Lavender festival

We didn't spend any money at the lavender festival. Youssef was taking pictures for the paper so it didn't cost us anything to go in and we'd brought a lunch, but my Mom got a lunch for us from there! Thanks Mom! It was yummy. I think the lavender lemonade was the best.. hit the spot. Maybe I should try making lemonade with lavender in it?

The kids painting was free and Lily really liked painting (as always.)
Love the two brush move!

Renna got to try ice for the first time. She flinched right at first, but then she got really into it.

After we got home Lily played with the lady bug stool that my Mom got for her.
It's actually going to go in the bathroom so she can get to the toilet quickly without tipping over the stool. This one will be more sturdy that what we have.. and it's really cute. :)

Rolling over!

Renna is rolling over now all the time!
I put a sequence of pictures on facebook for those of you who'd like an old fashioned video.

For a scrapbook page I wanted a picture of myself taking a picture of Renna (like a her point of view thing) and I thought it was funny so I'm putting it on here. (Some of the pictures were much funnier than this one.. I'll show them to individuals, but didn't want them on the internet.)

Renna liked the mirror that I was using to take pictures of myself.

"Roll out those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy days of summer!"

Lily and Jonathan (my little bro) playing in the hammock

Peek-a-boo!

This flower is (I think) from a seed that I'd planted last year!
Growing along the edge of our garage.. isn't it pretty?

While Jonathan and Lily played in the pool Renna and I were on the blanket
(The next picture is "Renna's view")

I got a liiiiittle bit of gardening done. I have only 5 tomato plants and a peppermint plant and one lemon balm plant.. and many pansies and impatiens

This was yesterday and I still have many more plants to plant... and I have five in little pots inside and more planted along our house... the girls got tired of being outside though so I couldn't finish all of it today...

The kids had pop sickles in the pool

I had an ice tea and looked at a scrapbooking magazine! (I wish I could enjoy times like that more without stuff to do.. and I wish they were a little longer... ahh for the days..)

Renna got to go swimming after the other kids were done. After this picture was taken I took her diaper off (it was getting a little waterlogged) and swished her around in the water.
She liked that.

The new family picture..

Youssef kept tilting the camera in my hands towards himself and cut kept cutting of my chin..

Oh, and this is Renna sleeping in late into the morning!
.. so comfy! No wonder she sleeps in!

4th of July party at the Hathaways!

We had lots of fun taking pictures of the sparklers..

With the shutter speed slowed it was like painting with fire in mid air caught on camera!

Lily ate much watermelon!

Lily found a flag and was being patriotic!

Our lovely hosts

The fairy godmother transfiguring a rock into something else...

Rebekah and Noelle painting the air!

I drew a star (obviously)

Lily was nervous about the fireworks and sparklers, but got to like the sparklers a little bit when she found out that they didn't make noise like the fireworks (she did NOT like the noise.)

These are just a sample of the pictures, I loaded practically all of them on facebook so you can check them out there if you want. :)