Twenty-Seven Minutes, Thirty-Five Seconds!!!

Today was a big day for us!!

We woke up at 6:00, threw the kids in the car and took off! We dropped them at a friends house, went by car  to here:






And spent a loooong tiiiime waiting around:




To get on a bus to go here:




In order to spend more time waiting around....



With all these people:


J: "Hehe... this is huge... if they gave each of us a spear, we could take over a small country."

And then

We

RAN



And when we were done (Twenty-seven minutes and thirty-five seconds later)...




We went to pick up the kids (who had been warned what we would look like when we got back and so were not actually totally scarred by the sight of their parents)



And then, for the first time that day (at about 11:00),

WE ATE!!






And next year, we're taking these adorable kiddoes with us!!!






Things I learned while writing this post:

1)When J has the camera, suddenly there I am in all the pics!
2) J's camera is way better than mine
3) If you forget to take a pic of something, you can probably fine it on the internet.

Summer's Final Curtain Call

(and showing off Judah's new coat)



















Every year my roses, once delivered by cold nights from the scourge of bugs and drought, give a final burst of Fall Bloom.







I feel compelled to add (since I'm already tooting my own horn, here) that most of these shots are SOOC! Haven't I come a long way?????

The Die is Cast, the Deed is Done

Ok, I can't resist! Ten points to the first person (not related to me, or Laurie) who can figure out what I'm announcing in this post!

Another reason I like this town

What says summer better than this??












Hope you're having as good a summer as we are!!!

Aaaand the summer officially begins with our first family trip to...

(all you H-burgers be honest and tell me how long it takes you to figure out where we went :)