6.21.11

Happy official first day of summer. Happy longest day of the year. Happy first one hundred degree [or more] day of the year in my part of California.

Phewwww it's hot.

Me and my awesome foursome celebrated all these great annual milestones at our favorite ice cream parlor this afternoon. Lulu's is the greatest thing ever to happen here if you are among the very few that haven't already noticed. We love the place, the ice cream and the people that make it so wonderful too. It was the perfect way to kick off Summer 2011.

Over the weekend, we had a few cousins over and I got some cool jumping in the pool pics.





HELLO HOT! It's nice to have you back, you're welcome to stay for the whole summer!

Six People in May.

We didn't exactly make it away from the house, but I like it anyway. It was a busy last day of May and we had just returned home from a Boy Scout meeting. We were all too tired for it but once again we pulled it off at the very last minute. My face looks a little strained but the kids all look so happy, they must have been laughing at me something as we stared the camera snapping away.



I jumped over to Picnik from Picasa and used a blemish tool to try to edit out the red broom handle behind me, it didn't work so well. Maybe one day I'll get around to more advanced photo editing but for now I sort of like the smeared broom handle. Adds a little mystery to the photo, don't you think?

We're standing proudly in our garden on the side of the house. We just completed the garden a week ago by putting down gravel and the whole package is nothing short of spectacular to me. We aren't great gardeners by any means but we're learning a lot and already enjoying the vegetables of our labor. Radish, squash, peppers, lettuce are all plentiful at the moment and I'm definitely salivating over the dozens and dozens of tomatoes that are just on the verge of ripe.

You can bet I'll be sharing more chicken/garden stuff soon!

June!

Hey June, you're weird! Our sometimes feirce, rainy, stormy weather finally ended about a week ago. Along with the cool temps we've had, it's been a wacky spring here. [Spring 2011, you're kinda freaky but I like you anyway!] So this week we have our first hot weather of the season and I am wondering what all the fuss was about! It would be kind of nice to stay cool after all. But you can't beat the weather for swimming, and that's where we've been all week, in the water!

So much happened around here in May. We had baseball, softball, talent shows, reunions, field trips, Eva graduated kindergarten, Emily received her Confirmation, and of course the end of the school year/catechism/scouts. May kept us frantically running around and freaky June let's us rest...a bit.



What's also weird is going to work when the kids are on vacation. I'm getting used to it though, as much as it's possible for me to do so, and have cut back my hours to minimize the disorder of things. With some camping and a long weekend getaway or two in the works, I'm hoping that will shake things up and give us a decent assortment of summer diversions.

One more thing that is definitely wacky around here, we have a chick[en] who is turning out to be something like a pet. More later on him/her and how he/she got here and how we're all doing. Personally, I hope he/she is a she, I want eggs!

Happy summering!