Summer is winding down quickly.  I have heard many complain a lot about the weather... which is true, it has rained quite a bit.  I find it quite funny that people just take comfort in complaining.  If it is too hot, they complain, if it is rainy, they complain, if it is too cold, they complain..... why can't we just be content?  Personally, I have found the rain to be quite refreshing.  It saves me from watering my garden.  I'm sure I can find other positives to go along with those. 

We are starting to gear up for the upcoming school year. Not too many changes to the curriculum this year.  Maybe I'll go through that at another time. 

This summer has been exciting.  At the begninning we were able to watch a mama Robin.  She layed 3 eggs which produced 3 healthy baby birds.  It was wonderful to watch them day to day grow up and eventually fly off.  I think the kids enjoyed it too... but I was completely fascinated.  Below is a collage I put together of the progression.  The middle picture is of the mama Robin. 

Let's see... oh that was so exciting that we decided to have baby bunnies.  So, we put our bunnies together and resulted with 7 baby bunnies.  They are currently 3 weeks old.  Oh so cute! 

This is a picture of 4 of them that was taken yesterday.  You can go to my photography blog to see more pictures and go back and see them right from the first day they were born. 

The older two kids went to summer camp.  dd15 chose the drama camp, same as last year.  She has really enjoyed going and being part of the drama workshops.  Below is one of the skits they did.  She is the one wearing the sunglasses.

Our son will be coming home today from camp.  I'm praying they didn't get too rained out considering they were staying in tents and cooking their own meals over the fire.  We'll see how he made out.  I'm looking forward to getting him in a couple of hours. 

I'm going to try to keep up on this blog a little better... we'll see how that goes.  My intentions are always good.  Somehow time just gets away with me & I end up putting things off.  Not one of my best qualities. 

I need to go and get a few things done before we have to leave.  Have a great rest of summer.  Many blessings!