That time of the year....

North Carolina summers are HOT! No, did I say, "HOT?" I meant HTH....aka "hotter than Hades." However, with us just beginning the summer, we have our up and down days of temperatures. Today was a warm day, but nice and breezy. So, after playing baseball and a few other outdoor games this afternoon, it was time to take those pictures that I'm so fond of and will look back on for the rest of my life - the closeups. You have all heard, I'm sure, how a Dalmation puppy isn't born with spots, neither are my children...thus, Cody has freckles on his nose, as does Andrew, but Nathanael's are still on the up and coming list. I love doing these closeups of my kids and try to do them often. I also got them to sit long enough together to snap off a few pics of them together....Wow! Granted, they weren't entirely happy about it, but they humored their mother and posed for the pic. I guess I can't expect total perfection ; ) At least they aren't punching each other in the picture...

We caught our first wild life critter today, alive. Last week we called Animal Control regarding a certain masked creature...yep, a raccoon. We set up a live trap two days ago and finally, last night, we caught him/her. It wasn't too happy with me this morning when I went to walk the dog and discovered its presence. I felt badly for the poor dear, who, every time I walked past it, would curl up in a corner of its small imprisonment. However, I can't afford to feed it, the outdoor cat, Dusty, and all the possible little 'coons that will eventually come. Animal Control came fairly quickly in the morning (before 11am) to come get it.