Week in Review

This cutie turned 12 and had a park/bike/picnic get together.

And the weather cooperated beautifully.

 

The fabulous new deck made the front door look dated ... so .... crack out the paint!!

 

Welcome to the front porch.

Shopping with the Tall One

(early) Back to School Shopping

Build and Box

I was trying to clean up the front porch area and things got a little out of hand.

One thing led to another and next thing I know .... no front stairs. Oops!

Luckily, Grandd had the time and skill to work a building miracle.

Voila! New porch .. new stairs.

Boxing is still E's thing ... his 1st exhibition match is coming up ....

but A is in training for a 15km run in September so he's attending workouts this summer too.

Jump

There are so many reasons to love summer. 

One of which, spending time doing nothing outside. 

Week in Review

There's been a change to the backyard. 

After years of fun, the boys had decidedly outgrown the tree fort.

It's going to take a little tending to get that corner of the yard looking green.

Charlie is helping me make some garden choices.

 
The boys continue their summer of games, biking and swimming.

Very soon I'll have a picture to show of the miracle Nrm worked with this disaster I created in the front yard.

He Has the Watch

Wondering why we're looking so fancy?

Here's the reason.
M assumed Command of the school today. 

Congrats M.
What a great day to share with you. 

 

Same Fun + 1

There are definitely some good sized fish in there. But they avoided our lines, for the most part, today.

So great to have this guy on summer vacation. 

Yesterday the weather was just right for a day at the slides.
Go Water park!

the Boy's Pics

Looked through A's camera, came across 2 different pictures of him with turtles. 

We've been turkey sitting for the last week. 

And the other day we brought him along while we did chores. 

Happy July 4th to my American friends. 

Wow!

This guy amazed us with his academic accomplishments this semester. 

All his hard work paid off with higher grades in most areas.

He recorded 100% in two areas of math and a 98% in Science; unsurprisingly, he had a place on the honor roll.

Also, he received the Gr8 Science Award.

Adam has eased right into summer vacation. We've made a habit of a weekly fishing excursion. 

This week we were at Hartwell Lock.
The fun of watching the boats pass through the locks more than made up for the lack of fish.

Yup. Just a silly picture of the dog.

Housebound

From lunch until bedtime today these boys are housebound.

We've been home since Monday and they've barely been home.

Not the Sweet Spot

We're on a mission to find just the right fishing spot.

The first spot was a little urban, though it had lots of little fish. 

The second spot was beautiful but not much was caught and there were a lot of snags. 

Today's spot was good. A few fish were caught, mostly small, and there was lots of places to cast from. I think we'll try this one again another day, maybe a little earlier in the morning.

In No Particular Order

The Hoodoo Hike.

Some of us made it to the top.

Some of us made it close to the top.

These boys know how to smile.

They were in awe of the mountains.

Sometimes we took our own family photos.

Sometimes we were lucky enough to find someone to take one for us.

Both the boys celebrated birthdays while we were away.

This was their first 'stop and stare at the mountain'.

It's so beautiful it hardly looks real.

We would definitely travel by motorhome again.

 

Thank you M. It was a fantastic trip.