So....guess what Piter grew....

A BIG.......... FAT......... JUICY.........DELICIOUS........ RHODE ISLAND SIZED...........CANTALOPE!!!

And we ate it allllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Up!!!!

Mary Mary quite contrary...

This is the next crop.... It smells Awesome!

But crop of what? can you guess?

Nope...not catapillers although they seem to really like this crop!

Get out of my GARDEN!!!!!! ARRRRRGH!!!

This is an overripe.......Cucumber~!

And just a bit underripe tomatoes.....mmmmmmmm

This cucumber however is just right!!!!

In my own little garden in my own backyard....

HOT STUFF....

SWEEEEEEEEEET

Bugs and heat cannot stop a good gardener...but they can frustrate him to no end!!!

What a quick summer....but the heat is still going...

Welcome to NRH2O The wave pool and Chalea is waving!!!!

Quazi Moto!!! (no clue how to spell that)

I'm swimming nowhere fast!!!

Gabriel chooses the slide....And Nathaniel chooses the water spouts!

Weeeeeeeee!!!

And the race is on!!!!

Piter's first bowling experience

Piter finally got to go bowling and look what he did!!!! He also got all the strikes!!!! We aren't very good but with practice Piter will be better than I am but it was fun!!!

He is so awesomely good

Taking it to a new low...and a new height!

Cosmic Caverns has 2 bottomless lakes and goes way below the surface with much that hasn't been explored yet...Bacon anyone?

67 feet or 20 meters tall....NO....not Piter....The Christ of the Ozarks! The beauty of vacations.....is there for all to see....

But...when it comes to magic....first you don't see it.......Then you do....How'd he do that? Some fun at Silver Dollar City....

Western clogging and A bit of Ireland via Branson Mo.

Really not for the faint hearted....like me!!!

Seriously...she is still tramatized by it all.....

The smell was sooooooo bad....Piter had to put a mask on!

Now comes the part where everyone...but me...wants to see.... Are you sure you want to see?????? If not you can stop now!!!!

Okay...I really could only take a picture of the tail end.....but it was described as big as a rabbit!

I know I know...he looks so small and cute now in this picture But......

He is no longer with us and the smell is allllllllll goooooooonnnnnnnneeeeeeee!!!!!

Frogs...Mud baths...Birthday's...and Tornado warnings!

The whole family wants in on the act when the frogs come calling!!!!

The kids have a wonderful use for the Foldgers containers from my work.... Warm rains are great!

Piter's birthday was a blast....literally...the wind was so strong we had to batten down the hatches....but...inside all was calm....more or less!!!