July is not my favorite month

The garden is officially a jungle, it's hot, and I'm tired.   

Playing outside before it got so hot and humid... Cadence wasn't too sure about the great outdoors...

Our air conditioning was not keeping up so we got it serviced... and now it's so delightfully cool!  I don't enjoy heat. 

I finally took the girls swimming last Saturday at Peg's pool....a REAL pool... with lots of help from Mom and Shelly.  Cadence slept inside the whole time.  Natalie brought Adela and Graham over to swim too.

Cecily had a great time with them.  I have no idea where she gets it... "Hi!  Will you be my friend??"  I'm pretty sure there was at least one trip to Iowa when shy little me didn't say a word to our hosts' kids... 

That evening we went to a meet-the-family extravaganza for Tom and Andria...  she slept through most of it in her styling buffalo checks. 

We all went to church for the first time last Sunday. We survived.  And then we spent the evening at Bob's parent's because Sprout was home.  We came home pretty early because I was tired.  Exhaustion reigns supreme...
Outside in the stroller. 

Bob went back to work this week.  The girls and I needed a completely normal week... it went pretty well.  We managed to all be dressed by noon every day, and we went to the grocery store, and even played outside a little.

Then it got so crazy hot so we've mostly been inside.  They like humidity about as much as I do.  It's hard to see, but she loves her scissors and tape... she is a spider because she cut out and taped 8 legs to her legs.

More coloring... I don't remember what the thing on her head was supposed to be.

BabyCay-enceMae.  We made it through the three week growth spurt! Woot woot! 

Maybe they have a future as mixed media artists?  There was a little bit too much 3D-ness going on with all the tape and pipe cleaners and beads so we're down to two pictures now. 

Yesterday the girls and I went to the farm to do sweet corn. Hallelujah. I am so spoiled and now my family is too... we are not overly fond of grocery store corn in any of its forms.  It was a sad day when we ran out of last years corn. We did three feed sacks full of ears (there is much debate over what that translates to in bushels) and got 56 pints total.  Cadence got to meet Jake, the girls played in the water with Shelly, Lena brought a crazy inflatable ball, and we all ate pizza for supper.  I was exhausted.

We split the day for church today because Emmy has had a fever.  Bob and Cecily went in the morning and Cecily got to go back with me and Cadence in the afternoon. 

We got pictures back!  (photo credits to Life and Peace Photography) The flower crowns were totally worth it...

They are laying on the quilt I made for Cadence.  It makes me smile. 

Cadence got a little crown too... Bob is completely outnumbered and he loves it.

So peaceful. 

...and awake.  :) 

Blessings.