Summer in Minnesota is a frenzy of outdoor relaxation, family activities and work projects.

Walks in Grammy's garden

S'mores and then some more S'mores!

Handy-work in the garage! New shelves Neat Pete designed and built to help get ready for the twins! They could also be bunks

]]> http://justablink.com/2009/06/signs-of-summer/feed/ 0 http://justablink.com/2009/04/something-special-for-me/ http://justablink.com/2009/04/something-special-for-me/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:38:02 +0000 Jessica http://justablink.com/?p=2353 Update: This post is now added to Chatting at the Sky for Tuesday’s Unwrapped.

Where the Magic Happens

MTV Cribs is a TV show known for interviewing celebrity’s homes. Upon entering the bedroom, while giving a tour of their huge glamour-dom home, the owners often tout, “This is where the magic happens!”

At my house, we have plenty of magic happening…except, it is on the kitchen table.

WAIT! Before you run off wondering how Just a Blink just became so graphic…

I mean the kind of magic that delights in:

• birds pecking at the paper plate full of seeds on the patio of the kitchen
• a single rose that Ryan, 4, bought for his Mom because, “It is as beautiful as you are”
• two big packages of new maternity clothes shipped all the way from California by my loving family (Thanks Connie!)
• scribbles and wiggles scratched with pencil by Molly in Ryan’s workbook just to be more like him
• a jam packed silverware dishwasher basket used for a impromptu sorting lesson

Now that’s magic!

P.S. I hope go get going with better photos soon…the above image is curtisy of my iPhone. I did try to pick up my camera but both batteries were dead.

Here is an image summary of how I captured Summer 2008 through my lens.