The garden goes in!

Jason and the boys broke ground on the family garden yesterday and are so proud.  All three of them worked very hard with the tiller and carved out a great spot that will be home to much-needed veggie goodness.  We look forward to the fruits of their labor!

Cole

Cooper takes a turn

Cooper

Cole

Ivy gives direction

The land

Cole

Daddy comes in to add expertise!

Poetry: I am Cole Hubbard.

 

I am Cole Hubbard.

I am awesome, funny, and nice.

I wish I could be a football player.

I wonder why I couldn't.

I hope I can be one someday.

Sometimes I worry that I won't be able to.

But I feel better when I pray.

I know I can be whatever I want to be.

Maybe someday I will be one.

Until then, I'm happy who I am.

Outdoor Firestarters

I wanted to share these amazing firestarters that I make.  They have been so wonderful when we go camping because I keep them in a big bag and have them on hand whenever we need to get a fire going.  Not only are they useful but they are DIRT CHEAP!

All you need are cardboard egg cartons, lint from your dryer and paraffin wax.  I keep a bag in my laundry room and throw the lint and dryer sheet in the bag every time I do a load (which is daily)!

Cardboard egg cartons, paraffin wax and dryer lint

Stuff the lint and dryer sheets in the egg cartons

Melt the wax in a double boiler

"Double Boiler" (wax pan on top of pan of boiling water)

Pour the melted wax over each "egg" of lint

When it cools slightly, cut them apart

I like to cut them apart as soon as they are cool enough to handle so that the wax isn't so hard to cut through.  It is a bugger after it hardens fully.

To start a fire, light the cardboard edge of your firestarter nugget and you'll have a good 15 minutes of fire to kick-start your logs.

Now let's go camping!