Faith

Faith is still growing! She can be sweet and is very entertaining. A lot of the time she wants to be nearby, wants to be pet (but not for too long).  She's the kind of "look at me with your eyes, not your hands" kind of a cat.  I'm honestly thinking we should have gotten two cats so she doesn't get lonely and need to be entertained as much.

Chloe wasn't allowed to see Faith when she was still a kitten. We didn't trust Faith.  So, the dog would fake having to go potty and would come down to the walk out patio and bark at her.

This is typical Faith. Only can get the good photos when she is sleeping.

The water is nicer from the dog bowl.

These two are still trying to make peace...

These plants don't exist anymore...

Fascinated by water but don't you dare try to put her in the water...

One of her favorite toys, this cat that looks like her. It isn't a cat toy but an old Fur Real Pet toy the girls had.

Renaissance Festival

I have never been to the Renaissance Festival and the kids haven't either so we took them there before school started back.  It was a really hot day so next time we'd like to go in the fall.  We all had a great time though!

Fairy House

More Fairy houses in the woods

Glass blowing demonstration

The Danger Committee Show

At the printmakers shop

Jousting

End of Summer

Mikayla was eager to practice archery when she got home.  She had placed in the top 10 at her final archery tournament at camp!  Nate dusted off his bow and they shot together.  I am thankful that his shoulder is healed up enough that it didn't cause him pain. Mikayla wants to join a youth archery league this winter with her best friend, Nora.

Here are the girls watching the last nest of baby robins under our deck...

Como Zoo

We went to a few places towards the end of the summer since our vacation was canceled due to our flood.  One of them was Como Zoo in the cities.  We had a really nice day together!

Baby monkey!

We got to feed a giraffe!

Look at that long tongue!

Polar Bears!

Mikayla took these photos at the butterfly garden exibit!