High Seas Adventures

The kids had a great week at Kidz Day Camp (aka VBS) on their "High Seas Adventure". There was fun music, crafts, games and learning. Thomas Edison worked with the preschoolers; the other 3 all had their own classes. I used the time as a planning break at the library each day and am almost organized for the upcoming school... year. It was a wonderful week for us all.

Hiking on Rabbit Mountain

Rabbit Mountain is a beautiful place to go hiking. We went on Sunday afternoon for a long hike in the heat. The wildflowers and plants were lush and beautiful beside the cacti. It rained on us on the way back down. The mountains in Colorado are one reason I love living here.

Nostalgic Summer

Summer is here - well, unofficially, but traditionally. I'm feeling nostolgic. Sometimes I wish my kids could experience summers in the country like I did growing up - swimming in the lake every day, walking down country roads and big trees to climb. The suburbs have their advantages, but it feels stifling to me today.

Picnic and Field Day

Wind all day long, but we were thankful that it slowed down to a breeze for our homeschool group's picnic and field day this afternoon. We are all exhausted, but the kids had a grand time.

I just finished packaging up 6 freezer meals, as well as dinner for tonight. It took me 2 hours from start to finish - from browning the ground beef to prepping and packaging the meals. Faster than I thought and easier too.

I noticed Davy's pants were soaking wet this afternoon. Wondering what could have caused this, I asked him what happenened. He confessed that he felt hot, so he put ice cubes in his pockets to cool off. ;- ) Ingenious boy I have!

Green, Green Grass

Ahhh . . . we finally have grass in our back yard! It is so nice to look out and see green instead of brown.

The landscapers arrived to install 4,000 sq. ft. of sod after they laid the sprinkler system. We are grateful for the sod certificates that we got from the builder. We still have the side yard to finish up as the free sod didn't cover the entire yard, but it is almost done.