Summer begins!

It's been a weird summer weather-wise.  One day it will break 80 degrees, the next won't get to 60, and in between the wind is blowing too hard to feel much above 70, so it's been hard to really get out and enjoy "summer" as in bathing suits and popsicles.  Though it's been pretty good for sitting outside and gardening!  


Here are our first strawberries of the year.   Owen has been excited to find the red ones, since that's what we told him we could pick.  I love these plants, because they don't require one ounce of effort to come back year after year, and they are very productive!

It did warm up to the mid-70s and sunny skies last week, so we went and checked out the splash pad a couple of towns away.  Owen had a great time with all of his friends and really didn't want to leave!  He had a much better time than last year!  They need to put one of these in our town, seriously.

Owen and Everest had so much fun screaming when the huge bucket up top dropped its contents with a great whooshing sound.  I don't think they were getting wet, but they were squealing like little girls and running off before returning anyway.  :)

Looks like a water fountain, no?

And of course, lots of fun with Carson splashing in the water spouts despite the chilly water.

He also adored the adjacent carousel, and threw a fit after his first ride was through.  We had to do one more ride just before we got back in the car to head home, but he was so tired, he was pretty much sliding off the horse.  Needless to say, he fell asleep in the car about 10 minutes later!