Marching Band Friday night.

Here's my photo update.    I am struggling with a couple.   Thankfully, I officially have a couple weeks of  summer left.  

4.   A group of tourist (Yep we are also a group of tourists)  in downtown Detroit

6.  Hopscotch in Detroit

9.  The donut shop

13.  The sun rising over Lake Erie

17.   Also found in Detroit.   A gas buring lamp post

19.   A public Garden

21.   A photo of me standing on the beach of Lake Michigan

Couple more for #20.   A bus with photos on it's sides.    Both of these were found in the Henry Ford Museum.  

The Bus that Rosa Parks made her historical stand.  

Oscar mayer mobile.   I have no idea why it won't rotate.   

  1. A sign welcoming people to your home town (or a nearby town)
2. A garden gnome
3. Birds on a wire
4. A group of tourists
5. A rack of post cards
6. An urban street scene
7. A rural landscape
8. A tattoo on a person
9. A bakery
10. A photo bomb (someone found lurking in the background of photo; the lurker may have intended to disrupt the picture or may be doing it unintentionally, but the background lurker is a surprise to the photographer)
11. A horn
12. A mascot
13. A sunrise
14. A parade
15. A juggler
16. A sign in a language other than English
17. A lamp post
18. A water fall
19. A public garden
20. A bus (not a car, truck, lorry, camper or RV) with a picture painted on its sides.
21. A photograph of you with something representing the season 
Alternative A: A kite, hot air balloon or blimp
Alternative B: A bird house

Happy back to school day.   Ben is in 10th, Ethan in 7th & Nadia is in 3rd.
Looking forward to a happy and successful year.

Here's our first update of our photo hunt.    Everyone has fun looking for the best photo to post.   

1.   We had some minor flooding in June.   Here's our welcome sign.   

2.  Discoverd by Nadia at our Piano teachers

7.   Rural landscape - Found around Ada Hayden Lake

7.   The Farm comes to the City.    Sweet corn from the Pumpkin Farm.   His sign read:  Same variety, Same field, Same old Farmer, Same price as last year.  

12.  our Mascot  CY

14.   Ames High Drum Line in the July 4 parade

18.  a waterfall

20.   A bus painted -  our bookmobile.   The library on wheels

Alternative A: A kite, hot air balloon or blimp

Alternative B: A bird house

1. A sign welcoming people to your home town (or a nearby town)
2. A garden gnome
3. Birds on a wire
4. A group of tourists
5. A rack of post cards
6. An urban street scene
7. A rural landscape
8. A tattoo on a person
9. A bakery
10. A photo bomb (someone found lurking in the background of photo; the lurker may have intended to disrupt the picture or may be doing it unintentionally, but the background lurker is a surprise to the photographer)
11. A horn
12. A mascot
13. A sunrise
14. A parade
15. A juggler
16. A sign in a language other than English
17. A lamp post
18. A water fall
19. A public garden
20. A bus (not a car, truck, lorry, camper or RV) with a picture painted on its sides.
21. A photograph of you with something representing the season 
Alternative A: A kite, hot air balloon or blimp
Alternative B: A bird house

We are excited to pick our first beans and tomatoes of the season.

Gearing up for 2014.   We had fun last year, so we decided to play along again.   The details can be found at:  http://gallorganico.blogspot.com/2014/06/2014-summertime-photography-scavenger.html

1. A sign welcoming people to your home town (or a nearby town)
2. A garden gnome
3. Birds on a wire
4. A group of tourists
5. A rack of post cards
6. An urban street scene
7. A rural landscape
8. A tattoo on a person
9. A bakery
10. A photo bomb (someone found lurking in the background of photo; the lurker may have intended to disrupt the picture or may be doing it unintentionally, but the background lurker is a surprise to the photographer)
11. A horn
12. A mascot
13. A sunrise
14. A parade
15. A juggler
16. A sign in a language other than English
17. A lamp post
18. A water fall
19. A public garden
20. A bus (not a car, truck, lorry, camper or RV) with a picture painted on its sides.
21. A photograph of you with something representing the season (recognizing that the season will be Winter for our friends in the southern hemisphere). Note: you may not use a substitute for this item.
If you find something on the list too difficult, you may substitute one of the following items for anything on the list, except for Item #21:
Alternative A: A kite, hot air balloon or blimp
Alternative B: A bird house

Our can see our 2013 enteries here: http://fivetulips.blogspot.com/search/label/Summer%20Time%20Photo%20Scavenger%20Hunt

Nadia's game on Saturday.   She scored 3 goals.
Way to go girl!

Spending  a little time sketching with dad.

Lots of Free little libraries are popping up around the city.
It's lots of fun.

Enough already its almost April will it ever stop? Definitely ready for spring around here.

My birthday flowers.  On sale after Valentine's day.  A man after my own heart. 

Enjoying spring break.

Hockey over for the season, which leaves more time for goodnight stories.

Enjoying a little pool time with the cousins and Grandma. 

The day off school is a perfect day to Bake cookies with Nadia.
They tasted fantastic!
It could have been the 2 sticks of butter in 24 cookies.  YUM!

A blizzard warning for this after noon and tonight.
All the kids had an early out from school.
Not sure what tomorrow will bring,  as the winds are picking up.

I was making Chicken Noodle soup for dinner.    Nadia asks me,   Why do I feel sneezy?    Me: I just added some seasonings to the soup.   N:  Do you mean Sneezonings?  

I can always count on her for a good 1 liner.

A weekend spent in Kansas City.
A little swimming, and a little hockey.

Another day with school delayed by 2 hours because of bittercold temperatures. I am getting a little tired of winter.

Ben is teaching Nadia a new game.  She's a little frustrated,  but she will get it.

Conversation from this morning...

Me:   "Nad,  do you have a hat and gloves?  It's supposed to be cold and windy today and I don't want you to get cold and windy."
N:   "Yes, they are in my backpack, but I don't really think I will get windy."

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Create a gorgeous, high quality wedding photo album at Shutterfly.com.

Just wanted to share the photo book I made with the Christmas Pictures.

Our old refrigerator decided to stop working.  Watching the delivery and installment of our new one.  It's fun to get new things, but it was hard to spend the money.  :)

Saturday night ritual.  Preparing for Sunday morning.

Happy birthday, Ethan!

Back to school after Christmas break.  Nadia is diligently working on math homework.

Have a day off of school because of dangerous cold weather. We are spending the day crafting.