Bananas

Celeste enjoying a snack before church.

Busy Saturday

We woke up this morning to an already hot house!  The temperatures were forecast to be in the low 100's for the weekend and the entire next week.  We own a generator, but we'd loaned it out so we couldn't plug anything in or turn anything on.  We were suppose to get it back today, but didn't know when it would show up.  I didn't dare open my fridge so we went out for breakfast, to somewhere with air conditioning.  We came home and waited for our generator, got our fridge and freezer going and left for a baptism and luncheon.   Later that evening we went to a BBQ and then had to come home and face the heat.  It was unbearable in our house.  Luckily, we had an empty rental only 5 blocks away.  The electricity was turned on.  We thought we were going to have tenants moving in that weekend, but it hadn't worked out -so it was available.  There was no furniture or anything - but it had power and a good A/C unit.  We loaded up some mattresses and a few belongings and went to our new semi-home. 

 The house on the right is ours.  The tree lost a large branch that took out our power and half of the neighbor's power.   It's hard to see but there is a cord that runs from the back of our house to the neighbors roof and then under the tree branch - it's suppose to be attached to our house, right at the point of the our roof.

 View of the wire from our upstairs window.  The cable is still good, but the wire is torn apart (and no longer attached to our house).

Because it's just 2 houses and not a whole neighborhood, we are very low on the priority list.  

Showered and ready for bed with daddy's van full of bedding.  Headed for the rental house.

The Storm

Tonight we had a huge wind storm blow across the whole state.  It knocked the power out at nearly 900,000 address' in VA and a little bit of North Carolina.  Ours was among them.  Our neighborhood was not hit very hard, but our neighbor's tree was!  The storm and the ensuing commotion woke up everyone except Lilah.  Here they are on our front porch.  The flash from my camera was too bright for them. 

Park

At the park with our park group friends from church! 

Harvest

My days take from my garden.  I really want a bigger garden!  So excited to expand it next year!

Hair Cuts

On Saturday evening I trimmed Madeline's and Calvin's hair and I chopped Anna Elise's and Lilah's hair.

We started growing out Lilah's bangs last fall.  They got clear down passed her eyes in October and Madeline chopped them off for her - they were about a half inch long.  I was not happy.  We have finally got them longer again - so I trimmed the rest of her hair shorter and gave her a little A-line.  It will be so cute when her bangs finally catch up. 

Anna Elise came to me and asked to have her hair cut.  She was really upset when I first cut it (sobbing, wailing, flailing), but LOVES it now (whew).

First Week of Summer

This has been our first week of summer break and it's been a bit crazy, as to be expected.   It's an adjustment for the older kids, the younger kids, and for me to have our schedules and lives changed.  It's fun to have them home, but it's different.  We are also watching one of Calvin's friends, J, for the summer and that is another adjustment as well! 

We've had a great time swimming, playing, eating, going to the park, and hanging out.  We had less fun with bee stings (Me, Anna Elise, Madeline, and J), crazy weather, some fighting, and mom having to work a lot this week. 

We look forward to next week being even better!

We had a surprise hail storm  on Friday afternoon