Anything But Normal ...

This summer has been anything but normal.

And that's a good thing, really.

I mean, after all, who wants to be normal?

And with that small intro, here's a sampling of our 

not-so-normal lives this summer:

We've been to the movies (to see Brave).
(Psst: photo taken just before the "turn cellphones off" warning. Promise.)

Our 5 youngest kiddos rescued this little lady from an intersection on Tuesday.
She stayed with us overnight--just long enough for the kids to start asking if we could keep her.
But guess what? Animal Control found her owner. Woo hoo!

We've planted not one, not two, but 29 pumpkins (and named them all).

We've gone to a summer church activity (it's a Bike Wash, PS).

We've picked vegetables ... from someone else's garden.
(We went to a U-Pick garden because somehow we missed the whole planting season this year. 
Well, not entirely; we do have pumpkins planted.)

And finally, we've been baking a lot--A LOT--of this: Tomato/Parmesan Bread (my favorite--this week).




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PS: 

Here's my new favorite quote. It really sums up 

"what I learned on my summer vacation."