Camp - Ging Gong Gooli

Here's Darsie's group performing their song, "Ging Gong Gooli" with ribbons. Notice how Darsie zones out for a little while and then gets into it. Ben is standing next to her.

Camp - Jelly on the Plate

Here's "Jelly on the Plate", one of our favorites. Notice Darsie's hip action.....:)

Camp - Hello From All Over the World

Here are the girls chanting "Hello from All Over the World". Notice how Darsie kind of stares off into the distance sometimes - we hesitate to say it out loud too much, but she definitely is our blonde.... :)

Camp!!

The girls LOVED their week at camp! Today they put on a show at the end, and both did great in it! I have several videos to upload, so stay tuned! In the meantime, here are some pictures from the show...

We love Home Depot!!!

Green Fingers...

We started our seeds a little later than usual this year, but they are growing happily anyway. Here are Katy and Darsie's garden plots (along the back fence). They each have wind chimes, so we built little teepees to hold the windchimes up. Their pumpkin vines (not planted from seed) are expecially happily taking over right now. The girls are hoping for a pumpkin by fall.
Katy's plot, with her hostas and marigolds

Darsie's plot, with her hostas and pumpkin vine

Here is our vegetable garden. We have corn, beans, carrots, green peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, sweet potatoes and lettuce planted. It is so fun to plant things and watch them grow and then eat the fruits of your labors!

Happy

I love summer flowers!! We added a flower bed along the back fence this year, and here is the view from my kitchen door now! I love to be able to see flowers from the house, without even having to go outside!

Katy planted the sunflower, and it just opened this weekend. Darsie also has one open and both have several more in various stages of development.

We forgot to prune our hydrangea last year and therefore have a monster this year, but it is such a beautimous blue monster that we are not really sorry at all!