Baseball in the field

When we are home and it's not sweltering - in the evening we like to play baseball in the field. There is a fair amount of climbing trees and other things going on. We enjoy this spot of heaven!

Our new family room

Our home has been under construction all summer. I am excited to get it back into shape. We will work on siding this fall and complete the flooring and trim along with the painting etc. and then we will move in. I love the new amount of space.

Cape Cod

We just got back from Cape Cod.  It was a wonderful trip and the kids really enjoyed the ocean, finding crabs, hermit crabs, whale watching and rolling around in the sand.  Joseph and I enjoyed the time away from the construction project and time off work.

Whale watching was the best ever.  We have been so blessed!

Construction

Our contractors made great progress this week.  We are so happy to see the walls go up and have some of the dirt leveled.

The kids love playing in the new "fort".  We even had a tea party in the addition today.

Skippy John Jones

I have to post this because I think it's adorable.  Kenneth and Heidi and family visited over Memorial Day and Joseph read Skippy John Jones to the group of 10 kids.  We love having them in our home and at the farm.  It is remarkable how well the kids play together and how much Joy family brings!

Hero

We got Hero for Spring break and then Ginger for the week after.  The kids loved them both --Daddy--not so much.

Pageant of Bands

Sherburne NY is home to the pageant of Bands every 1st Saturday in June.  It was a lovely way to spend the part of a weekend.  There were probably 40+ marching bands that attended and we benefited by getting to watch a lovely parade.  One band even traveled from South Dakota.  Lily (and some cousins) were in the parade as clowns and we adopted Grace for the day to watch with us.