Zoo a la Carte

How big is baby? sooooo big!

Got a new flash and did some trial and error.

Zoo a la Carte is where Milwaukee restaurants set up camp at the Zoo. Then you feast from the different tents while looking at animals. Well, when you go when it is dark, your stuck not getting to see the animals. But riding the train in the dark was totally worth it. Coolest little thing - they need to do it at Halloween.

Only a few mishaps for the evening... one nephew threw up :( and I lost my car keys in the dark. Said a prayer, went to the admin office and they had them!

Scratch it

How awesome is this? A map where you scratch off the countries you've visited. Love it.

via A Cup of Jo

Horses

Everyone loves horses.

Free cookbook

Don't forget to enter to win a free cookbook at itsstillgood.blogspot.com

And read the comment I left... you'll get a better idea of who I am.

People didn't live in black and white

When I think about the past, I always picture it in black and white. I forget that people lived in color in the 1940's and that their lipstick was actually bright red. These color pictures from 1939-1943 show us what life was like in color.

Scroll through these images. I think you'll like them.

L.L. Bean Signature

The new L.L. Bean Signature is worth checking out.

3

This little boy turned 3 today.

3.

3!

He's 3. I can't believe it.

Sometimes you'd think he was 15 the way he talks about the speed of sound, orbits, Harrier Jump Jets, or the way he pretends to chew gum when he's up to bat, puts his finger outside his glove, and taps the base before getting ready for the pitch (in the living room).

He loves Family Home Evening, singing primary songs and conducting the music. He always wants to be a part of the conversation, make people happy, and squeeze his baby brother. He has all his books memorized, so there is no cheating on adding your own words to sentences.

He asked for shrimp scampi for his birthday dinner and had to be persuaded to open his presents before endlessly playing with each one.

He is loving. And he is loved.

He's our Sammy.

Football

So there has been this little thing going on called the World Cup. It just ended and I thought I should post some pics Nick took of the football game we went to in England at Stamford Bridge to see Chelsea play. Yeah, home game, 4th row.

It may have been one of my favorite things we did. It was incredible.

We didn't take our fancy cameras because we weren't sure how drunk fans were going to get.

Oh, and Chelsea won.

Haymore Family

cutie little girls.

Piece of pie

Made with fresh picked black raspberries from our forest of a backyard.

I ate it for breakfast a couple of times.

Happy 4th

Downtown Milwaukee fireworks 2010.

Porcelain

Memorial Day - let's remember

It was a sweaty, hot August DC morning before work. I hustled over to Arlington National Cemetery to partake of its reverence. I'm walking along when I see a car parked along one of the paths (rare - cars not allowed much). A very old man used his cane to get out of the car. I started to walk slower, hoping to be a part of whatever was next. He shuffled over to one of the hundreds of thousands of tombstones and planted some flowers, followed by some water. I didn't want to seem like a gawker or stalker, so I took photos at a distance. It was such a tender, sweet memorial. Seeing him stand all alone among the white markers of those who've past, honoring someone special to him made all my superficial concerns of my sweatiness subside. He was just standing there, leaning against his cane, remembering those who had served for our country, all alone. See him hidden among all those tombstones? It was a reverential moment that I didn't want to forget.