June This and That

Since forever Kiera's been sleeping just like this!

 Girl Scout Pizza Box Decorating...We decorated boxes

at our Girl Scout Meeting then had our pizza served in 

our personal boxes! 

 Retirement Lunch for Mrs. Delagrange

The kids were with us because we came right 

from Camp Invention

 Dogsitting our granddog/nephew

 Walking in the rain!

 The "Bait Shack" is now being called the "She Shed"

And she got some ferns...Mom shared her antique finials 

with me and I think they're perfect! 

 A great summer morning...farm fresh blueberries in my

yogurt and reading a book! 

 Makin' eggs with Papa Bear

Excited to try my hand at Elephant Ear bulbs! 

 Visiting Jake's Goat Farm and feeding baby goats

 Hello from the pond!

We finally got our passports this week at the library. 

We laughed so hard at our photos, we can't pick whose is the funniest!

Happy Birthday, Grandpa!

We celebrated a grandpa's birthday on Friday, complete with all his 

favorites...Kiera, swordfish and blackberry cobbler! 

These two!

griller and supervisor 

 His fave dinner! 

Art Show

SRS has a new art teacher this year, Mrs. Delventhal. Kiera terribly misses the former art teacher, Mrs. Beirne (who is our neighbor's sister) but has enjoyed the new art projects and the new take on the art show.  Each student had a professionally framed original piece of art in the show that was for sale for $25. This cute chameleon came home with us. We're proud of our little artist! 

Sky Girl Camp

Kiera attended "Sky Girl Camp' at Burke Lakefront Airport this Saturday. It was put on by Sprout Experience. It was a girls only event and the girls got to go in a flight simulator, make a "Rosie the Riveter" type display for the International Women Air and Space Museum and take a plane ride over Lake Erie. 

Kiera the Riveter

The display 

All the Sky Camp Gals and their certificates

We bought some Rosie swag!

Ducks on the Move!

The six ducks finally have their adult feathers so they will be leaving their "childhood" home in the garage and moving to the farm, their "forever" home.  We rounded them up and put them into their newly built duck house, then loaded the house and put it in the back of the truck. We built a temporary enclosure out of PVC pipes and chicken wire and put it over their floating duck house to help them learn that it was their new home and they would be "safe" there. We also saw the new barn flooring for the first time and Kiera wasted no time using the barn beam for gymnastics! 

Volleyball

Kiera's volleyball season was almost non existent because of her knee pain (Osteochondritis Dissecans) and orthopedic doctor's treatment plan of a brace and crutches. She spent most of December until mid-April in a brace. She practiced with the volleyball team starting after Thanksgiving, but had to stop mid-December. We went to a few practices and tournaments so she could support her team. She was able to get a little playing time at her team's last tournament in Columbus at the OVR tournament. Though it was a different season for Kiera, we're still proud of #8!

Cinco de Mayo

We celebrated Cinco de Mayo with Mimi and Papa at 

The Prosperity Social Club. Don't Kiera and Mimi look

cute in their matching Despisito shirts?