It's the 3-fer

I was trying to get a beautiful picture of a hummingbird drinking the nectar from our sunflowers (who knew there was nectar in those, not me!?!), but instead, I settled for this shot of all 3 of them trying to take a drink from one feeder!

Backyard Fishing

Dan-Pa and Daddy rented a boat last weekend, and the guys went out fishin' on the lake out back. Apparently they caught MANY fish-- each of them did! The boys even caught fish with no bait on their hooks at all. Small blue-gill. They threw them all back, but had a great time fishing.

Beautiful Sunflowers!

We planted these guys from SEEDS!! It's amazing to see how huge they are now. They are about ten feet high, and about 6 of them are in bloom, and another 15 more with buds getting ready to open. So proud of our garden!

So Proud of our Tomato Garden!

Tustin's gardening kit that he got for his birthday sure paid off! I'm SO proud of our tomatoes-- the first one to ripen was the biggest, and best of them all! (Okay, to Chammy ate the rest of them, so I'd never know... but I'm sure it was the best!) There are a few more ripening, and we hopes to have fresh tomatoes when the boys' cousins arrive in a couple of weeks... we'll see!

Out with a Friend

My friend Shelley and I went out for a cocktail and appetizers on Harbor Island last weekend. It was a beautiful night, and we had a GREAT view!

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Welcome to Our Pool!

We needed a little backyard summer entertainment for our new "Lake House." We decided to buy an above-ground pool to enjoy for the summer. And we have REALLY been enjoying it! Chris prepped the ground, we pulled it out of the box, set it all up, and started the lengthy filling process. I took a dip at 8pm the other evening, after the boys were in bed, and the water was SO nice and refreshing. The weather has been around 85 for the past week; just perfect. We get wonderful breezes coming up the hill, off the lake. Come and visit us!! :-)

Pool Time

We had friends over both days this weekend to come swim in our pool with us. We are enjoying it SO much! I'm getting the hang of the chemical side of it all, and the water is beautiful, clear, and refreshing.

Our First Beautiful Backyard Sunset

Hummingbirds

We have the cutest little hummingbirds that have adopted our back yard. I have two feeders out there, and they drain them fairly regularly. One stands guard over "his territory" on a branch near the porch, and just sits and hangs out. The minute another comes swooping in, they start chittering and chirping, and he chases the others away. Or, he'll "yell" at us if his feeder is getting too low... or if we are out on the patio, and he'd like us to please leave. They are so darn cute. You can see by the pictures how quickly they swoop in, and how quickly they buzz off!

Garden

You'll have to scroll down (or look at an older post along the right) to see older pictures of the garden-- even from last month! Everything is growing so fast. The sunflowers have probably hit 7 feet-- and I can just now see the flower part starting to grow from the center of the tallest ones. No yellow showing yet, but they are coming, I can tell. For whatever reason, the little birds (finches maybe?) LOVE eating the leaves of the sunflowers. They are horrible. They will sit there and eat them while I'm standing right there watering the garden! There must be about 50 tomatoes, and I am NOT exaggerating! The pumpkins are vining all over the place, with beautiful flowers blooming, but no baby pumpkins yet. Fingers crossed.

4th of July- Reptile Show

We spent 4th of July at the Yacht Club with Nonny and Pop. The club hired a reptile guy (for lack of a better term), who brought all kinds of slimy, scaley, wiggly critters. Needless to say, the boys loved it (quite a bit more than mommy did)! Snakes, lizards, Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches, etc....

Setting up the Picnic

Nonny put up a really cool "sun" shade... which was actually a wind-blocker for a while. It was chilly and the wind was a-blowin'! But we had a very yummy picnic, complete with fried chicken, potato salad, and watermelon. THANK YOU!

La Playa Cove

The boys had fun crab-hunting. One kid at the beach had a really big one in a bucket, which was pretty cool to see.