Farmer

My little farmer is proud of himself for the sweet and delicious carrots and tomatoes he has grown this year.  We are also growing beans (from 15 bean soup) and basil and mint and watermelons and cilantro and apples and raspberries and strawberries and pears.  In any greater quantities, we might be considered a farm!  It makes up for those pesky ground squirrels eating all of the cabbage, beans and sunflowers.  Stupid ground squirrels.

geocaching

While we were in Oregon this June, we took a little time to go geocaching.  If you've never done it then you should.  It's like treasure hunting for cool places.  Along the way, we got a couple choice photos.  One of the kids contributing to the local "gas" and one of hubby and I.  Good times.

Candy Monster

My little ninja fisherman turned six while we were in Alaska recently.  This is the cake I made for his birthday.  He requested a "Candy Monster" cake.  I think I nailed it, don't you?

Girls of Summer

My little ballerina has been begging me to allow her to have a sleepover with her girlfriends for months now.  Actually, it's been pretty much non-stop begging since her birthday sleepover in March.  We have been so busy with school and track and tax season that I haven't gotten a day to do it for her.  Well, once school got out I had no more excuses.  We met the girls around noon, spent some time at the beach on the lake and then came back here for a night of giggles and girlishness.

My personal favorite time of the night though, was when it was about 8:30 and the girls had gone up to their room for "bedtime".  They were up there no more than 10 minutes and came down and peeked around the corner, looking like this picture.  They proclaimed, "We can't sleep!  We tried and it's been like THIRTY HOURS.  It's almost MIDNIGHT!"

The Mighty Hunter

Daddy taught our little hunter how to use the live-trap to catch those pesky ground squirrels that are eating all of my vegetables.  My son can strategically place the trap, bait it, set the spring trigger, and make sure to rig it so they cannot escape once caught.  So far I think he has caught seven of them all on his very own.  You GO boy!

Ninja Trophies

Congratulations to my little ninja who won TWO TROPHIES at his first karate tournament last month.  He earned them for his kata and a weapons exercises.  He was SO proud of himself!  It's like validation of his ninja-ness.  I mean, really, how many trophies for being a ninja do YOU have?  I thought not.