Anna's Photo Blog

We always roast corn on the cob when we go camping. It is our favorite camping food, especially for M. She can easily eat three large cobs of corn!




One of my very favorite parts about camping is that the kids get super dirty, and I don't even care at all. As weird as it may be, I LOVE letting them get dirty! Maybe this happy face helps explain why.

Newcastle has the most beautiful clouds. And the most beautiful sunsets. (And probably the most beautiful sunrises too, but I wouldn't know. )

Here is our swimming hole. This is a fantastic place to go!!






While David was down, he helped work on remodelling the house. Here is the first section of siding they put on. It looks pretty good!


Another big event was getting to see Samuel as he passed through on his bike trip across the nation, coast to coast.




Here, M is giving her cherry pits back to Samuel.

The cats were another highlight of the trip.



L loved to wake up early and go out first thing to feed the cats.







And M helped herself when no one was looking.



Here is Mirah the beautiful goat. She is the sweetest, most friendly animal!

While were visiting, Esther and Clara temporarily became slaves to L and M. I didn't even know that L could be so bossy! L became best buddies with Clara and M became best buddies with Esther.



L and M also loved getting into all of Esther's and Clara's clothes to play dress up. M especially liked all the shoes and slippers. By the third day, they were all out of the bedrooms and all over down stairs.







M was fascinated by the huge trucks that were dumping manure and the tractors that were working in the field behind Grandma's house.



The water fights were fun...M was a natural:







We talked to David on the phone a lot. We all missed him.

The girls and I spent two weeks in Newcastle for a very much needed vacation from everything. (It would have been even better if David could have been there, but he had to work. He joined us for the last little bit)

There were two things that L and M LOVED!! In M's words, the "heme" and the "meme." Translation: the trampoline and the hammock.















And here is the "meme":