Passed

Tuki and Ve passed both their swimming and skating classes into the next level. This fall they will take up more skating and next summer more swimming....Mim and I have been running 3 miles daily this week. Thankfully she is way faster than me so she will be competitive this fall, and I am moving at a slow mo pace, but hey I am not complaining because my feet still feel good!!

Hodge Podge Post

waiting for tennis lessons
the many attempts at hitting the ball
return serve
learning the forehand stroke
success
skating - Ve is pretty descent for never having skated before

Tuks (her lesson is over) sitting at the edge watching Ve while Ve is in the background...both have decided after week one that skating is the sport they want to do in the fall


the three wee ones face paint from the energy fair today..notice tuki's hair cut...she wanted it short

All happy that Mim is home from running camp, she was extremely talkative again, but this time because she had such a good time

Summer is ON!!

Tuki and Ve's swim, tennis and skating lessons are going full steam. I put Mim on a bus today at 1:00pm for a 4 day running camp. She was soooo nervous, she was babbling non-stop. A sure sign she is nervous. When I was going over her packing, I saw she had packed a photo of me to go along with her to camp. It was so sweet. Once we arrived, she saw a few of her friends and quickly felt better. We all already miss her!!

I have added a few photos from around home. I love it around here when all is growing rapidly and everything is green.


view of our new driveway
which allows us to play basketball all summer, and we have been too
my 5 week behind garden, 3 weeks late planting inside and 2 weeks late in planting it outside, but with a snot load of water, it is growing
my water bearer
my small serama flock
my standard flock
girls playing tennis in the outdoor run with the dogs
bountiful harvest from one day - see the blue egg?
hosta row
three pooches outside in the run

Done

for the summer.....

School is out

Students last day today, and I have 1-1/2 days left, then a few weeks of swim, tennis, and skate lessons for the wee ones and a 4 day running camp for Mim, summer school taught by me every day all summer. Then in no time our first trip of the summer....down south to visit my brother and his family.

Chickens and their new digs

Birthday Party Pixs

Mim's friends decorated her locker at school
eating and drinking soda, always a BIG deal for the wee ones
eating and visiting
Cousin N & Ve
Close up of Tuks
Mim and her cake
opening presents

swinging, the swingset is a HUGE hit this summer, best free item we have ever received. If we are home, the girls are on it
jumping on min trampoline
more swinging
playing hot potato with Uncle W & Kiki more hot potato
and still more,

a good time was had by all, and usual we had more than enough to eat!!

Garden Pixs

Busy Weekend

Last weekend we cleaned the chicken coop, tilled the garden and spread the manure from the coop onto our garden that is 1/3 larger than last year.

Yesterday we planted for 5 hours:

yellow squash
butternut squash
pumpkin
gourds-many varieties
sweet corn
pole bean- wax, green, purple
pepper-2 varieties
lettuce
spinach
carrots
asparagus bed
onion
tomato - 5 varieties
cauliflower
broccoli
cucumber - 2 varieties
peas
dill
parsley
chives

Today is Mim's birthday party, so now we are cleaning, baking and cooking

picture to follow