Frozen in Time

My site was down last night due to issues with the webhost, so I’m postdating this post and I’ll get my retrospective up sometime today.

I wasn’t feeling really creative today, but this is what we see every day that we let Melody run free in the front yard while we do our watering (which we’re doing in the evening now because it’s too hot in the morning).

Bonus shot:

This doesn’t do it justice, but with the clouds and the smoke from wildfires in the area (nowhere close), the sun looked pink tonight.

Taken June 30, 2008.

Of course, the big holiday approaching (in the US at least) is Independence Day! So, this week’s topic is free or freedom, independence, liberty, etc. As a bonus or alternate topic, try red, white and blue.

Vacation Bible School at our church starts a week from tomorrow (Monday). This year’s program is called “Power Lab” and it’s all about the Power of Jesus. The mascot puppet that was provided with the kit is a chipmunk and somehow that just didn’t make a lot of sense to us. A chipmunk in a laboratory? So, we decided to make our own. Or, to be more accurate, we enlisted Mike’s mom to help us make our own puppet. These pictures (taken by Mike on his phone) show the beginning stages of “Beaker” the talking test tube. Yes, I know test tubes don’t talk, but neither do chipmunks! And for those of you who are Muppets fans, you’ll remember Beaker, and our Beaker puppet is an homage to the muppet. I’ll try and remember to take a picture after it’s done!

Taken June 29, 2008.

Bonus shot of LG helping Daddy measure:

Taken June 28, 2008.

Taken June 27, 2008.

Taken June 26, 2008.

LG calls this her “pink fuzzy”. It’s a toy feather boa and she LOVES it.

Bonus shot:

We haven’t seen any real clouds for several weeks, but it looks like the summer monsoon has arrived! No rain in our area, unfortunately.

Taken June 25, 2008.

Three of LG’s favorite pink things (well, four if you count the blanket in the background): her Minnie cup from Disneyland, her monkey named “Smooch”, and one of her beloved dinosaurs.

Taken June 24, 2008.

Links to some of my favorite pictures from other blogs for Week 25:

did you say carrot?

169/366

beatle

Stockyards (it’s called Cowtown for a reason)

My Ballerina

day lily

LG’s pretty little pink flip-flops.

Taken June 23, 2008.