Pipers Hit the Midwest

Last week we had a fantastic trip to visit Grammy and Uncle Blair. We spent most our time at Andy's family's farm that they've been going to for generations. It was pretty magical and Grandpa even flew in to meet us.

We had a bonfire and cooked hotdogs and s'mores at the picnic grounds:

Drank from the spring at Big rock creek farm:

Fed animals at Fawn Doe Rosa:

And Scott the farm's foreman made sure the chickens laid eggs each day for Lucy to collect;)

Mostly, it was just great to visit with family we love!

The Pumpkin Patch

"The Pumpkin Patch" is not only a place to get pumpkins but also a place for farm fun all summer and fall.

Here the kids are playing on the antique tractor:

And climbing the mighty hay pyramid:

And now...the coup de gras...riding the cow tractor!

Hello world. We meet again!

Well, it's been a good year and a half since my last post. I'm hoping to start blogging regularly again.

It's so sweet to see the kids play together and become bffs:) Here they are on a shopping expedition, recently:

Charlie is 16 months old and not only walking but running! His list of words include mama, dada, mi(milk), dow! (down or up), baaa (balloon, bubble or word for sheep depending on the context;) ). His most impressive piece of vocabulary is "undada!" which he shouts when he's put in a swing and translates to underdog! He's pretty darn fearless and loves going down pretty much any slide and making a mess of himself playing in mud or eating like the baby he is!

Here, he and Lucy are in the swings at the park enjoying the ride:

Above is Charlie on a recent trip to visit my best friend in Arcata. He's loving the slide and has a mess on his shirt to prove the kid likes ice cream too!

Lucy is so fun to see come into her own. She's a little firecracker who is exited to try almost anything! She is also very sweet and loving. One of her favorite games is pretending to put her babies to sleep and "running around and being silly with Charlie" is what she tells me was her favorite part of each day when I put her to bed. 

Here she is taking...um...I mean sharing an ice cream cone with grandpa on a recent visit:

Well, that's all for now, folks! Hope to keep you posted again soon.