Boat Fever!

Living near all of these lakes can give you boat fever! What a different view out on the water! Our friends, the Cushmans, got a new boat and what a blast! Jack had fun tubing, and Ava is hoping she is brave enough to do it soon! 

Happy birthday to Grandma!

We enjoyed having Grandma and Grandpa for her birthday weekend last week! They do so much for us that it was fun to make a cake and a meal for them.  Happy birthday, Grandma! We love you! 

Cat news

Some good news and some bad news.  Living on a farm, we have always assumed something could happen to our cats, and Shadow has been gone since July 4th.  We've heard a story about our neighbor  who had a black cat fighting  with his cat.  Hmmm. We miss him and are trying to move on with Shelly and the two kittens who are still with us.  In good news (to us, maybe not the kids), the other two kittens found a home on a farm with a homeschooling family. So we wish them well.  Here is Ava saying good-bye to the two kittens. 

The two kittens who are left. Their names keep changing. Midnight is now Shadow Jr. last I heard, and Fifi is now Cheetoh since we found out he's a boy (we think).

And Shelly the mama. RIP Shadow. He really was a great cat for us.  

Independence Day

We had a low-key 4th of July this year.  Rebekah came and we made good food and set off our own fireworks at the farm. This is the first time we have done that, and we enjoyed the pack that we bought although they all looked suspiciously the same. Ha. But all very nice! The biggest one in the pack maybe burned a little brighter. Then we did smores and headed into town for the city fireworks on the lake. It was sort of perfect! 

Random

Getting a little too big for the play area at the mall!

The Witter family visiting that sang and preached. Kids and grandkids visiting of our dear friends, the Hoffman's. 

And the farm...sigh