End of Summer Miscellaneous

The neighborhood ladies went to Moosehead to celebrate Kate's 50th! 

 On the Thyme x Table patio celebrating my birthday!

Look at Kiera's sun kissed, freckled nose...sweet summertime!

Butterfly Weed with a butterfly

Close up!

Friday night birthday Celebration with Grandpa 

and a Berona's cassata cake, of course! 

We celebrated Papa's bday at Thyme x Table too,

Cheers!

 A new favorite drink at Mojo's...an iced London Fog

(iced Earl Grey tea, cream and vanilla)

 A clear day for a trip to the Boat Club for 

a swim in the lake with V!

 Kiera's signature driveway pose

featuring Maxi

 Kiera and her friends went to a few summer volleyball

camp. We carpooled and when it was our turn, we usually

stopped for a treat!

First Day of 6th Grade

Our girl is in S I X T H grade! 

Beautiful summer blooms and our "first day" sign

Traditional first day pic on the porch...look at 

those elephant ears! 

 Miss Hoffmeister, Kiera's homeroom teacher

 New signs around school

 We stopped by to see Miss Welsh a fifth

grade favorite

After the hustle and bustle of the first day of school,

Mom and Dad deserve a treat! Thanks for jalapeño margarita 

recipe, Val!

Grandpa got a New Truck

It only took thirteen years, but Grandpa got a new truck. He finally bit the bullet in part because Ford released a redesigned Ranger, which was the truck he had before the Chevy.  He came over for dinner then we drove over to the dealership. We bought Grandpa's old truck to use as a "farm truck" in Millersburg. Good bye Chevy Colorado and Hello Ford Ranger! 

Before Grandpa even had all the paper work signed, Kiera

downloaded a Ford app and hooked up Grandpa's bluetooth!

Fairy Garden + Succulents = Adorable

Dave was working at a customer's house and he commented on her succulents and how Kiera and I liked them too...and she shared some of hers with us! I let Kiera have them and she added them to her fairy garden. 

Leo and Maxi

This summer we got to watch Leo on Tuesdays and Thursdays when Ty was at work and Val was at class. He's such an easy going pup. He's a good boy, but his one down fall is chewing on baskets...good thing he's so cute.  One weekend this summer, Ty & Val and Mimi & Papa were out of town so we got to pet sit Leo and Maxi! 

Look at all dog hair on the floor!

 Lots of playing!

Daddy Daughter Date

While I headed back to school, Kiera and Dave headed to see the Tribe game!

 A blurry selfie! 

The B I G G E S T Milkshake Ever!

We heard about Addicted Coffee and Ice Cream from a friend's Instagram post and knew we had to give it a whirl! Check out the before and the after...we barely made a dent in it! 

before

 during

 after