The summer is flying by way to fast! We have been busy with yard work, which is never ending. The garden is doing ok. We got a late start in planting because of all of the rain we had, but things are starting to come on now. We have picked several cucumbers, and broccoli. Our carrots are looking good, but are still a little small. I wish we would get the rain that we had earlier in the season now. I have had to break down and water a few times, but I'm still hopeful for rain.
We have also been busy getting things ready for our VBS that will be in late July. Our theme is the Big Apple Adventure so we are making New York themed decorations. Shane built a taxi that the kids will be able to sit in for a picture and then we are going to reuse it in the new children's library that we are opening in the fall. We have been busy painting graffiti on sheets that we are going to hang all over the gym which will be our "playground 1017" area. A friend made a hot dog stand that looks great for our midtown snacks area. Another friend made a statue of liberty out of boxes to help decorate our craft loft in the art district. All we have left to do is make radio city music hall signs with lights, light posts, street signs and polls, and bushes. We are hoping to borrow country flags from a church in Derby to hang at our Rockefeller Plaza and then I think we will call it good. It doesn't sound like a lot, but it has taken quite a bit of time to get it all done.
In other news, we received a call yesterday from the sheriff's department asking for more details on some of the items we reported stolen. To our amazement, they actually caught the person that broke into our house. They pulled him over for a routine traffic stop and noticed a bunch of TVs in the car. After executing a search warrant of his house and storage unit(s) they found several stolen items. They were able to link the footprints taken from our deck to a pair of shoes in his closet so it should be an air tight case! We are excited to maybe now have some closer and get our stuff back since we weren't able to repurchase everything that was taken. Hopefully they found our camera and camcorder, but we are waiting to hear back on those items. It would be awesome if my pictures and videos were still on there and then I could post updated pictures on here as well.
On that good note, I will wrap up this post for now and see what else I can get done today. With the temps the way they are tonight it might just be getting caught up on some sewing projects but that's something to mark off the list I guess!
