Garden Update...

As you can see the garden is growing...look at those tomato plants, more like trees. And the squash and zuchini are taking over, they have almost wrapped around the house. My peppers, however are having a little trouble.

If you look closely you can see a jalepeno starting to grow, this is on the store boughten one, not the plants from seed.

This is my squash, kinda looks like an acorn, there are tons of blossoms on this one, so lots of squash to be had in a month or so.

The zuchini is doing about as well as the squash, like I said you kinda have to look for the actual fruit through all the vines.

Here is my habenero. It started out well, but thats about it. It has had a couple of blossoms but no chilis yet.

Finally the spicy banana pepper. This one was the plant that I thought was going to do the best. Well the zuchini and squash have taken that role. However I did notice, and again you have to look hard, a little pepper starting to grow from a blossom, so hopes are still high.

As for this guy, as I was thinning out my jalepeno pepper plants in an effort to give them more room to grow and start producing some peppers, I saw this guy flying around the yard. At first I thought it was a butterfly because that's what it looked like when it was flying. As you can see when it landed it appears to be a grasshopper. He blended in with the ground really well so I could only get good shots when he wasn't in the grass.

Move Over Bobby Flay...

...because I just made/had the best burgers ever!!!! Not the best that were home made but including all the restaurants that I have eaten at.

Forget Hardee's, this is what I call a "thick" burger...

Ahhh the glorious toppings and buns ( those buns were only 87 cents, I know!!!)

We have a little onion, jalepeno, cheddar and mozzarella cheeses and bacon on top.

Mmmmm....looking good...

All ready to be devoured by yours truly...

Here's the twist, these burgers are stuffed with cheese and more jalepenos!!!!

THE END!!!!

Waupaca Grass Volleyball Tournament (and I thought Nationals was big)

Last weekend, for the first time in my volleyball career, I played in the annual Waupaca Boatride Volleyball Tournament in the Dells. We camped Friday night, played all day Saturday, camped Saturday night and left Sunday.

So this is the field that we played at, near Chula Vista Resort. There were a total of 180 courts, women and men's threes with Open, AA, A, BB, and B divisions. I played in A.

Here are some pics of me blocking and hitting.

Thats not a bad vertical for a 24 year old man (thats a standing jump too, no approach).

When you go into a tournament where two middles have to pass, it doesnt look good from the start. Our passing was okay, however the wind was really bad for one side of the court and made the ball impossible to pass. We made it to the upper bracket after going 4-2 in pool play. We won our first round 36-34 in a game to 30. We lost in the second round because I couldnt seem to hit past the block and we failed in the passing department.

The nice part about it, though, is from 10 am to 10 pm it is all you can drink beer, and from 10 am to 7 pm it is all you can eat food. They also had water, soda and gatorade for free. So after we lost we got our mugs and went to the beer wagons and watched some more vb. This last pic is a picture of the Men's Open Championship Game.