Picnics and watermelons

I love nice days--it always seems too hot, too humid, too buggy, or something (or am I too picky?) Anyway, I was out watering plants today and realized it really wasn't all that hot. So we have taken advantage and the kids have been outside all day. I love it. Ammon has worn those goggles on his head for 2 days now. It looks so uncomfortable...and hot. They have constant water condensation dripping down the lenses.

We have been searching our watermelon plant and finding cute little watermelons starting. They are all about the size of a penny. But our friend was here the other day and exclaimed because she had spotted a big melon hidden in all the vine, this about 7 inches diameter. I don't know how we missed it, because we search almost every day--it's so exciting to watch! Anyway, upon further investigation we found 3 more about the same size. It's the coolest thing ever. To prove that I am definitely not bragging, I should mention that our poor garden spot is suffering. We got 4 good zucchinis before that one bit the dust, the pumpkins don't look like they'll make it, nor the peppers or tomatoes. We got a couple of cucumbers and about 7 beans. But it does look like we might at least get some nice carrots soon. And tons of tomatoes from the pots. And the watermelon in that spot has the watermelon on it that I took a picture of awhile ago, which may also not make it....it's a little warped and hasn't been growing very quickly. Oh well.