Here's my Niece, Hannah! We had lots of fun for 2 weeks in July playing with her while my very busy, working-mom sister was out. My sister is a licensed therapist and has a busy schedule doing family counciling. Usually this post of babysitter goes to my mother, but she was away on vacation. We took Hannah to the beach and she just loved it.
The 4th of July parade here in town was cute and small. We enjoyed the entries of antique cars and our local firetrucks. There were floats from some local businesses and churches as well as this adorable horse entry. We spent the afternoon taking in the local bar-b-ques and activities.
Some of the day's fun included swimming downtown. Brian is the boy in the blue trunks on his way in. The local teenagers stuck together in a big mob and had a great time playing capture the flag and bar-b-que hopping in a group of about 20 or more.
In the evening we took the kids
up to watch the fireworks in Wolfeboro. They were a spectacular show! One of the best in recent years.We've been having our share of woes in July so we really enjoyed a nice day. A Thunderstorm took out a bunch of our possessions. Many of which we just don't want to replace. One of our TVs for instance. I've wanted to get rid of that thing for a long time anyway! John's computer and our modem got the shock too. We were without internet for many days before we could find one day to stay at home and wait for the repair guy. We had the brush-hog, our riding mower and weedwhacker all die together. Get eating there King! The horse could not clean up 11 acres of grass for us. Too bad. We've fixed or replaced them all. The truck & little ATV each went to the shop...it was not a boring month! On the upside...John spent lots of time golfing and I got to go riding a few times too. The boys spent some time camping in ME with their grandparents and have been to the beach lots and lots to hang out with their friends.
The kids have been working on their 4-H projects and here is one of our 7 year old's photos. He's getting a good eye for photography. We chose to have one pot of tomatos, but the rest of the plants are in our garden. He found these cherry tomatos to be a good subject. Very good work.The older boys have been busy working at a local farm picking berries. Strawberries are done now and they are working at Raspberries. The boys really enjoy their jobs.
My youngest and I have enjoyed a few rounds of our own picking of our wild blueberries here at home.
With all of the rain we were very fortunate to get our 120 bales of hay put up for the winter. There was a break in our daily storms for 4 or 5 days last week. The hay farmers were very busy at long last. We have had spectacular storms here and it's really become a near daily routine of unplugging all sorts of things.
Here's hoping you are all enjoying your summers too!
~Rachel
