YeeHaw!

 

Found us a new swimmin' hole at the river.  It is fine!

BTW.. the rapids aren't too deep and the current where we go is pretty gentle.  Maisie pointed out as she shot out of the rapid "Wow, Mother Nature made a great water slide".  I couldn't agree more!

Blueberries!

The best part of July in Vt is not the fourth like we thought, it is blueberries!  The kids have gone picking with me twice and we've picked about fifteen pounds.  Let's hear it for child labor!

Maisie's Art Camp

Maisie has been having her own art camp

Here she is with her drawing that she had the Polly Pockets pose for - I guess she does have the creative gene after all!

One Week at Summer Camp

You wouldn't believe the fun Ben and Sam had at just a week of summer camp.  In only a few hours a day they came home with enough happiness to last weeks!  Lots of crafts, good old fashioned games, and stilt walking. 

The kids practiced walking on stilts all over MSA and then walked to school and back which is up (and then back down) a pretty steep hill.  The loved the reactions they got from everyone who saw them out walking although Sam asked me why teens swore so much .  When I asked her what she meant she said everytime a teenager saw them they did a double take and yelled "Holy ****"!  I told her not to take it personally it was simply shock and awe and that teenagers sometimes have a hard time expressing themselves. :-)

Aaron - our Fishing Guide

Fish for dinner at the Zinks!  Aaron our fishing guide (Ben's friend) decided to fish at the creek near the house.  Within two seconds he caught a fish to eat for dinner.  Check out the dressings on this baby....  Ben

4th of July

What an awesome weekend!  We were told about what a blast it is here in Saxtons River for the Fourth and we were not disappointed.  The Renners came to visit for the weekend, Papa came for a day, we had a BBQ, went to a parade, and watched the Fireworks from VA.  Here is recap of what we got in pics, it truly doesn't do our weekend justice - especially since somehow Hillary, Stacy, and Samuel managed to escape the camera.

BEARS!

Not the Chicago Bears, real Bears....

We had some visitors at the house in NH.  Needless to say Maisie did not play outside off of the deck.  There was a cub and a mom, then a single bear a few other times.

Neat to see but not my cup of tea - who would have ever thought we'd be relieved to be back in VT for it's urban setting!