Happy 4th of July!

God Bless America!

We celebrated America's independence with dinner at Mimi and Papa's...

smoked brisket, pasta salad, fruit salad and a homemade ice cream cake for dessert. 

We cut our fun short so Kiera could head to Bay Days with friends. 

Fun fact: Lucy is wearing a hand-me-down dress of Kiera's! 

Here's Kiera in the dress, but a full blog post with more pics is on August 6, 2011 

Can't wait a few more years until the dress gets passed down to Poppy! 

Our Beloved Pediatrician

Dr. Guadiz and Kiera

 Kiera had her 15 year old well visit today. In true Dr. G fashion, we had to 

wait for her for 30 minutes, but we love her so much it's worth the wait. 

Kiera got a clean bill of health. She's in the 97th percentile for height at 

almost 5'9".  Kiera got an order for her first blood draw, which will do

later this summer. We don't suspect anything is wrong, it's routine and

 will be baseline data for future. We treated our sweet doctor to a note and

a jar of honey because she is the absolute sweetest! 

Homecoming #3

Kiera went to Bay's Homecoming (her third homecoming dance) 

with one of her favorite neighborhood pals, G and her group of 

girl friends. Kiera said this was the best dance so far and then 

she asked, "Can I transfer to Bay High?"

                                                                                K & G

Mini and Mom

Though she looks taller than me in the pic,

I've still got 1/2" on her! 

                                                                     Off to Bay Arts for pics

Homecoming #2

This weekend Kiera went to her second homecoming dance at Avon with a friend named Aidan, whom she met at the Avon vs. Avon Lake football game with friends. We met for pictures at Miller's Preserve then the kids went off to dinner at Three Palms in Crocker. Kiera says she had a good time and her favorite  memory was when someone threw a piece of pizza at Aidan and he had to buy a new shirt at Crocker (not a "good" memory in my opinion, but that's what she said). 

 

Rainbow

Woke up this morning to a rainbow in our backyard! Dave and I normally sit on the couch in the living room and drink our coffee. But today, since Dave is at the farm and I'm home, I sat in the kitchen with the back door open so kitty could enjoy the fresh air. She likes to sneak out on the porch, so I was sitting in the kitchen to keep an eye on her...and it's a good thing I did, because I spotted this beauty! Had I been sitting in the living room I may have missed it!

This is the view I first saw from the kitchen with the rainbow in our

 backyard, then I walked outside to the front to capture the colorful arch 

with our house in the foreground. 

 

Potato Harvest

We tried growing potatoes for the first time this year. We planted them in grow bags and they sat on our driveway. We planted two bags, one white potatoes and one with red. Each bag started with three  organic tubers (shriveled up potato starts with eyes on them). We harvested them this weekend 

and we can't wait to eat them! 

Our bounty! 

 

St. Raphael School Homecoming 2021

The 8th grade fall sports were recognized at the St. Raphael Homecoming game this weekend. The girls got a flower and their names were announced as they walked on the field at halftime. The announcer didn't say her name right (something like Key-era Key-tee) but we're used to that so it gave us a good chuckle!

Kiera #8

Father Tim and the team

Teammates and Friends!

Proud Parents! Dave was there too, but he was in the

stands talking (no surprise there!)

Each 8th grader received a yard sign. 

Here's Kiera begrudgingly posing with hers!