Monday, July 13, 2009

June Adventures

Oh my, June has zipped by and we're almost halfway through July! Time to catch-up:

Caleb built some alternative energy models for the Human Ecology Fair at school. This is a hydroelectric generator. When they ran water down the chute, it generated enough electricity to make a buzzer go off.

We spent Father's Day at the Boerner Botanical Gardens. David's dad and wife came to visit also.

I took five boys with me on our annual camping trip....

....where they got to make ice cream, along with spending a day playing on the beach, general hiking around, and all around fun.

Caleb left for a week to camp with his Boy Scout troop.

I turned 39, and to celebrate....

....we went to pick strawberries....

....and peas....

....and made a lot of jam.

3 comments:

Micki said...

Happy birthday late! I guess Strawberry picking is something good to do on your birthday. What I really want to know is, what are you going to enter in the fair this year? Anything?

Marjie said...

That is a lot of jam! Since I have girls old enough to drive, they are designated to go strawberry picking with the little boys. Camping with 5 boys is brave indeed!

Yarndude said...

Ooh, I went strawberry picking a few weeks ago and it was so much fun. Happy birthday!