So here is my attempt at catching up on the sharing of photos. It is all random, just enjoy, even if it's a sloppy job of throwing it together.

We found these cool eggs in our birdhouse, and couldn't wait to see baby birds soon, but unfortunately, one of the children (hint: the one in the photo) tried to help things along by placing a cloth and some chick food in the birdhouse. I don't think the mama came back after that, and we ended up with three rotten eggs. So sad...

Check out this lovely snake I found in my flowerbed- I was sure it was poisonous, but after we killed it and checked for fangs, we were surprised to find none!

No luck catching any fish, but had a blast anyway!

Who doesn't love the beach and the big blue ocean? Can't get much funner than that!

This poor guy came home with a bad case of poison ivy after the pioneer trek... He posted this photo online and said he had been in a bad fight- guys just love to act tough, don't they?

The kids had a blast at the Japanese Maple farm where we went on the grand tour and learned all kinds of neat stuff...