The rest of July

The kids all participated in the fun run we have in our town.

Joanna did really well this year and ended up placing first for girls in her age group.

I had Chase make some floral arrangements for me over the summer and he really has a naturally artistic eye for it!

This cosmos got so big. It looked a little messy and weedy but I loved them anyway :P

Sweetie quickly wormed her way into our hearts :)

She really enjoys her sleep and is fun to snuggle with. Joanna was proud of herself for putting her to sleep like this.

Yes, I even take pictures of flowers on our walks.

Ricky's family decided to do a reunion this year and we thought it would be fun to make a weekend or of it and camp before the reunion on Sunday. We tried a new park called Trough Creek State park.

Sweet Pea stayed with our friends who have goats and had a blast :P

We went down in some caverns nearby and that was really cool.

Bacon:

Of course I enjoyed some crochet time by our campfire.

And the wildflowers...

Our awesome tent.

We went on a short hike Sunday morning and crossed this suspension bridge that made me super nervous!

This hanging rock was cool. I was dissapointed about all the graphite on it though.

Back over again, yikes!

We got ourselves cleaned up and headed over to the reunion,which was a lot of fun and really to see everyone again. I loved Ricky's aunt's gardens!

We got home late and I went the next day to get sweetie and she was so happy we were home:)

"Don't leave without me again, OK guys?"

We talked Katy into trying pickle juice...

she liked it, haha!

Dominic has a friend visit from NYC and the kids liked playing and spending time with him. He was a good sport.