Happy Father's Day!

"I'm about to fire both of you!"

These are the words I uttered to Jared and Ruth as they "helped" me make chocolate cupcakes. Jared learned that when Mom adds 4 cups of powdered sugar to the kitchenaid mixer is not the time to turn the mixer on high speed. With powdered sugar everywhere, on the floor, on the counter, on the stove top, on the cupboards above, I went for the vacuum to quickly bring the situation under control. Meanwhile Ruth and Jared thought this was heaven as they put their finger licking and dipping skills to work. It was when Ruth knocked down another pile of powdered sugar onto the floor I just finished cleaning when the above statement was said.


The Big Cheese

Chuck is the Big Cheese that we love on Father's day. Chuck was greeted by his "Big Cheese" gift this morning. It's creation was all Ruth's idea, I only helped a little in the actual making. Chuck also enjoyed his favorite dinner of lasagna, and some cupcakes (see above article). Chuck is a wonderful father and a fabulous husband and we were happy to honor him on this special day.



Poor Kaitlin

Poor Kaitlin had to spend the week away with her father, step-mother and younger sister Megan. She was forced to go do Disneyland, California Adventure and Seaworld. And if that weren't torture enough, she had to spend her final day at Universal Studios. We got a call from her on Thursday and she was having a wonderful time.

Here at home Ruth and Jared enjoyed some fun days bouncing on the trampoline.


























Come buy our junk!

On Saturday we made $93.50 putting on a yard sale. I was amazed at how much junk we pulled out of our house to sell. I wonder now where we kept it all. And now that the sale is over, we still have tons of junk left over. The truly amazing thing is... the house inside seems exactly the same - nothing is missing at all. It looks like some day this week we will be taking a trip to the thrift store to make a very large donation. So if you want any baby clothes infant - size 5 boy and girl, a pasta maker, or various toddler toys, come on by before they are donated.







Just for fun, here's a picture of our back flower bed. It looks good right now with everything blooming.