Raspberries for Sal

Sally and I went raspberry picking today(we also picked pears and peaches but the raspberries were the most fun). We ended the day with a caramel apple. Yum.

Maggie

We went out to dinner tonight. Here's mag at the restaurant. Tomorrow is the 8th grade swim party, then school starts on Tuesday.

county fair

We went to the Green Lake county fair again this year when we were up at the cottage. We ate corn on the cob, bbq and pie, rode the rides and played the games. This year a group of the older kids even sang karaoke(sp?). They were so entertaining, singing the Beatles Obla Di. Sarah sang lead vocals with Kate. Maggie and Mary were at the guitar, and Matt and Claire were at drums.

slip sliding away

Sally and some of her cousins playing with the slip n slide up at the cottage. We had another great time this year, thanks mom and dad!

Maggie (back) in New York

Maggie went to New York last week and spent 4 glorious days in her favorite city on earth. She was able to do this because she has nice parents and even nicer aunts who agreed to play tour guide, and oh my God, she had a great time. She saw tons of shows, did a bunch of shopping, soaked up the city and spent time playing with Molly! She even got to meet Auggie.

vegetable garden

We have a vegetable garden this year. Finally! We started small - tomatos, peppers, eggplant, pumpkins, carrots, herbs and zucchini. So far the zucchini is our biggest crop (and a bit of a menace to the other vegetables, it grows like a weed and the leaves steal all the sun). My mom was here watching sally for a few days when we went to Mexico and she and sally planted alot of it. Needless to say, we're very proud of ourselves. Although we kind of hate zucchini. And eggplant. Maybe next year we'll plant a candy garden.

mother's day

For Mother's Day this year Tony surprised me with a ping pong table. We love it, we keep it out by the pool and it's a great thing to have when kids come over. p.s. I suck at ping pong