sunflowers, pumpkin, corn, blueberries, beans, tomaters, nasturtiums


Fourth of July!! I took the kiddos to the church block party for about an hour, where there was inflatables to jump on, face painting, snow cones, live music, hot dogs, watermelon eating contest, skits, etc. Then we had some friends over for a barbecue. We ate a lot and ate well--kebobs of pork, pineapple, red onion, red pepper; fresh shrimp soaked in butter then grilled on skewers; deluxe burgers, corn on the cob, salad, ginger snaps, and homemade mango ice cream! Yummy! It was cool in the evening, and we lit off fireworks, as did lots of our neighbors. They were still thoughtlessly lighting them off at 1:00 in the morning, which was very frustrating!!
Last night, since I'm on vacation, I got to take the kids to their Wednesday night activities at church. They will take August off and then start in fall again. The girls played kickball among other things. They haven't been taking part, but I was able to encourage them to get in there and play, after showing them how it was done. It was really cute seeing all these little girls play for the first time. Often, they'd kick it and have to be told to run. But it's a good environment to be learning this kind of thing for the first time, unlike the more unkindly school environment.
Zach and Chris will be doing a Royal Rangers church campout tomorrow night on Fort Lewis, of all things.