And now for the rest of July...

You can't tell from the picture, but rest assured, this spider web is HUGE. It's outside our back door and even though it's usually broken down by the end of the day, in the morning it's always back. That's one industrious spider.

It's been pretty busy around here lately so we haven't been on top of the blog as much as we'd like. First off, we have a ward garden. A few families are assigned on each Wednesday evening and Saturday to water, weed, and harvest. A couple weeks ago, the young men and women were assigned and I think we made a pretty good haul, even though the cantaloupe and watermelon weren't ready. This amount seems to be pretty standard for each trip, so we have about double the amount pictured to hand out on Sunday. There has been a lot of production from that little garden so far! I don't know why I'm talking about this other than it's interesting and, dare I say, awesome :) Nicole is a zucchini bread pro, though we have been experimenting with a lot more than bread.


The other day I noticed that Noah was quiet. Never a good sign. So I went looking and found that he had crawled up on his change table and proceeded to powder his nose. Not a euphemism. And he didn't stop at his nose.


But how can you be mad when he smiles at you like that? He can get away with anything. I guess we'll have to teach him to only use his powers for good ;)


Now this might be random, but I made the best onion rings ever awhile back. They were amazing! For father's day Nicole bought me a cast iron griddle and Bobby Flay's book, "Burgers, Fries & Shakes." There's all kinds of great stuff in there, including these buttermilk onion rings. (Nicole has gotten in the habit of buying buttermilk lately because she knows I'll always find something to do with it - including pancakes, cinnamon rolls, and onion rings apparently.) I could go on and on about all the things I want to try in here. I'm definitely looking forward to the lemon meringue pie milkshake though :) Also I have to say that the onion ring sauce you see is wonderful!


Now I'm hungry.

To close things out I promised my Mom I would post a video of fireflies taken just outside our home. The video quality isn't the best and it's kind of small but there are a good number of them in this video if you watch carefully. Enjoy!



~Kevin