Backyard

Cool new camera features - Part 2

This camera also does stitch assist. Basically it helps you line up a series of shots to create a panorama. This is the backyard. I'm going to get this one perfected before we go to Florida. Panorama of the beach anyone?

Nest

This is what I found in my tree out in the front yard a couple of days ago.

I watched the momma bird on the nest and was looking forward to the baby birds. Unfortunately, this is what I found yesterday

Uggh...nature...survival of the fittest

Bust a move!

I got a new camera this week. I wanted a small one that would fit into my purse. It's a Canon Powershot, and has a feature that I didn't know about when I purchased it. It takes time laspe video. In this mode it will take a still photo every 2 seconds and then play them back as a video. I can see definate blogging possibilities for this one!

Here we are cleaning the garage out today. Here are a few things to watch out for: Aaron doing skateboarding tricks, me jumping rope (blink and you'll miss it), pumping some iron. And for the record, we don't move this fast in real life. If we did, I would be a lot thinner! :)

On the cheap!

In an attempt to secure my VBS job in the kitchen for the next 5 years, I made snacks for over 100 people to the tune of about $6. How did we accomplish this modern miracle? Two Whirly-pop Poppers, 2 bags of popcorn, vegetable oil, sugar, and food coloring = colorful bowls of sweet popcorny goodness!

Believe it or not, we emptied out that bowl and made more...16 batches total!

Adventures in VBS - Part 2

Just wanted to prove that Aaron was in fact at VBS this week and really enjoyed his chips!

So did Rachel!

For someone who seems to spend an extrodanary amount of time snapping other people's photos, Diane is awful camera shy

Never mind, we'll take care of that!

Adventures in VBS

Oh yeah....we are at Vacation Bible School all week. Usually I have about 200 photos to show for it, but this year I've only managed a couple. I'm in the kitchen and there isn't a lot of time to wander around and take photos. I'll leave that to Diane and her crazed photo obsession! Here are a couple for you and I'll try to get one of Aaron today so I'm not a loser.

This is the little roller coaster ride that Rachel's class plays on. Fitting since the theme if SonWorld Adventure Park

Mmmm....everyone loved the snack mix. Cinnamon toast crunch, marshmallows, teddy grahams, animal crackers, and M&M's...how could you go wrong.

Christina and I dishing out 132 cupcakes made up to look like carousels

Jadi

Our week go off to a rough start. I had to do something that I hoped I would never have to do. We had to have our dog, Jadi, put to sleep Monday night. She was 13 years old. Dusty and I got her as a puppy 2 months after we got married. Her health had been failing for a while now. She got very ill and this was the best thing that we could do. I knew that we were probably headed in this direction, but when the moment comes that you have to say goodbye; let's just say it's rather tough. Aaron was understandably upset. (He wasn't with us when we took her to the animal clinic) After all, this is the only pet he's had his entire life. He's doing better today. We haven't discussed it with Rachel. I get a sense that she realizes something's a little different. She has asked where Jadi is on a couple occasions, but then she runs off to the next thing before I give her an answer. I will not miss having to clean up after a dog, and I will not miss how crazy she got with thunderstorms and fireworks. But she was a good dog, gentle with the kids and sweet and we will miss that.