Slice of Heaven

Summer Carnival

I think Eric is now officially too big for this ride :) He was being a good sport though to ride with his siblings!

Believe it or not, Bay and Leah loved the ferris wheel! They kept screaming, "Higher! Higher!" Crazy kids.

Well, it is that time of year again...time for the local volunteer fire department's carnival! The kids got a double dose of it this summer. Friday night their grandparents took them, and then Saturday night, Dennis & I and our family friend, Russ, took them as well! Needless to say, they had a great time. Eric's new favorite ride is the Tilt-a-whirl, and as long as an adult could go, it is also Bay's favorite ride!!! They still enjoyed some of the kiddie rides too, but mostly Leah had a blast ringing the bell on the train, riding the carousel, etc... They ended the night with a couple of pulls on the Lucky 7 (pull a string, get a prize). The thing that is so fun about this carnival is that we always see tons of people there that we know...families from Dennis' office, swim team, home school, church...everyone, it seems, makes a stop at the fireman's carnival!

Around the house we've been taking it easy the past couple of weeks...but not too easy! The garden is coming in in bushels (literally!)...we've frozen corn, canned green beans, frozen tomatoes, eaten tomatoes till they come out our ears, pickling cucumbers, and then getting ready to do it all again as the next round of veggies ripen. I have just about finished teaching swim lessons, but the weather is so hot and humid that it seems we have plenty of swimming left in us for the summer! I'll close with one more cute shot of Leah at the carnival. There are additional pictures on our webshots album.