Fireworks and Father's Day

Before I forget, here's a picture of our summer pet: Fuzzbutt.  Isn't she gorgeous?!!  She resides in Katie's school library for most of the year, but our dining room is her summer home.

 

After a few extra days in Alpena, Mom & Dad C. brought the girls home just in time for the Rochester Hills fireworks!  We had lots of fun at the festival beforehand.

Megan and Jessica on the bungee run

Katie & her friend on the bungee run

Girls before the show

It was awesome!

I forgot to get a pic with everyone at the fireworks, so our family room had to do!

The following day, we went to our library's weekly "maker space."  It's just an empty room with some odds and ends set out for kids to tinker and create.

Katie & Meg made t-shirt curly-q scarves

Jess took apart a keyboard...and put it all back together, too!

She also took apart a hand vacuum

On Friday of that week, Daddy came home from Brazil!  Finally!  Three weeks is a long time!

One of his Father's Day presents was a big bag of Perch's bacon - his favorite!

The girls also got him this t-shirt!

We watered our raised beds at the Farmer's Market...we are taking care of these nine beds for the summer, raising veggies for the food pantry.  The girls and I planted every single one of these seeds!

We picked strawberries after lunch.  It was a great year for berries!

At the orchard, we went to the petting zoo

We needed some nourishment after all of that hard work!

And for dessert (later) that night, I made strawberry rhubarb crisp.  Yum!