Holy cow!

Two posts in one day! I forgot to mention the other fun thing we've done lately. Also, I will admit first and foremost that I stole these pictures off of my friend Sarah's blog. The Sharps, Domans and Weidauers all went to Fountain Green last weekend to stay at the Weidauer's rental home. It's called Red Apple Cottage and they rent it out to people by the night. It was Lamb Days while we were there. Most of the group went out to the parade and ended up coming home with lots of candy. I stayed home with a sick Kaelin. Tom and Dawn W. ran a 5K in the morning and then Tom and Eric S. went for a mountain bike ride. I, myself, read the entire 6th Harry Potter book in order to get ready for the movie. The little house was very nice, and comfortable too. Justin W. spent a lot of the weekend working hard around the house. We all had a great time and are very glad the Weidauer's invited us to come along!




The last thing I wanted to mention was that when I got home on Sunday I discovered that I had left a hose running the entire weekend. I had turned it on to fill the fountain in the front yard. I made a mental note to turn it off but apparently my brain lost the note. The water overfilled the fountain, seeped into the ground and ran under our walkway then ran all the way down the front yard. We had several inches of standing water down at the bottom of the yard (it is on a slope). Then the water seeped into the ground, ran under a raised flower bed and trickled out over the curb and down the street. I estimate that at least 10,000 gallons were wasted. Oops. :) At least it wasn't a hose in the backyard that would have sent the water towards our house.

There seems to be a pattern here ...

OK, so apparently I am unable to blog more than once a month. Oh well, it could be worse.
Let's just get the gratuitous cat shot out of the way first. Here is Buster taking a nap with a little stuffed elephant. This is a very strange cat!


Next, we have our wonderful dog Stewart. This is the day he came home from having an artificial ACL put in his knee. He had been jumping at the back door to get in and stumbled, fell, and twisted his leg. SNAP! went his ACL. This is the second time he has done it, he had surgery on the other leg in January. The vet assures me that he doesn't have any more ACLs to tear so hopefully that will be the end of his surgical experiences.


On July 3rd our neighborhood had a fireworks show. We had friends come and spend the evening with us. We set up a volleyball net in the park in our neighborhood and played badminton until the sun went down. It was a great evening.


Tom is still enjoying his triathlon career. He came in 3rd in a 'gym' tri last week. It involved using a rowing machine, a stationary bike and a treadmill. At least he got to watch tv for this one. His next tri will be at Bear Lake in August. That works out well for me because I just love Bear Lake and am looking forward to spending time at the lake with some cousins that we don't see very often.
My community garden plot is doing well. I picked a bunch of cucumbers today and made a batch of refrigerator dill pickles. I've never made them before so it will be interesting to see how they are. I also saw some potatoes peeking out of the ground at the garden, it's nice to see things coming along. Soon we will have our peach crop and hopefully get some nice apples this year too.
The kids are getting on each other's nerves lately and therefore are on mine. I have discovered a great new method of getting them to settle down. They scrub the grout in the kitchen with toothbrushes and oxyclean. I'm glad that I have several bathrooms and a mudroom left for them to work on. I'm confident that all of my grout will be sparkling by the time school starts.
I'm crossing my fingers that I will write another post before August. We'll just have to wait and see ...