Remember The A-Team.......it's B.A. Baracus, or better known to most of you as Mr. T. Andrew loves watching The A-Team on tv but it hasn't come on in a while. He recently found Seasons 1-5 at Best Buy. I bought 1 and he bought 2. He and Sara stayed up late watching them and now is ready to go get more. 
Can you guess who this is? Sara got beads at Walmart that you make designs with and iron them to make them stay together. Andrew has done a few too and made some very good designs. So take a guess who Andrew made! Stay tuned in tomorrow to see if you were right or not!
This is Maggie Lu Cobb (that's what her papers say because we had to vote between Maggie and Lucy and it was a tie so we had to do both names), our liver miniature schnauzer. She loves being where ever we are and is a good family dog. The kids wore her out, which doesn't happen very often. She didn't even move when I took her picture. She's usually under foot and being nosy, but she was tired. She acts like a nut when we have company but when it is just us she is a sweet little lap dog when I want her to be or the kids or Dusty wire her up playing and barking at her and she fights back. Either way, we love her and wouldn't trade her for anything!
We have two peach trees in our yard. They were here when we moved here, well really three were, but one died. They bloomed and made peaches for the first few years. That was fine and dandy. Mom came and picked and did what she liked with them. But the last couple of years they haven't made peaches. Those trees have been in my way when mowing, scratching my arms and legs, and had yucky spider webs and bugs in them. I begged Dusty to cut them down! I am sorry to say, I was quite happy this spring when one died and he just pulled it with his strong bare hands from the ground. I then begged again, "Since that one died, let's just cut the others, they don't make peaches anyway!" Did he do what I asked? What do you think? 
And Sara decides she is just gonna under with her goggles and mouthpiece on......
Then we get really brave and have a contest with Andrew.......mom has to time us to see who wins.....and guess what......it's a TIE! 
So now we are resting and getting ready for another competition.
We all met at mom and dad's for an early 4th of July celebration. We had grilled hot dogs and homemade ice cream. The kids swam and played. Following tradition, mom and dad bought everyone matching shirts. 
I can't tell you how many times we have tried to grow watermelons. Andrew has wanted too, we have tried and failed and last year we didn't even make an attempt. This year we gave it a go. And look what was on the vines when we went out to check! And this is just a few......the larger one is really only about 8 inches long but it is getting there. Or so I hope, I don't want to jinx Andrew. He planted 8 plants, 7 survived so he has his own little watermelon patch. And he may even share with us!
Here's the story......Dusty sent me, Andrew and Sara to get plants for the garden. I call him while we are looking at tomato plants, name the different kinds, he tells me what kind to get......is that what I come home with? Noooooooooooo! I bought all the wrong kinds but......Sara loves baby tomatoes! She eats them like candy. I did buy cherry tomatoes, regular ones(that's what I bought wrong) and this one shown, Patio Tomatoes. The stick with the cute little picture in the patio tomatoes showed a little bunch of baby tomatoes(like Sara calls them) that were just what she wanted. That plant did get planted on the patio but it is NOT baby ones. Someone nicely switched the tags, Sara is still proud but we will see if she eats them. The cherry tomatoes are planted in the garden and before they can get good and ripe........Sara eats them!
It may sound a little corny (no pun intended) but it amazes me when I or we or really mostly Dusty (HAHA) grow something. I love to walk out in the afternoons and see whats new going on in the garden. And yes, I'm impressed that we have grown something. Like no one else ever does! 
