Who Broke My Window?

Here are some oldies but goodies. Enjoy.

Happy Fathers Day!

Hooray! to all the Fathers out there that we know, and of course or own irreplaceable Fathers. We love you all.






For Father's Day this year, while the Skipper was out, we sneakily redid his 'garage bathroom' and turned it into the 'bear bathroom'.

While a decorated room may not be his most exciting gift ever, we think he likes it. At any rate, he's a very good sport.

He was also a good sport about this silly t-shirt we got for him. (The shirt says, "Dad tough enough to wear pink.") If you click on it, it will open up larger.

We love the Skipper. Happy Fathers Day!

(The original post had more pictures, but two were somehow lost, the computer elves probably thought they were too much unnecessary detail. I would probably have to agree with them, so I'm not re-posting them.)

Garden in June

We are having fun watching our garden grow and have enjoyed the greens as they have become available. We are still watching and hoping for some of the vegetables to produce well, but overall we are abundantly pleased with the results of our garden experiment so far.

We are attempting to train our melons and squash up a trellis and they are doing nicely. I stuck this watermelon into the wire while I thought of the 'perfect' way to support it from above. I kid you not, 3 days later we had to use wire cutters to remove it.

Today it is suspended in a kind of pantyhose hammock but it's not the 'perfect' permanent solution. Any suggestions? Quick, we are going on vacation and I need to teach a teenager how to tend these while we're gone.

Random Cuteness

As I mentioned, May was an insane month, and I took pictures of the girls in their talent shows, but none turned out. (Zooming in onto a small portion of the stage from a back row seat does not allow enough light on the subject. I knew better. And taking a picture from a back row with a wiggling Little Red does not produce good results either.)

Nevertheless, here is a picture of Yippy-Skippy at her Kindergarten graduation, and one of Little Red getting ready to ride with her sisters.

One of these times I've got to get a picture of the whole family lined up for a bike ride . We make a mighty fine pace line through town.

Garden in May

Here is a picture of our garden as it is beginning to grow, and fun pictures of the girls inspecting a little praying mantis that we found and put in our garden. Praying mantises are good for gardens, yes?

Never Knew?

Well, there are many things I never knew, but here's a fun one I'm glad I know now.

Apparently, as I was informed by a close friend, there is a fun little competitive movement within library circles. That is the movement of competitive book cart drill teams and clapping ensembles. If you care to view one such book cart drill team, click on the link in our funny videos list. Quite an education I'm sure. (Mom, look carefully as the camera pans around for someone you may know.)

I should have a garden update, and pictures of our hike soon. I know, promises... promises...

You'll all be glad to know that we made it through Youth Conference and Girls Camp relatively unscathed. :) Hope everyone is enjoying summer, we're off to the pool!

Ack!!!

I know, I know, I'm sorry!!! Can I just tell you about May? The first four weeks of May were my children's last four weeks of school. Consequently, I attended: 5 f ieldtrips, 2 talent shows, 2 awards assemblies, 1 breakfast, 2 graduations (one Kindergarten, one H.S-for 6 kids at church), 1 play, 1 concert, 1 PTA/Community meeting.

This, on top of: reciprocating babysitting, taking the animals to the vet, two Dr.s appointments, Regular church activity night, leadership training, a birthday, softball practices, one last soccer game, one work picnic, one awesome hike with friends (to be thoroughly covered later), one spectacularly cleaned out garage, and of course, grocery shopping, dinner, and season 4 of 24 on DVD. :)

Gratefully, The Skipper was able to help a lot with the evening stuff, although his days of coming home, grabbing dinner, out with a kid (or me leaving without the kids), and home to bed -just to do the same thing tomorrow, got pretty old fast.

We are so glad to be healthy, active, involved, loved, and able to help! And

HOORAY FOR SUMMER!!

(We've already gutted and reconfigured 2 bedrooms, overhauled 3 cabinets, reorganized 1 craft/game/sewing/scrapbook closet, had friends over, gone to the pool, had a picnic..........)