Wild Wacky Wednesday

CHP and SB Sheriff helicopters came to visit the Wild Wacky Wednesday kids tonight. They learned what each one does to help and protect us and had some pretty funny questions. I think my favorite was..."Do you wear anything under your flight suit?" Totally innocent coming from a 7 to 12 year old, but us grown-ups couldn't help but laugh. After a quick look inside the helicopters, they took off and did a few fly-bys. The kids really seemed to enjoy the experience.

Progress

After weeks of watering and patience...

(pumpkin)
(zucchini)
(corn)
(tomato)

...we're getting there. Slowly but surely!

Heartbroken

Last week was very sad and difficult for our family. We lost our precious cat Jasmin after she donated blood at my work on Tuesday and didn't recover. She had done this once before and didn't have any problems. She got the same sedation and the same amount of blood was taken, but this time what we weren't aware of was that she had early heart disease. The combination of drugs and stress of the procedure on her little body caused her heart to fail completely and she died Friday night.

I miss her so much. I miss her waking me up for food in the morning, I miss her rubbing against my legs as she walked by, I miss her jumping up into the bathroom sink for water from the faucet, I miss her sneaking into bed with us and "making biscuits" on my arm until it hurt and I miss her greeting us at the door when we got home. I miss a lot of things.

After one of a few baths she got

She knew she was cute

Checking out the Easter eggs

She hated the collar but had to wear it
because she wouldn't leave her stitches
alone

Puzzle time




Crashing a game of Monopoly




Irritated, but tolerant

Some may say that she was just a cat, but she was much more than that to us.

Jasmin
2005-2010

Garden update

Unfortunately, these are not our plants. We started from seeds so we still have a ways to go, but if you look closely (very closely) between the stalks of corn, you can see the flower spinner that marks our plot.


As of right now we have three tomato plants, two zucchini, one pumpkin and three corn in the ground that are doing very well. For some reason the onions are taking longer to sprout, but hopefully they'll be ready to join the others by next weekend.

Kyle has decided that he also wants sunflowers, watermelon and grapes. The only way that could happen would be to get the empty plot that's right next to ours, but I really don't want to go through that again. Getting the ground leveled and prepared was a lot of work!

I haven't completely decided one way or the other, so like I told him...we'll see.

4th of July

We had a fun 4th! Great worship, message and BBQ at church... took the boys to the pool... then went for a drive around town to watch the fireworks.

These holiday weekends always seem to go by so fast.


Happy Independence Day!