pretty peppers

I figured I needed to show the same respect to the peppers as I did to the tomatoes. Thus, here's a picture of the first PEPPERS perfectly picked from our garden.

one sidenote, the quarter is for scale only and was not grown in our garden.

I'm not finished

I still need to finish blogging about the final days of our crusie. Don't worry, I have not forgotten. Here's a picture from Pisa, just for fun.

While the cats away

the mice will play. Although in my case, while the cat was away, I painted the dining room, organized the playroom, cleaned out a closet and worked on pictures while Josh and Saylor traveled to his parents on Saturday-Sunday. It was a VERY busy 24 hours. I stayed up till 3 am on Satuday and I was EXTREMLY excited on Sunday when I heard Sophia start to stir...I looked over at the alarm clock wondering what time it was and about fell out of bed when I saw the "9:30." It was a record for her and it could not have come at a better time.

I'll post more pictures of a room once it's 100% complete.

fresh out of the garden

you guessed it, it's our first tomatoes of the year produced right in our very backyard. Sophia LOVES tomatoes. Honestly, I must hide them from her or she'll continue to whine until she's consumed them in their entirety.

Our time at Deanna Rose

We toured Deanna Rose last week while is kc during our 24 hour tour. The girls had a blast - although you might not be able to tell from this picture...
Saylor Lillie went for a horse ride.
Sophia tried out the tractors
Here we are on the hayrack ride.
Saylor conveying her enjoyable time with the horse.
can't wait to return...

playdate with Tater's

dress up only happens at our house when we have playdates...any other time, it's bugs, animals, cars, books, puzzles, colors or food.

my little nemo

Saylor Lillie turned a HUGE leaf today while swimming...she's now going under, jumping off the side by herself and swimming. I know, I know, most children do this at 2 but my little girl is a tad more hesitant and cautious. And honestly, that's not a fault...

Anyway, we're SO proud of her. She's a little nemo (sidenote, she was swimming in our front yard this morning in her inflatable pool, preparing for her swim lessons. This pool was only used for pictorial demonstration and not for actual swim class.).

one lucky guy

I snapped a few shots of my bff's belly this past week. Her little-man-to-be has the cutest mommy, the cutest big sis (and big bro for that matter), the cutest nursery and will soon be the cutest baby. I can't wait to meet you Cash Philip.

tubers

I'm a tuber, she's a tuber, wouldn't you love to be a tuber too?

more 4th

Following our poolside adventures earlier in the day, we headed to the cabin. Sophia decided to take a little time to light off her own "firecracker" if you know what i mean... and then she proceeded to have an allergic reaction to the banana boat sunscreen which merited her the pacifer for the rest of the evening.Madeline was looking dashing in her patriotic gown

Saylor became addicted to selecting which firework was going to be next. Which was perfectly fine for me as long as she was not the one actually lighting them.

here's all 7 of the grandkiddos

this picture i added just because

and finally a beautiful sunset to end a remarkably busy, yet exciting 4th of July.