Summer

I know I have not been very reliable with the whole blog thing, but it does seem that I always seem to have something else to do. The kids are almost out of school for the summer. They have today and tomorrow, they are off Monday for Memorial Day, and Tuesday and Wednesday are half days then no more until August. Starting on the 7th Desirae has soccer camp, and this year we have decided to host a coach. So one of the coaches from Britain will be staying with us for the week. I hope it will go well. I think Devin is looking forward to it more than Desirae. That week also Deanna has a pre-K class Monday, Wednesday and Friday for an hour. Today is her last day of Tiny Tots. Actually it is a pot luck, not really a class, kind of a play date at the park.

My step-brother Travis was here last night and I cooked spaghetti. From what he says he is a very picky eater (when did that happen) but he did eat. It was very nice to see him again. I think it has been about 20 years since I have seen him. The kids loved him. Sorry I did not torture him by taking pictures. Although I probably should have.

I do know that I am taking the kids to Oklahoma after the 4th of July but I do not know about the couple of weeks before that. We are having some last minute arrangements going on.

Also I am still unsure as to my schedule while we are in Oklahoma (sorry Mom). I have so much planned and so many people to see that I do not know when and where. Oh well, I will get it all figured out.

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Zoo and Mothers Day

I ment to write this Monday but did not get around to it. Saturday was the Girl Scout trip to the LA Zoo. It was alot of fun. The girls all behaved very well and we did get to see many very cool animals. The cool ties I made the girls went over well and they were always on the lookout for a water fountain so they could get them wet again. We showed up at the zoo at 10am when it opened and walked around until lunch. We had a picnic lunch at the play park at the far end of the zoo and had a little break, and the girls got to play for a little while. Than it was off for more animals. Desirae says she wants to go back with her brother and sister. (How sweet) We stayed until 4pm, then made the two hour trip home. All in all a nice day.

I just had to post a picture of the Giraffes. They are so pretty and they had their heads right near me.

Then on Sunday Duane and the kids took me to Best Buy and got me a Nintendo DSi XL. It is really cool. After that we went to Famous Dave's for lunch/dinner. Delicious as usual. I think Deanna won the grazer award trying everything on everyones plate. Finishing up with their pecan pie.

So on Tuesday we did the big Nintendo trade. I gave Devin my old DS and Devin gave Desirae his old DS and Desirae gave Deanna her DS. So now everyone has one (that wants one). Deanna is so happy. She has been stealing Desiraes every chance she gets for about 6 months now anyway.

And this weekend we are going camping at KQ ranch down near San Diego. I hope it goes well. Hopefully I will get some good photos to post before the next weekend.

I can't believe that school is almost over for the year. And that Deanna will be starting Kindergarten in the fall. Boy, time really does fly.

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Nothing

In case you can't tell from the title that is what I feel I am accomplishing. But in reality I have got a couple of things done. Duane and I rented a rototiller and tilled the garden last weekend. I have since then been working on getting things planned out and planted. So far I have gotten okra, corn, carrots, and squash (both zucchini and yellow) planted. I really do want to plant watermelon but I did not have much luck last year and cant seem to find space for it. I will have to think about that. The photo is after tilling and before planting.

So, this is the picture of how it looks about half an hour ago. I am thinking of planting beans in the far corner so I put up a little Tee Pee. I don't know. And I still haven't decided on placement for other things.

I am also having camera trouble so I am now using the camera I had before that Deanna "lost" for me. I don't know what happened to the other one. It is rattling but I did not drop it. It just won't turn off sometimes.

The Girl Scouts is having a trip to the LA Zoo on Saturday so I made each of the girls a cool tie. I purchased some at the Poppy Festival and they worked really well. Also the pattern looked pretty simple so I just made some off the ones I got there. We are hoping it will be a nice day. And now, back to making dinner. Hunkybunk. Which is cabbage, noodles and polish sausage all mixed together. Yum.

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