No particular order

I love summer fun.  And this summer, I also love the weather.  It's been just lovely.  Here are snippets of our days...

Swimming lessons with three of the best young gals.  They are delightful and the boys are becoming quite proficient swimmers!

 Morning of water fun with some friends

Our garden.  I love it.  I love going out everyday and seeing what amazing things are growing there.  Cucumbers can make anyone feel good about their gardening abilities, but this year we also have tomatoes, corn, peppers, beans, zucchini, WATERMELON (this is amazing... I've tried for four years to grow a melon plant), and asparagus that is on year two of growing.

Last summer I wouldn't have ventured to the park at 3:00 on a July afternoon... this year it was a beautiful and delightful day.  We diddled there with friends for two hours!

3,2,1 Launch!

What happens when a Physics teacher becomes a stay at home mom to boys (and has a husband who has good power tools)?  This...

It can launch water balloons to the tops of the oak trees across the street from our neighbor's house.

Car Tires + Phone = Bad News

I had some fun photos on my phone camera to post... however, I ran over the phone with the car.  The phone was unrecoverable so thankfully the plan that the hubby bought included insurance on the phone of some sort.  I have a new one for minimal cost.  However, all of the photos are gone.  Oh well.

So, here's the fun around here:
 - Visit to Iowa to see my parents for a few days and visit with Abby and family.
 - Swimming fun
 - Hosted our annual block party which is always great fun and some chaos.
 - Baby shower for our sweet friend, Darcey, whose little one is arriving in a month.
 - Swimming.  Did I mention that?
 - Garden is growing.  As in I could possibly have a large number of tomatoes, beans and cucumbers in a month or so.  I will be ecstatic if my efforts at growing things pays off.

Off for more summer fun and hopefully a few photos :+)

Hit the Ball... Drag the Bag

My dad used to say, "that's the name of the game: hit the ball, drag the bag."  For mother's day I requested a family bike ride and golf.  The boys love their little bags, and seriously, isn't it just cuteness to see the little shoulder straps on them?

Happy Mothers' Day to me: they like golfing and biking, too.

Friends

Jonathan was invited to a friend's birthday party... pirate fun was had by all!

Our school had a road race and we met several friends there to run in the rainy, COLD race.  Another mother and I helped with the course directing and while I was course directing... our boys got spray painted hair :+)

Cousins.  All kinds of fun.

Our new pet, Lizzie

I'm not so much of an animal lover, but the little furry creatures are growing on me.  It has been mentioned before that Jonathan loves animals.  Caleb likes them, too.  They've been hoping and hoping for a pet, so we got a guinea pig.  She's actually quite a gem of a pet.  She likes to be held, she doesn't bite, she resides in her cage unless being held and she poops inside the cage.  An all around gem of a pet.

 Two very happy little boys

Photo Dump

It snowed at the end of April.  That's some craziness for here.  The only fun we had with the last snowfall was when it was melting... see the attempt at dam construction below.

From the zoo to you:

Jonathan's budding career as an author:

Play date with school friends, Jack and Ethan: