The Guddat Gang

This is Jon. More pics of the great outdoors. We have had terrible luck with the fruit/vegetable garden this year. No cherries, apricots, beans, peas, watermelon, pumpkins, and our onions are pint sized and wildflowers sporadic. We did get a fair amount of raspberries and our tomato plant is showing some signs of life. What I did succeed with was tulips in the spring and stargazers and gladiolas in the summer. In fact, this fall and next spring we're thinking of planting more flowers instead of food just to mix it up. It's started. Delaney is calling friends on the phone. Yes, the friends that live a block away. Yes, the friends she spends all summer with playing outside. And since we're the only one's in the world that have a land line, every call is long distance, so it allows Delaney to steal our cell phones. Camping in the backyard. We just haven't had the consistency to our weekends this summer. Either I work on a Saturday or we have a wedding (thre...

This is Jon. Adelyn always gets a hold of the camera. Always. We will download the camera once or twice a week thinking there are only 20 pics or so, but we'll find about 100 downloaded pics, courtesy of Adelyn's curiosity. Adelyn with Mommy's stargazer lilies. This is probably the best year from this box in probably four years. We had a girl scout party at the skating rink the other day. Delaney couldn't go, but Adelyn did and had a little bit of success.

This is Jon. Here's a rundown of some highlights in July 2013: Jon and Brittany head to Cooper Lake. This is God's Country. It takes a while to get to, you've got to climb a bit in elevation, but if you go there on a weekday afternoon, it's pretty much all yours without sharing. Picture perfect day. Great weather, very serene and the scenery was beautiful. Delaney ready to roll for the first family rafting trip of the summer. Brittany and I have done this many times, but had never taken the girls. This year we figured they were ready to go and were old enough and aware enough to be mature in the swift water. I like this pic of Delaney because her hair is perfectly imperfect. My lady trio, ready to put into the water. Daddy and Delaney fighting the current to get back to shore. Earlier I had jumped off the cliff and Delaney was ready to tackle it herself. She jumped off a shorter part of the cliff with me, but it took much strength and courage (...