early august

in an attempt to finish the summer before we get to winter =p, the next few posts will be mostly photo galleries.  ready, set, go!

we visited a small family farm called Firefly Berries on the east side of town at the end of july:

2 1/2 pounds of raspberries were summarily dispatched of in a few days, minus one batch of raspberry ice cream



currants - a bit tart to eat out of hand, but not bad on salad

meeting some friends

mmm, fishies

mmm, fingers

we love having a yard!



she made herself a 'costume'

 

the Rochester version of a beach is a sandy strip on a man-made lake, but it serves the purpose if you happen to be 4 or 5 ;-)  we ended up there after showing up at a city pool on august 6th, only to discover that it was 'closed for the season'!

betcha didn't know i could sleep standing in a lake

our corn huskers preparing some delicious MN corn

road block

i had some aspirations of going for a run with the stroller and the girls on their bikes, so i picked the paved Douglas Trail.  i should have checked their tires beforehand though =p  we didn't last too terribly long, but it was a fun outing nonetheless

i bought a book of 10 tickets at the beginning of the summer, thinking that surely we could go to the pool 3 times in a season.  <ehh> (that's the buzzer) =p  the day below was upper 70s, but the wind made it too chilly.  the only real hot weather of the summer came after labor day, when the pools were closed!

4 1/2 months: finding my jingles

a great perk of working at home: lunch on the front porch

and we have lift off!

superbaby!

we had lots of outdoor dinners waiting for daddy

she said, mommy, i want to show you something.. and up she went!

a trip to the Rochester farmers' market for the biggest head of broccoli you've ever seen