Wednesday, August 30, 2023

August

 August was mostly consumed with moving! We got to SLEEP OVER at AUNTY MERCY's house!! when all our stuff was on a truck. And THOMAS was there, and we were happy to see Uncle Walt too :) What a fun added bonus when we were so sad to be leaving our neighbors, that we got to have a sleepover with these favorites.



Some of our favorite things to do in the new house:

Sit in the sunny school room making up stories about the Prophet Dubby

Going to the splash pad park with our cousins who are now our neighbors!
And lying on the hot cement to try to warm up!

Doing Mama's hair

Taking photos of Mamas hair (all by herself)

Taking photos of herself (~100 this episode)

Helping Mama take the wallpaper down!

They really were helpful!

Farfar is proud they are earning their keep.

Dressing up and being soo silly


Scraping the outer fluff off of the butternuts.
A 1st for that happy forager smiling at you.



So even if we miss our dear, dear old-house neighbors, and our big old character-filled mansion, we are happy here too, and enjoying the people and the nice new house, and finding plenty to do. 



Family reunion with Grandpa's side.
This tube-on-a-wheel pallet was a real hit.


We got to squeeze in one last camping trip before the school year! Uncle Brad let us borrow his canoe, and it turned out our campsite was right on the river so we could just carry it down to this beautiful spot!





The view from our site :)


Sunday, July 30, 2023

July

 

This one fell in love with gardening this summer

Soccer Camp
You can't see anything, but Lukas will appreciate this photo someday.

The sweet neighbor friend

This one loves to draw, write, color and create!


These cousins came to visit! We hope to visit them next summer, and we are 17 days into our Swedish lessons...


Scary flower petals at the sculpture gardens

Smart enough to know when something is worth imitating



Frida loved playing with Ingrid


Lots of time to play with friends in the summer!


Pretty muscly, moving that tree!





He waited so patiently for these (brandywines?) to ripen


How to dine (and play) when you're about to move:





How to get away and pretend life is normal when you're about to move:

The hammock spot at our own private beach

the view from the hammock





Can you see all 3 on this one?





Of course, this is all they do. They never fight.

I like that hunk.