August in Bloom

Mom's crepe myrtle is beautiful this year.

I guess this is a lily of some sort.  Mom has them in planted in 2 places.  The ones at the side of the house bloomed once and haven't bloomed again but these in the front have bloomed all summer.

Daddy loved moss roses so I always plant some.

I don't know what these light purple flowers are but they're pretty.  They're planted in a container out by the shed.

I can see this flower bed from the kitchen window.  We just sprinkled some packets of flower seeds in the bed and it's been so pretty all summer.

This strawberry planter belonged to my mother-in-law.  We meant to plant strawberries in it but we never did.  Phillip brought this petunia home one day and planted it there and it thrived.  It's part of my view from the kitchen as well.

We planted marigolds in the vegetable beds this year.  If you look closely you can see a tomato on the vine.

This little sun flower sprang up in one of the tomato beds.  The poor little fellow is trying his hardest to bloom.

Lucy is really proud of the flowers she "planted" in the sand box.  When she got finished, she said, "Ta Da!"  She was proud of her garden.

July

 Lilly tried on Devin's motorcycle helmet.  Lucy thought it was interesting but she didn't want to try it on.

 Our garden has been producing overtime.  We've canned lots of green beans, tomato sauce, relish, salsa, and pickled green tomatoes.  We put squash and zucchini in the freezer. 

 Lucy and I made a tutu. 

 The kids have been swimming in my brother's new pool,

 and in our much smaller pool.

 Caleb, Jack, and Sam came for a few days.  The cousins enjoyed spending time together.

 I let Sam go swimming in his clothes.

 This is the water fight section of a long battle with Hannah pitted against Caleb, Jack, and Devin.  Hannah eventually took them down, but a couple of days later, they got her back.

 The computer and Wii got a real work out while the boys were here.  Jack is letting Lilly have a turn while Caleb watches in the background.  Caleb is playing a game that he wrote all by himself on the computer.

 Rachel and I took Sam and her girls to the park for a breakfast picnic one morning.  Sam declared that he was a pirate so I couldn't take his picture, but I managed to get a couple of him.

 He liked the dolphins that spray mist.  It was a hot morning so it felt good.

 Lucy had a good time.

 Lilly liked the mist, too.

 Sam and Lucy played a duet.