Been a while.  Busy with baby, work and yard.  Had a little garden this year.  Got started late but grew some nice squash.  I also planted tomatoes and cantaloupe.  The tomatoes I believe were too late in the season and have not produced anything.  The squash I believe has produced the last of the bunch.  I noticed last night the cantaloupe has developed four small cantaloupes and I have high hopes for them.

Lessons learned...

Start when you are supposed to.  There are thousands of resources out there that tell you when to plant.  I ignored them all.

Plant more.  I had one squash plant and that was plenty for our family, but I really should have planted some zucchini, okra, peppers, just to have some variety.

Meet other residential gardeners and start trading.

Grow from seed starting a couple of months before the suggested planting date.

Tillers are awesome.

I have started studying the Bible again.  I have drifted away from that and my happiness is a direct mirror on my relationship with God.  We moved and have yet to find a church home.  I believe that to grow as a Christian we need a church home.  I hear all the time that to be a Christian you do not have to go to church.  Maybe not but to grow as a Christian we have to fellowship and bear fruit.  Not sure how that analogy came about but I understand it.  I don't think to be a Christian we have to go to church but as Christians we will want to.  Not having a church home leaves a hole in me.  I want a church I want to be in a life group and meet with people that deal with the things I deal with.

One of our issues is that we have a teenage girl that really does not want to go to youth group.  We keep trying to find the perfect church for her.  That may be our problem.  I usually forget myself at that age and I did not want to get out of my comfort zone either.  My parents made me.  I believe we will have to do that with her.  I feel for her not wanting to be around other teenagers, teenagers suck.  I do not want her to carry that trait too far.  She will eventually have to learn to deal with others.  Might as well start now.