Camp Shingobee Timbers

Grumpy Jasmine arriving at Camp Shingobee Timbers for "Outdoor Art Camp" on July 11 for 2 1/2 days. It was a long drive for such a short camp, plus it's been sprinkling and grey for the last two days:( The grey day will match Jasmine's lovely personality. She said very nastily, "Go away and get out of my room". As a result, Jasmine's spending money at the "camp store" disappeared. Too bad!

Farm Camp

Today, Jazzy went to "Farm Camp" at "Rusty K Ranch" in Davenport, ND. She seemed to really enjoy it. She rode a horse named "Leo", played with the alpacas and goats, fed the horses and other animals, then made a tic tac toe board. We were almost late because "mapquest" said that it took around 30 minutes to get there, but what it failed to mention was that most of the roads were dirt/gravel. We could only go 10-20 mph. Oh well..we made it and she had fun:) It was 97 degrees and 50% humidity today! Rusty K Ranch. Of course, Jasmine was more interested in the barn cats- especially the kitty that looks somewhat like Stefani. Annabelle is the little pony who runs loose on the property and greets everyone. She came right up to me and said hello when I pulled in:) Playing tic tac toe with the homemade board:)

July 4th, 2017

Jasmine played with her neighborhood friends all day. We were originally going to go watch fireworks at Bonanzaville- which is what we did last year, but decided to stay home for two reasons. It was supposed to rain and hail- which it never ended up doing. In addition, it is legal for anyone in the city to launch their own fireworks. I am completely amazed that this is legal!! All we had to do was sit on our back porch and watch zillions of fireworks go off all around us. Some of them were right over our head- very dangerous. I am guessing this will not be legal for long since around 5000 people per year are moving to Fargo. I can't imagine that in years to come, they will allow everyone to set off their own fireworks around the houses. Just watching fireworks on our porch! Here is a pig tail "fish tail" that Jasmine did on my hair:) Stefani sleeping peacefully, however she spent most of the night hiding under the bed due to the loud fireworks! Poor kitty was terrified:(

Happy Birthday Stefani!

Today is Stefani's 1st birthday. She received a ball toy that lights up when she touches it with her paw:) as well as an extra special breakfast!

Jewelry class....

Last week, Jasmine took a little jewelry making class. She made me a necklace, bracelet, and almost a second necklace. They learned Morse Code in the class. The pink and blue bracelet says "I Love You, Mom" in Morse Code. Jasmine can actually be somewhat nice on rare occasions.

"The Lake"

Everyone always says they are going to "the lake". When I ask which lake, they say "Take your pick. There are 10,000 of them". Yesterday, we went to "Detroit Lakes", which is a town only one hour drive from us, built around several lakes. It was "ok". There was a nice "beach" and a bunch of pontoons, but that was it. Someone said that there was "shopping". We looked everywhere for a touristy street with "shopping", but never found one. We have to find another more exciting "lake". Last year, we went to Leech Lake, which is very far away. We'll have to look for another lake. Jasmine said "Well, it's not San Diego!"

My new bike!!

Jasmine always wants to go on a bike ride. I gave away my old bike before we moved, so I have not been able to go on a ride with her. Now I can in my new Margaritaville bike from WalMart! It even has a bird that chirps when you squeeze him:))