It was a gorgeous day and we got so much done!!!

 Ava was such a good little helper today.  She helped me dig up all okay, some, of the old weeds and mint in the garden and helped make the dirt soft for our new plants. 

                                                  This is what we ended up with! 

                                Chives, Strawberries, cilantro, mint, red cabbage and sunflowers!

 The Cilantro, mint, and sunflowers were started from seed in my green house.... which I LOVE!! The strawberries and red cabbage have been growing in the green house for the last 6 weeks! :-)

                     Lucy, Ava, and Madeline had a blast playing outside while I washed my car....   In this picture the twins are running away and laughing hysterically from the boys they were teasing.... Uh oh, right???

 Oh, and I took the girls on a walk to my favorite "hang out" as a kid... I called it, the edge of the world. :-)  It's a beautiful view, I just did a crummy job capturing it. :-)  But my girls sure are beautiful!!

 Oh, and who could forget my favorite cat??? He deserved to be in the blog since he was sitting with my when I posted it all. :-) He is so loyal and sweet... but also a little feisty!!!

Operation cookies drop is well under way!

Today was the day I had to take our donated Girl Scout cookies downtown so that they could be shipped off to our military troops.  When I arrived at the girls scout main office to drop off the cookies I noticed a large pallet of cookies.  As I walked in farther, I noticed a WHOLE ENTIRE storage area full of cookies.  I was amazed by the support of all the people here in Sacramento for our troops!!! This picture is taken from the top step of one of these really tall ladders and doesn't even cover all the cookies that were there!  YAY for cookies for our troops.  I sure hope they enjoy a sweet treat!!!

Hemingway plays piano

1st Ballet class for Lucy and Ava!!!

My little artist!

I just love this picture that Lucy drew of our family!  She is such a great little drawer for being just 4 years old! She is even starting to pay attention to the little details... Chris has (pink) eyebrows and a mustache, I have a "design" on my dress, and Lucy and Ava are dancing like ballerinas!  She even knew to draw Madeline bigger than herself, and she drew herself and Ava as the same size!  I really am super impressed!

Snack time!

I love the fact that my girls love to eat healthy food!  It does make my grocery bill much higher, and snacks/meals take longer to prepare, but I wouldn't have it any other way!  I just hope they always have these healthy eating habits. :-)  Now, don't take this the wrong way, we all still love an occasional treat... preferably something with chocolate in it. :-)

Spa fun! (And some pretty cool camera settings!!!!!)

Girl Scout Cookie season is almost over!

I have the cutest girl scout in town!! :-)

Having fun at the Roller Rink!

Easy does it....I'm not going to fall... I'm not going to fall...

The house I grew up in.....is now gone.

The house I grew up in as a kid was demolished the other day because of the Hazel Avenue widening project.  It was odd to see the home I was so familiar with gone.  I have the fondest memories of that neighborhood.... and all the kids that we would play with.  Ahhhhhh.... the good old days. :-)

Nimbus Dam is wide open!!

It's a rare event to see all of the dam gates open, so naturally Chris and I had to stop and look!  The water lever is so incredibly high.  I wouldn't want to go kayaking down the river on day like today! ;-)

Chris' visit to Chicago!

Matt, Abby, and Chris