Family Portrait?

Jacob drew something besides cars and houses for the first time. He decided to draw our family. From left to right it's me, David, Bridget, and Jacob. Kids are so cute.
It was all I could do not to laugh out loud when I saw his picture of Bridget. I actually had to hold my breath and bite my lip so I wouldn't laugh. She wasn't very happy that day.

Early Morning Visitor

This morning I had the windows open to let the fresh air in, when I heard some peeping. Thankful I hadn't let the cats out of the shed yet, I grabbed my glasses and looked out the window to find a baby duck running around in our yard. I have no idea how it got there, seeing how the closest canal is 4 blocks away. Thinking that it needed some redirecting, I grabbed a box and towel, and ran after it.

You wouldn't think those little things could move very fast seeing how they have teeny legs and webbed feet, but let me tell you, it could run fast. It ended up jumping into the neighbor's window well where it couldn't get out, so I was able to grab it. The kids thought it was the coolest thing ever, and loved the adventure of walking over to the canal to set it free. Jacob really wanted to keep it, but I told him we didn't have a good home for it, and our cats would probably eat it. I told him that maybe one day we'll live somewhere where we'll have the right kind of place for a duck. He seemed satisfied with that.

The 4th

We went to visit David's family for the 4th, and had a really great time. We met them at the park and had a picnic, then we went to the zoo. The next day we went to the parade where the kids had the time of their life catching candy. That evening we lit off some fireworks, and the kids thought that was pretty fun. The next day we recovered from all the excitement, and went for a walk down the road. I love walking in the country, it's so peaceful and beautiful.

Bridget and XaraKali enjoying the animals

Having fun on the merry-go-round

Jacob was so excited to get up into this old jeep and drive. He's been telling he's 13. We think it's because he has hopes that we'll let him drive soon. He was a little disappointed that it didn't actually move, but you can see that he wasn't too disappointed.

Lena performed with her Mexican dancing group after the parade. This is her costume.