How many quarters do you have?

Feeding the meter before we headed up to Grandpa's room.  Maybe we should have called ahead?  He was released a few hours earlier. 

Art in the Park.

We had to pull over to check out this park.  There were plenty of sculptures, but this one captured our attention.  There are all sorts of trash items embedded in this guy.  His eyes are old hub caps and there are keys, bottle caps, tiles, shells, rocks, etc. all over his body.  I don't know if the park has a name, but it sits across Marion Street from Sears (off of University) in St. Paul.

Motley Crew.



They have a lot of fun together even though the ages range from eight years to nineteen years.

On the way home from Ikea,

Jordan caught this from the passenger seat.

If there's going to be an injury . . .

it'll happen to her.

What a life?!

Her specialty.

She may grow up to be a chocolatier.

Sweet Corn.

Haven't had much of it this summer out of courtesy to Jordan.  She's still wearing braces and can't eat it unless she wants to pop a bracket.  We drove by this stand on the way back from the Rochester Hobby Lobby.

Did I scare you?

I'd be scared if I saw that creeping around the house!

Good to the last drop!

We've had watermelon everyday since we got here.

At the park.

It's way too hot today to run around.

Who doesn't love the ice cream man?

Buster's Cabbage

Figuring out the puzzle.

We brought Grandpa John a puzzle thinking it would be fun for him.  Turns out all of his visitors take a turn trying to put the jewel ball back together.  Maddie and Tom can usually get it the rest of us don't have the patience.

Buggin' Jilly.

Jilly is up most nights wanting attention from anyone who will give it.  Whenever we see her sleeping during the day, we wake her up in some annoying way (just like she does to us).  This morning Maddie climbed up on Jilly's cushion and obviously irritated her.

Just hanging around.

Jordan loves to climb trees.  She used the fact that I didn't take any pictures yet today to climb this tree outside of the rehab hospital where grandpa is recouperating.

It runs in the family.

This is Sebastian's best gangsta pose.

I don't know these people.

Okay . . . maybe I do.  Shelby and Rachel doing their best modeling pose.

Do you see what I see?

That little guy was eating my almost dead plant at my front door.

What's wrong with this cat?!

She did this for several minutes with Jake's shoes today, but she does this same thing with other athletic shoes.

Out Building.

A visit with Grandpa John.

He's out of the hospital again and back at the rehab center.  As you can see, Grandpa has a full house tonight.

Old Neighborhoods.

The Sorcerer's Aprentice.

We attended an early screening of the movie and were pleasantly surprised at how good it really was!  This picture shows the kids goofing around in the back seat of the car after the movie.

Val's Garden.

Rachel and I spent the evening with her friend Val.  Val has a gorgeous home and a beautiful garden. 

Invaded

by marshmallow shooter wielding pirates.

Back to Hudson.

There's always good shopping in Hudson, especially at St. Croix Dry Goods and Abigail Page Antiques.

Couldn't wait until dark.

The kids lit their sparklers this afternoon.  They just couldn't wait.

Fireworks on the St. Croix

We enjoyed an evening in Hudson, Wisconsin on the bank of the St. Croix River in anticipation of their annual fireworks display.

Minnesota Beauty.

Gabrielle's Game.