July SPT

Over at Lelly's blog she has the SPT challenages. I really enjoy doing these b/c it MAKES me take pictures I wouldn't normally take. The July challenge is the 5 elements of summer~the first element is SUN.

Of course in Texas we nearly always have sun in some form, whether it is alone, with rain, snow~and I have a love/hate relationship with the sun. I love to be in it, but I don't want to be hot. Then I want a little color but I don't want a sunburn or skin cancer. But I'm always happy for summer & most of the time if I have my sunglasses & a bottle of water I'm good.

Today Tyson decided he needed to wash his truck so enlisted the kids to help. Of course, it's really just an excuse for them to get wet & an excuse for him to soak up some sun.



Jed ALWAYS has a crazy look on his face in every picture!

Earlier today on our way home from Wal-Mart we promised the kids a watermelon, so we bought one from a guy on the side of the road. The way we eat watermelon is by cutting it open and handing everyone a spoon. I told Tyson to cut it open and put half in the fridge but when I saw that it was a yellow watermelon I told them to dig in. It was ok but it would have been better ice cold and red/pink!



Then Jed had the great idea to get a straw and stick it in the melon to suck the juice out of it, so of course the girls had to join in.




Then everyone (except me, of course) had to have a watermelon seed spitting fight. Here's Caroline showing off her technique.



Then I made Tyson take a self portrait with me. I don't know if he was thrilled about it but for a first SPT I thought it turned out pretty good.


(No, I haven't gotten a new camera. I took these with Heather's~I thought they turned out ok.)