchinis, but not nearly as many as we were hoping for.
We loved spending time with lots of friends during our final weeks of summer. Krista, Benjamin, and Jackson were able to stop by for lunch and some play time on their way to Kentucky. It was so great to see them!
We also met up with Matthew and his family for some ice cream in Hendersonville. The kids had a blast playing chase and hide n seek on the courthouse lawn.
When we weren't hanging out with friends, we were spending time at Lake Julian Park, the Nature Center, home, or Pizza Hut! The kids each earned a free personal pan pizza for completing their Summer Reading Programs at the library.
The end of summer meant Jacob had to start preparing for Kindergarten! He and I had a special morning together getting breakfast (at Jacob's choice location - Ingles!) and shopping for school supplies. I always loved back to school shopping and I think its safe to say that Jacob did, too!
We decided to have one last Family Fun night together before school started. We went to dinner at Mona Lisa's and then walked across the street to play putt-putt. Afterwards we cooled off with some ice cream downtown!
Summer 2018 was good to us! We made so many special memories together and are grateful for time spent with friends and family!
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