He's a Freshman!

 

Today was his first day in high school.  He said it went great and he is really happy to be there now.  He loves to learn and is ready to succeed!

Picnic on Penneseewassee

The last day of summer vacation is so bittersweet.  We are so sad to see these warm, fun-filled days end... 

I left the office to meet them at the lake for a really yummy picnic lunch.  It was great to be able to spend my lunch time with my family!

New Entry

Today my husband finished up the new entrance to the downstairs.

What an improvement!

Wow!

This spring she decided to plant Mammoth Sunflowers and they have grown like crazy!  We're starting to wonder if they're going to grow taller than the house. She and Amber harvested some of the spent blooms and hung them in the barn to dry so that she can feed the birds this winter. 

Our 1st 'Chocolate' Egg!

We bought some French Marans pullets this spring and they're finally laying!  Well, this first one isn't much of a prize, but the girls were having a hard time keeping it from Amber!!

Check out that paint job!

Way Too Busy

This license plate certainly describes our life too!

"We have a 1055 in Market Square!"

Why not?

We've been wishing that we could afford to trade in our Suburban for a newer one.  She's getting tired.  A local dealership got in a whole line-up of these big commercial cargo vans.  They are much more reasonable priced and just as big - plenty of room for all of us and our stuff!  Jokingly I asked the kiddos if we should get one for our family.  Some of them are horrified; the others think it would be a hoot!

They're a family!

I took the kiddos to meet my 'boyfriend' and discovered that he's been cheating on me!  He ran off and got married to Mrs. Yak....

And apparently this has been going on for a while.  They had a baby!

 Awwww...he's awfully sweet!

Picnicking Again

Today we got the dreaded school shopping done really fast, (Right there is one of the big differences between sons and daughters!) and headed back towards home as fast as we could.  We ordered some sandwiches and enjoyed a picnic at Snow Falls.

Swimmers

This afternoon we were early for an appointment, so we stopped by Crescent Lake.  We were going to just hang out and relax, but they finally decided they couldn't resist and jumped in in their clothing!  No worries.  Between the 5 of them they were able to come up with enough dry clothing.  And being cold and wet was totally worth it, as far as they were concerned.  The swimming was so much fun!

We do try to have fun...

Love that smile!