Getting caught in the rain and more

So, since it's been so stinking long since I've posted, I have no clue where to start! I've "dug" through my pictures of the last month and picked out a few highlights that I'll share with ya.

It's been super hot here lately so when we have a nice evening, we take advantage of it. Chris and I decided to go for a short walk around our neighborhood one evening. We could tell that it was going to rain but we thought we could squeeze a short walk in before it started. We hadn't gotten halfway around our block when it started DOWN POURING!!! We were DRENCHED! By the time we got home, we had a river flowing down our driveway. It was nuts! We had a blast though. We sat in the back of our Jeep and just watched it pour down. It was so refreshing. Someday Kate will enjoy it a little more. :) I can't wait to take her puddle jumping!! Oklahoma gets the BEST puddles!
I also decided to make my first quilt for my friend Emily who just had her baby, Isabel. While I was tying it on the quilting frame, Kate found the yarn. You can imagine how much fun she had and what a mess she made! It took almost an hour to get the yarn all untangled by the time she was done with it.
Here's the finished product. It turned out super cute! I almost didn't want to give it away! I'll have to post a picture of cute little Isa when I manage to get one. She's soooo cute & tiny!!

We also bought a bird bath for our little family of birds. They love it! We have a little bird house that they nested in last year and this year. We've already had two rounds of babies this summer and I think we're on round three right now. Well, we were on round three before we left on vacation, but I haven't really seen them around since we got back. Did I mention that we just got back from Montana? Probably not...I'll tell you about that later.
I also planted Jalapenos. I know, I know. You're probably thinking "Why on earth did you plant jalapenos? You hate jalapenos!" I do hate jalapenos. However, Chris loves them and my friend Emily gave them to me. So I planted them! I'm excited to have a little garden of my own regardless of what's in it. When I was planting them I found the HUGEST spider that I killed on the side of the house. If you look close enough you can probably see the guts on the bottom right of the bricks (just in case you're into gore and stuff). :) Anyway, when I killed it, literally hundreds (probably thousands) :) of baby spiders took off running all over the place. YUCK!!! I had the creeps for like two hours after I was done. I think I may have even showered to make sure I was spider-free.
Kate had her first Jello experience! She was soooo sticky and red! It was fun to watch her. I don't even know if she actually ate any. She just squished it around in her fingers and hair and ears and diaper and anywhere else she could reach. You should have seen her bath water when she was all washed up! It was so red that I had to drain the tub and re-fill it to make sure she wasn't still sticky. By the way, doesn't this picture remind you a little of ET? :)
As I mentioned before, we just got back from Montana. Chris' grandparents have a cabin up there and so the whole family went to celebrate Grandma Carson's birthday. My mom and Kim (my sister) were able to come as well. It was sooooo nice!! The weather was such a refreshing change from the hot humidity of Oklahoma. It rained a few times while we were there. We had to wear sweaters, wrap up in blankets, turn on the fireplace and have hot chocolate. It was awesome!!! So, so refreshing! I was super lazy though and didn't really take any pictures. I'll have to get them from family so I can post some.

One last highlight....maybe even the best one so far! :) :) Breaking Dawn finally came out!!!! Yipeee!! I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED it!! I totally neglected my husband and daughter while I read it. Thanks Chris and Kate for being so patient!!!!

So, all in all we are having the best summer ever! I'll try to keep the posts coming a little better!