Miners day - Growing Tree!

So way back at the beginning of the month we celebrated Miner's day (aka Labor day).

I would just let it go, but we took growing tree pictures so we've got to get them here an posted with the rest of them.

May this growing tree have an easier winter than the last one :o)

Growing Tree 2.0

We did it! This weekend we did much digging and planted ourselves a brand new growing tree!

It's a blue spruce like the ones in the back, just quite a bit smaller. All the better for growing :o)

Mother nature was pleased.

RIP Growing Tree 1.0

I've had a reminder on my phone for the last week to take a picture of the girls with the Growing Tree - remember the one we got as a gift for Christmas and then planted last spring as the first tree planted in the new house? Well, here's the picture:

(C being appropriately sad next to the very sad tree)

Poor tree had a rough winter (those are weeds doing great right next to it, oh well).

Alex promised me a new growing tree for mothers day - plan is to get that planted next weekend. Hopefully second time is the charm :o)

Frosty!

Generally Utah is known for it's powder. Snow here is super light and fluffy - good for skiing, not so much for building with. However, every once in a while we get a snow storm while at 30 degrees. And then we can have some fun :o)

And for the record, here's the growing tree.

I'd say we've got some snow in our back yard.

The Growing Tree - First Edition

Last Christmas Grandma Mary and Grandpa Sahlty got us a live table top tree for Christmas. After enjoying it for the holiday season, I was by some miracle able to keep it alive until spring when the ground thawed enough for it to be planted. After a summer of taking root, it's doing pretty well. As a result, the race is on - who's going to grow faster, the kids or the tree? Stay tuned every Labor and Memorial day to find out :o)