Procrastination, Thy name is Robin

Kyla and Mary are recognized by the royal court.

I have a folder titled "photos to blog" that I have barely touched in months. When I do get a few minutes to post, I always feel like I'm a season or two behind. But I figure, better late than never! So here's a collection of some of the thing's we've been up to over the last few months. We went to the Renaissance Festival this summer and had a great time as usual. The highlight for me was seeing a group of people dressed like a landing party from the Starship Enterprise comingling with the knights and ladies. They each got a big kick out of posing for pictures with one another. I did not get a photo of that because Alivia and Mary had wandered off in search of funnel cakes with my camera. We watched the jousting, did some medieval shopping and just generally had a really good day.

Cooking with cast iron

Eva and Doyle gave me a cast iron skillet for Christmas last year and I have really enjoyed it. This photo is from Mary's forays into making cornbread. I've gotten a lot of use from it as I try to learn to make decent fried chicken.

Richard at the walking park.

On days when it's not been 110 degrees in the shade here, we've been hitting the walking park for a leisurely stroll. Lately, it's been a leisurely stroll through gnats, but the day this photo was taken was very pleasant.

Mary and Boo

We've also been chronicling sleeping cats, a delightful pasttime that we have ample opportunity in which to engage. We also chronicle sleeping college students. To be honest, there's not much difference.

Richard, Mary and the cupcakes of DOOM!

More recently we had a midterm week party for Mary's friends. It featured homemade cupcakes and barbecue and some really good punch that Mary made. She also made the cupcakes, mixing the colors herself and decorating them with little spider webs. The evening featured scary movies and smores around the fire pit. It was a lot of fun :-)

I will be posting Halloween decoration photos soon...so stay tuned!