Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Bonfire

We had a bonfire at the farm this weekend.
Not only did we burn up the junk wood from the
barn renovations, we enjoyed the beautiful evening!

The pile before the fire
The kids playing "Jackpot" a new favorite game of Kiera
Posing by the fire...

Kiera was extra excited to have her friend sleepover after
the bonfire!




The aftermath...


Kiera is 8 1/2

Happy HALF Birthday to you,
Happy HALF Birthday to you,
Happy HALF Birthday dear Kiera,
Happy HALF Birthday to you! 

September 16, 2016









Thursday, September 29, 2016

Summer Fun

Catching up on some of our fun moments from summer! 

My Birthday lunch at Sangria y Tapas

 Posing with the gigantic Cleveland postcard...
Do you spy Kiera?
 Lane, our neighbor at the farm, caught these two
huge snapping turtles in our pond!
 Saturday afternoon fun at the Bedford Art Fest
 As we were leaving the art fest, we drove past Mimi's 
childhood home. I made them hop out to take a pic, then 
something magical happened...the homeowner was 
sitting on the enclosed porch (curious as to what we were 
doing, I'm sure) so Mimi knocked on the door and said
this was her childhood home and do you mind if I take a
pic with my granddaughter? The sweet couple invited us
all inside to see the house! They were the owners that bought
the house when Mimi's family lost it (a story for another day)
so they new all about our family and were just as excited to
talk to my mom as she was them! We stayed for almost two
hours chatting about the house (both old stories and new),
 seeing improvements they made and making new friends with
the most kind people. It's a day Mimi will never forget. In fact, 
she wrote a thank you note to the owners and they wrote back to 
her! She stated in her message that the old house is resting 
easier because of her visit.
 All day, everyday! Brooke loves her frisbee!

 Lunch in Hudson with Erica
 Our tall tomatoes
 Girl Scout End of Summer Swim Party
 Kiera found the mother of all heart rocks at the beach
 Did you know turkeys love chives! They ate ours down to nothing!
 Kiera and Dave are into star gazing with the Google Sky app
 Dave wallpapered our little hallway ceiling.
I love looking up and seeing the unexpected touch!

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Water Balloon Fight

'Twas the night before the first day of school. Kiera was at volleyball practice
and Dave was picking her up. I saw this idea on Pinterest and knew it would be
a fun time to try it! I had a few left over water balloons (I wish we had more...
you can never have too many water balloons!) so I set this up and hid in the back
yard with my balloons. We had a wild, wonderful and WET time! 






If you look closely, you can see the purple water balloon on the
right side of Dave's rear end!
Kiera got him good!

Up close and personal because I thought this was a great pic of Dave!





Wednesday, September 21, 2016

First Volleyball Game


Kiera's first CYO volley game was this weekend. The girls
were nervous and excited! They didn't win, but they tried 
hard and are learning a lot about the game. 





The school where we played the game was right on the lake...
so beautiful!