Summer in the city

Jacob lost his first baby tooth on the 18th. He finally got sick of me wanting to see how wiggly it was and pulled it out himself. The tooth fairy brought him 2 dollars and a note that said to brush his teeth and be nice to his sisters.

It was Ashley's last weekend here so we went down town to take a river boat ride and see the Alamo. Jacob's favorite part was the ducks and Merry liked the horse carriage that was like a Cinderella carriage. Ashley is way too cool to really care about anything.

A visit to Brother Dan's house

We ran over to College Station to help Dan build a table on Monday/Tuesday. Little Grace was so excited to find out how a level really works.

Since we were in the area we decided to go see the Blue Bell icecream plant. Here are the kiddios modeling the Blue Bell hat. Cousin Ashley even joined in the fun. I got to sample the Blackberry Cobbler Icecream. It was totally worth the stomach cramps I would later endure thanks to my Lactardness.

Trip to Seguin and adventure in canning

We took a trip to Seguin to visit Em and family and to wish Adeline a happy birthday.

Ethan and Blayne were our tour guides and took us to see the creek in 100+ degree weather. Unfortunately they forgot to mention that the creek didn't actually have any water in it. We did find some raccoon and hog tracks which entertained the small fry.

Be----layne was so kind as to pick me a bushel of prickly pears to make jelly with. After a couple of days of laying around I finally got around to it. Note to those interested in making prickly pear jam: do not put the skins down the garbage disposal as they will clog the drain and then you will have to clean under your sink to take apart the pipes and get the stinking clog out. Not that this happened only hypothetically speaking. Any way the jelly turned out pretty good except it gelled a little too much but I think Be----layne will like it any way.

Bada bing bada bangs

Merry decided that her hair was hanging down in her face too much so she neatly trimmed some bangs. Unfortunately she didn't use a mirror and took out a big chunk. I think we will be keeping bangs for the next little while.
After I brushed Merry's hair she wanted a bow in it. She brought a pink bow for me to put in hair. Gracie ran over and snatched the bow from Merry and ran up to me to put in her hair. Luckily Merry is pretty understanding and found another bow.
I can sort of cover up the big hole in her bangs. Hopefully they only take a few weeks to grow.

Explanation to the previous posts. My sister is selling these awesome pettiskirts and some other fancy schmancy stuff. Any way she needed some pictures for her blog so I gladly volunteered. Merry had to wear a hat because of her fancy new haircut.

Merry twirls

4th of July and bathing beauty

I would like a hot stone massage and a mint facial...Please. This picture really has nothing to do with this post. It just happened in July so it made it in.

For 4th of July we had friends and family over for a lunch. Attendees were Brother Dan, cousin/niece Ashley, sister Emilie with crew in tow, and the Wadsworths minus Mom and new baby but plus N.'s parents. We then went to Boerne to watch the fireworks and run around. This year I stocked up on glow sticks. I think Merry was wearing 50 glow sticks at one time. Please excuse the fuzzy picture but it is the only one I took.
Since I grew eggplant this year and really had no idea what to do with it. Brother Dan came to make me some new eggplant recipes. Fresh pesto eggplant, chicken, baby bella pita pizza above and Salmon stuffed eggplant below. Both were divine. I sure do wish he lived closer. Okay maybe not because I would be pounds heavier.