Roses!

Remember way back to my Weekend update post about Dad's rose bushes? We got our first blossom last night! A very exciting affair :) Mom found a cute little vase for it this morning:


Isn't it pretty? Looking at it straight on, you can hardly even see the vase, the bloom is so big!


This particular rose is a Sweetness Rose, and smells incredibly wonderful. I can't wait for more blooms :)

Thunderstorms

We have had a TON of storms the last few days. Not to make excuses for my lack of updates, but it's meant a lot of internet outages. Monday and Tuesday pretty much both looked like this:


The only reason there's any light at all in that picture is because there was so much lightening. Since Tuesday was basically a repeat of Monday, I didn't take a picture. Instead, I drew a happy flamingo enjoying the sunshine wherever it is that flamingoes live. Because another storm picture would be depressing.


Yay flamingo!

A Week of Updates

Ok, so I'm really behind. Sorry. Moving out of the dorms and back home and keeping Jon entertained while he stays here for a few days has been keeping me kinda busy. But now we've started a Unit-athon, which is giving me some time to sit down and update.

Thursday
Almost the last day of school. Just one presentation left, and then we get to stuff all of mine and Jon's things into the car. Which will not be pleasant. Anyway, at dinner, my friend Netty found the world's largest banana. He was very excited.


And then he peeled it, and it broke because it was too heavy or something. He was much less excited.

Friday
Last day of interim AND class got out almost an hour early. Thank god. I don't think I could have stood another 20 minutes even. I was pulling my hair out. So while I waited to meet my friends for lunch, I finished up my packing and piled everything on the extra bed.


Yeah. Like I said, we would have to stuff the car. Sadly, I didn't get a picture of that mess.

Saturday
Unfortunately, there was no sleeping in on the first day of summer break. Instead, everyone was up early so we could go to Chicago. Sunday was the Lincoln Park Zoo run, so we were staying at some relative's the night before. It was extra fun because of the reason for leaving so early:


My little cousins had a t-ball game. It was really cute. There was even a cheering section!


:)

Sunday
Sunday we were up early again for the run. Mom and I ran the 5K, Dad ran the 10K, Uncle Joe watched, and everyone else slept. Well, the twins were probably bouncing all over the house with Aunt Pat. Once we got back, we went adventuring to a nice outdoor/ open air mall type thing, where Jon found some koi.


They were pretty cool. Kind of creepy though because they were so big and fish are weird. Also pretty with all of the bright colors.

Monday
Sophie had a Happy Meal for lunch. She spent the rest of the day creeping on everyone with her new friend.


He has quite the unique laugh...

Wednesday
No Tuesday post, since most of Tuesday was spent doing this:


He's trying to sell his Magic cards, so we've been sorting through them and organizing stuff. It's been ridiculous, but I think we're basically done now. Which is pretty much awesome, since I don't think I can keep staring at cards all day.

Now that I'm kind of back on track and a little more organized, I'll work on updating more regularly again :)

Lovely, lovely summer weather

Finally, the weather is beginning to act like it really is summer. Which is wonderful, since I've been dying to pull out some dresses and skirts and other summer clothes again. Because it was so nice, I decided to walk to the library instead of taking the bus yesterday. On the way back I stopped for a few minutes near the town hall building to rest in the shade. While I was there, I snapped this picture to show how nice and sunny it was:


Wonderful, yes?