About 5:30 this morning I awoke with a start to a big boom of thunder. As I drifted back to sleep I could hear it raining wildly outside….
Later that morning the kids and I went for a walk to survey the damage – we think there was some lightning involved.
This tree was split three ways at the base.
Here’s the breakup – probably at least 3 feet across.
We enjoyed the cool weather by playing at the park…
But had to hurry home as another storm came.
Yesterday the kids and I took our first outing out by ourselves. After getting everybody ready and everything packed up, we took off to check out a petting zoo at a park.
Lance and Ivy are excited to see the animals…at least, Lance is. A deer and a peacock were interesting additions to the usual barn animals.
Lance loved going back and forth over this little bridge – the up and down of the ramps were an exciting challenge to his balance.
After the animals we took our picnic lunch to the park – peanut butter and jelly and goldfish!! Lance worked on stair climbing almost the entire time – the hand rails let him do it standing up.
Meanwhile, I did a small photo shoot of Ivy because she was so cute. I tried to get the kids together but decided that took two people.
Our final stop was the library to pick up Lance’s free book for doing the Summer reading club.
We got back home hot and tired so after naps and supper we went swimming with Daddy. What a fun day!
At our recent visit to Grammy and Papa’s house Lance got to have quite a bit of fun.
We visited the barn to milk the goats – though Lance was more interested in the dirt!
Sunday morning Lance and Daddy washed all the city grime off of the car
Lance is a good car washer!
Lance got a wash too.
To regress a little – here are the pictures I have of Lori’s wedding:
Rehearsal dinner – Abbie and Ivy – cousins!
My brother, Michael, and his oldest, Connor. Getting ready for the important job of ring bearer! This big fellow was my ring bearer when he could barely walk down the aisle!
My two beautiful sisters as bridesmaids – Stacie and Katie
And of course, the beautiful bride with her three nieces – Abbie and Elizabeth were flower girls, Ivy was just cute. Ivy did add her two cents worth to the wedding with a squawk or two but otherwise she was blissfully asleep for the entire ceremony and reception.
This post is written while I am in total awe of my smart, incredibly talented and resourceful husband. Starting the evening that Ivy was born, my camera has been mal-functioning, – such bad timing too, right when I have a new photography subject! It totally refused to recover after acting up at our midwife appointment and I figured we’d have to send it off for several weeks to have it repaired….or condemned. Brian had other ideas however…..
Brian figured if it was already broken, it wouldn’t hurt to take it apart and attempt a repair
The first major task was just getting the cover off. Next he found the little gears that moved the lens in and out ( the crux of the malfunction).
Sorry this picture is blurry – with my camera down I had to resort to Brian’s phone camera 🙂
After playing with the gears and little motor for quite some time, he discovered by trial and error that the motor needed a little pressure on top and everything worked beautifully. He cut a little piece out of a jar gripper (the black circle in the picture) to act like a rubber washer and carefully reassembled the camera. All now works well and I can resume my picture taking/blogging.
So those of you who enjoy the pictures on this blog – say thanks to Brian!
