It's naptime

Right now, someone is napping... it's the time of the day where I get to read or do something quiet that I enjoy.

Yesterday morning I lit some charcoal and put a few little pieces of Frankincense on top of it...Paul is trying to catch the incense.

A little baby watermelon in our backyard garden.

Last week was the first football game of the season. Hannah played with the band you can barely see her in this picture, but if you see the Redbox she is to the right.

We didn't stay for the whole game we walked behind the football stadium in the alley.

 The sunsets have been beautiful.

We went for a playdate at Paul's cousin's house.

He wanted to hold their kitten. He pretended to take their dog, Barney, for a walk.

91% eclipse

Shadows through the mimosa tree during the eclipse, love the crescent moon shapes.

 

The colander was a nice little helmet.  Paul just didn't 

understand about the eclipse and thought we were playing outside.  It was also pretty cool to look through.

You can't tell that the sun is probably 80% covered at this point, but there is a little crescent that reflected in the bottom of the photograph.  We also viewed the eclipse through my husband's welding helmet.

My sister gave me this for my birthday and I finally got around to painting all the states we've been to so far, after it dried, I added the year we went to each state for the first time, since we've been married.  We need to go to Alaska, Hawaii, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi.

Ohio River

It's my niece's birthday today.  Her dad took the day off work and took us out on the motor boat on the Ohio River.

 That's the Cincinnati Reds baseball stadium behind the girls.

 And the beautiful suspension bridge.  Below, is the yellow bridge, which they call the Big Mac bridge, guess because they are yellow arches like McDonald's.

Paul went on the Giant Bubba raft that we trailed behind the motor boat just once, while we were still.

 All the girls!  Beautiful skies today.

 Timmy fell asleep and so did Paul.

We're lucky mamas.

Colors of summer

Hannah took this photo of Rob, Paul and I last night.  Our grapevine behind us is full of green and the grapes are delicious right now.

We took the sailboat and paddleboard out to Cowan State Park after church yesterday.  All the state parks in Ohio have free admission, which I think is awesome!

Paul wanted to start the motor, he tried to pull the cord several times, but isn't fast enough.  We had enough wind to sail, and didn't need to use it.

Alabama fish bar....this is a great place to get fried fish, but sadly it's not in the best neighborhood.  Still worth a trip there, but we get it to-go.

 I love all the colors.  Nearby is Findlay Market, where they have a great place to get pho, woven baskets, fresh flowers, vegetables, fruit, honey, chocolate, gelato, etc.

Festival nearby us...Paul rode on a mini airplane with me.  I wish I'd remembered that centrifugal force would make me squish him, I should've sat on the outside!  Oh well.  I keep learning.  Everyday.