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Fun Day at McAllister Park

Today we met up with our friends Amanda and Daniel at McAllister Park for a picnic lunch to catch up with them and to meet their new son. We had a great time talking with them and watching their daughter play on playground (it's really funny to see how random kids interact with each other).

For lunch, chef Jacob made Turkey Club Subs (yes, real bacon was included) and a fresh fruit salad. We also enjoyed Cheetos and water. Lunch was delicious!

After lunch, we headed to the dog park because Casper was still full of energy.

He got to know a few dogs...

he even almost played with another dog...

but ultimately he wanted to be anti-social...

Wanna be nosy?

I found the greatest website for nosy (concerned) citizens.

It's the SAFD active response site. I discovered the site last week when I became concerned about a few fires on the access road on my way home from work. I went to the SAFD website and it indicated that 1 vehicle was already responding to the fires. My mind was set at ease.

Then this afternoon while we were making dinner we heard several sirens that sounded as though they were on a street nearby. Upon realizing that the sirens might be from fire trucks, I immediately accessed my new favorite website. Sure enough, 3 vehicles were responding with the hurst tool ("jaws of life") to an incident on the street in front of us! We speculated about several possible situations. When we conveniently drove down the street on our way back from DQ we noticed that one of the houses had a huge mangled mess of a garage door lying in the grass. What happened? We may never know the exact details but it made for an interesting night and great conversation.

When Chloe's Hungry...

she can really eat!

The poor monkey never had chance.

Organic only goes so far...

For the last few months we've noticed a gradual increase in the little black ant population in and around our house. Trying our best to be environmentally conscientious, we've tried to control (and eliminate) the ants using organic products. However, the last straw was when I noticed that the ants had made their way into the honey in our pantry. We don't mind killing a few ants around the house but we draw the line when they get into our food.

We are officially seeking professional help.

Especially now that the girls have packed themselves up and are threatening to leave.