Well, it's that time of year, and it's been (about) eight months since I last posted a blog entry. My DIL, son and two grandchildren are coming over on the 23rd. So excited! We've got a lot planned. For the past few years, we've held a desert contest where the kids in the family choose a recipe (or make one themselves) and the three judges (Me, my husband, and eldest son) choose which one's the best. If they choose a recipe online or in a book, they have to memorize tin and can't just follow it from the printed recipe. It's just a fun little thing we do, and we always enjoy it.
We had gotten a winter storm, almost a foot of snow about five days ago. It should have melted, but it didn't because we mainly had overcast days with no sun. I can't get out and do things with the snow there, so I've been waiting for it to go away. Guess what happened and what is happening? That's right. It's snowing. Just as the snow was finally starting to really melt. And now we're supposed to get more inches of snow. Of course it had to happen now. 
But at least we're getting a real December. The first week and halfway through the second we were getting 70 degree weather. In December! Then, it suddenly switched and now we're getting -2, -3, -4, etc weather, with a bunch of snow. Coming from CA, the son, DIL & co are going to really be happy if it snows. Sledding is a favorite among my children, because for the first years (even more for my teenagers) they had never experienced snow. They're happy for this snow, but I'm not.
Gardening went well, I got a few potatoes in at around September. Our gardening schedule in this part of SD is really tight. Basically, if you miss a single week at the end of May when your growing season starts, you're done for the year. Ok, maybe a slight exaggeration, but you get the picture. I'm planning on doing some dahlias and foliage plants such as hostas and coleus, but it'll be a challenge. I can imagine it'll take me a few years to really become accustomed to the growing climate. Over in CA I never really had a gardening schedule. I kind of just planted plants when I wanted, and kept up with the succulents and cacti. Well, no more. It's not too bad though, since a lot of our neighbors are experts at gardening so they've given us some tips and I have no doubt will help us more.
My second youngest, @Johannian, wants to plant irises just simply because he wants to hybridize them. He thinks it would be so much fun, and I do to, I'll just let him do that for now. Don't get me wrong, I like irises, they just aren't my favorite flowers. I like dahlias more. Although the one NoID that bloomed a couple months ago was quite pretty. Here are some pictures posted by my son:
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