Sunday, July 29, 2018

July '18

Wagon Hill Hike with Grumps!


Liesl's first hike :)

Ian added Liesl to his painting from before she was born! Love this.


Pea in a pod.





While my dad was here, he grilled for us almost every night. This was one of my favorites... steak and kabobs!
For the 4th of July we went over to Rod & Kate's house. They let us take their kayaks out for a ride and Kate cuddled little Liesl. It was a lovely evening with good friends.

Owen was the first of our kids to get stung by something with a stinger! He got two stings and was SUCH A TROOPER. I was so amazed at how quickly he calmed down and then he never complained about the pain again! What? Quite the pain tolerance, perhaps?
So, so, so hot. This summer has had so many hot days and our one little window unit just isn't cutting it. One day Liesl and I took the car to the mechanic and I was thrilled to discover that their waiting room as like a refrigerator. The desk guy kept checking to make sure we were okay... we were MORE THAN OKAY, trust me!







This was a monumental night for our family! The day before, Ian finally took an interest in his balance bike. The next day we decided to walk into town for dinner at Hop 'n Grind and he rode his bike. He loved it so much that we decided to walk all over UNH and then the paths around Campus Woods. So fun!!





9 Year Anniversary!











Happily listening to Mary Poppins :)
Lotsa sling time!
Every Thursday we go to the library and return with quite a stack of books! Ian pages through every single one of them before eating lunch, upon returning home. This month I made a new rule that he needs to be able to carry the library book bag out to the car when we leave the library. If it's too heavy for him, then we need to put a few books back. One day he swore he could carry. He heaved it up on his shoulder, and it swiftly pulled him down to the floor. Fortunately he thought it was as funny as I did because I couldn't stop laughing. We both laughed our way our of the library :)
The herbs were hung by the chimney with care...




A night out in Portsmouth with Ama & Papa.




Raspberry & blueberry picking with Ama!







Fort-building with Ama!








8 weeks




 Liesl, Jim, and I went on a date to Prescott Park. We saw Gillian Welch and David Rawlings in concert and they were amazing!!




First family Candy Land game

Movie Night: Planet Earth


 Blueberry Picking at Emery Farm





 Two months!


Baking cookies with Owen while Ian & Liesl slept
 After both boys were finally feeling better, they were so happy to be allowed near Liesl again.
 Ian and John biking home from the blueberry patch.