Koby and Cheeser

(June 26, 2010)

While visiting Jill and Braden, I had the opportunity to introduce Braden (by computer) to Koby and Chester (Cheeser). We did also talk about Rugby, but just not in these videos. Jill must've been napping, and I fed Braden leftover pizza for lunch, and did so simultaneous teaching. Braden is very good at knowing animals, and I wanted to teach him about my boys. I think he got it just right!

Jungle Jim's Storm

Any time I visit Jill, I head 40 minutes south to one of my favorite stores, Jungle Jim's. It is the hugest grocery store ever. They carry food from all different countries around the world. When I visited for Braden's birthday, on the way home I made the stop. I got to Jungle Jim's, the sky was turning crazy colors. Loving the weather, I bravely got out of my car, and walked around, trying to capture some of the amazing lighting outside of the store... Here's the transition of this storm!
What first caught my eye as the storm rolled in, was the clear division between good and nasty weather! It was like a clear line was drawn across the sky.

Next, the bad weather went to terrible weather, and drew an even darker line across the sky.

I waited and waited to try to capture the gigantic lightning bolts, but the wind got extremely strong and it started to pour.

Plus, I thought about it, and didn't think it was a good idea to be beneath so many metal objects sticking out just asking for lightning to strike them.

Isn't that incredible? I wasn't able to capture the rain on my camera, it was coming down in sheets! But as this video shows, you can see the people running into the store as fast as they could!

Melt with BriAnne

In August one of my good friends, BriAnne came to visit Cleveland. She was here with her husband to go to a concert, and take some New York friends they brought with them around the city. I got to meet up with her one afternoon, to have lunch at Melt! It was her first time eating there, and my first time at their new Cleveland Heights location. I always love to go to Melt, but it's extra special to take one of my friends for the first time! Since I always talk about it as my favorite restaurant, my friends for out of town have been dying to go! Although we had a short but melty lunch visit, it was fabulous none the less! Can't wait to go back with you again Bri! I didn't have my camera, but here's a quick snap shot she took while we were there.

Fourth of July Fireworks!

This fourth of July, just like in years past, we've gone out to Robb's mom's boyfriend Harry's farm to shoot off the fireworks we bought! I LOVE fireworks. Maybe since I was completely firework banned growing up, they are especially awesome to me. This year, Stacy came out to spend the night with us, and enjoy the show! She also was firework banned growing up, so this year, at 28 years old, she held her first sparkler! She even was brave enough to shoot off roman candles! We had a great time at the fireworks, and camping that night! Also, it's extra special cause it was Robb's 32nd birthday! (Happy Birthday Honey) As always, it was tons of fun! Here's our stash! We go to Wholesale Fireworks, where we get buy one, get 2 free! It's the best deal for the most fireworks!We get all kinds! Little ones to do at home, smoke bombs, spinners, sparklers, fountains...Roman candles, ground blooms, jumping jacks, strobe lights...We get snaps, helicopters, parachuters...And LOTS of big mortars (these are the fireworks that go up in the air and blow up)Here's Stacy's sparkler...She got a long one!Also, I taught her how to spin it around to make a sparkler circle!Here's our little fire that we made. It was like 90*, so we didn't need much, but what camping trip would be complete without a fire!

We think to take pictures of any other fireworks, cause we were so busy shooting them off and enjoying the show!