A Hike and A Farm

I'm back in the blogging saddle again.  We'll see if I can be more consistent this time around.  There's something about the schedule that comes with the school year that gives me hope that I might be able to put the time into this poor, forgotten blog once again.  I know not many people read it, but Scott and I love using it as a little memory book of our family adventures and some of our relatives who don't see us often enjoy the pictures - so I'm going to do my best to recommit. 

We've had a busy fall so far.  Camden is in preschool three mornings a week from about 8:00 - 11:30 and Micah and Sadie are home with Mama full-time.  We've been enjoying time at home, going on walks down in the meadow, and filling our Friday's with an extra-fun activity when all three kids are home together (they're all home on Wednesdays too, and we usually head to the local library for story time and meet Scott for an early lunch at school). 

A couple days ago I took Micah and Sadie on a little hike by the lake just above our house.  There is a beautiful little outdoor chapel in the woods at Bluewater Farm and it was a perfect distance for Micah's little legs. 

We found a feather at the start of our walk and he hardly put it down the rest of the day!

 My little hiker...

 The beautiful little chapel.  If we had had a smaller wedding, I would have loved to have it here!

 A beautiful view of Kearsarge...

Today, as part of "Friday Fun Day" I took the kids to Beech Hill Farm (as you know, this is one of our favorite destinations).  Animals, trails, and a huge sand pile filled with trucks for free!  Yes, Please!  They also have corn mazes and ice cream (which of course we had to eat because our family loves ice cream!) that you do have to pay for...but it's always a great outing.  

 Picking out some pumpkins...

 This sand pile could entertain them for hours...

 Sadie sat in the sand all by herself and was so entertained.  She's at a perfect age where she can sit up by herself, yet isn't shoving everything in her mouth yet.  Loving this girl!

 When did this happen?!?!  I have three kids!!!

 Just one of many fall adventures!  Can't wait for the next one!

Summer Adventures

I'm not very good at blogging in the summer.  I'm just having too much fun gallivanting around with my family.  A major benefit of working as a teacher is the fact that Scott has the summer off!  A downside of working as a teacher is that Scott works another job in the summer to make more income for our family.  Have I mentioned how thankful I am that I married such a hard-working man?  Seriously.  He's amazing.  Scott leaves the house around 6:45am in the summers and get's home a little after noon.  He builds stonewalls all morning with two of his teacher-friends from school.  It's an awesome gig and we're really grateful for the extra work.  It's also pretty flexible, so we still have lots of time together as a family.  Here are just a few of the fun things we did the second half of June...I'm playing catch up here.  Bear with me!
Lots of concerts on the various local bandstands!

 Scott has been working many afternoons on finishing this never ending painting project!  We (He) are ALMOST done!  No more ugly green!

 I've been playing soccer twice a week and loving it!

 Goofy boys...

 Little hands...

 Micah's a little hesitant when it comes to tree climbing!

 Lots of playground time...

 We love these two buddies!

 We have been swimming almost every afternoon! 

 Eating some yummy treats at the local Farmer's Market

 We had fun visiting the old railroad station/historical society...

Sailing with Pop is always a blast!

 Camden's learning how to steer the boat!

 Brothers...

 Clara came to visit for ten days and we had such a blast with her.  Lots of cousin time!  (More pics of our time together in my next post!

 We've just loved watching this little girl grow big and strong.  She's such a sweetie!

 Kisses!

Let the adventures continue!

Fun Next Door

The boys and I were invited to our wonderful neighbor's house yesterday to make these fancy Christmas cookies!  Our neighbors are like another set of grandparents for our kids - the boys love them, and so do we!  It was a special treat for all of us and the kids had a blast!  Thank you so much for taking the time to make some special holiday memories for my kids, Nancy!  I think we may have started a new tradition! 

 Sorting the jolly ranchers by color...

 Crushing the jolly ranchers into tiny little pieces...(the boys enjoyed this part!)

 After using the cookie cutters to make shapes, we filled in the extra little hole in each cookie with crushed jolly ranchers...

 Ready to bake!

 After we frosted and decorated each kid had a special treat!

We made a couple to be decorations, and we'll eat the rest!

Thanks again, Nancy!