Summer is here!

I don't know about you guys but the warm summer sun has finally arrived in the Northwest and we are starting to have lots of garden produce ready to pick and eat. We didn't get our garden planted this year (thanks to Ethan being born on March 5) but my parents always have two fabulous gardens with lots to share. So, thanks to their generosity we have lots of zucchini right now. Rachael found an AWESOME zucchini bread recipe and I'd like to share:

3 eggs, well beaten
1 C. cooking oil
1 C. sugar
1 C. brown sugar
2 C. raw, grated zucchini
3 tsp vanilla
3 C. flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp soda
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp. nutmeg
3 tsp cinnamon

Combine the eggs, oil, sugars, zucchini, and vanilla. Add the flour, salt, soda, baking powder, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Grease and flour 2 5x9x4" baking pans. Bake at 350 for 1 hour or until done.

We have enjoyed this bread the last few weeks and soon all my neighbors will be enjoying it as well! (Now, don't you wish you lived close to us?)

Growin' Like Weeds

Cambria and Ethan visited the Doctor today and they were both pronounced "healthy and growing". Cambria, who was my little petite baby, is now 28 lbs. and 35 inches tall. Ethan is a whopping 18 lbs. (at 41/2 months) and is 27 inches tall. I've heard my whole life that kids grow up quickly. When Trevor was born and I wasn't getting any sleep I didn't believe it, not even a little. Now I understand. It seems like I just had Cambria and then came Ethan close on her heels. Now they're both getting bigger and older and I'm scratching my head and wondering where the time went. Some days I do wish they were older, but then I remind myself that I will never again have them at this age so enjoy it! (Usually I do...but I have my days). Oh well. As the saying goes "Time Marches On" whether we want it to or not.

My cute kids with cousins
Emma, Cambria, Trevor holding Ethan, and Austin
We were all together for Rachael's graduation in June...smile everyone!

Here she is!! We did a photo shoot with Cambria about two weeks ago and this is one of my favorite pictures...she's 18 months old but talks and acts like she's at least 2! She is the sunshine of our lives...

Precious Kitty

The long awaited picture of the new kitty...isn't she cute? We are still trying to figure out a name for her...any suggestions? She likes the kids and LOVES me (when I talk to her she purrs). Her favorite activities include chasing her tail, running full speed up the couch, and eating. We love her!