First late start day

A little help from a friend

 

This is fun!

Bread!

 

On our vacation, my friend made sourdough bread.  This inspired Nick, our bread maker and bread lover.  The girls are pretty stoked.  Even me, someone who doesn't love bread, is pretty excited.  Homemade bread is pretty heavenly.  The first loaf (last Sunday) was a success.  I think we got a picture of it, but it's not on my camera.  Look for upcoming bread posts!

Buddy loves Uncle Joe

 

Buddy got right up on his chest and took a nap.  

New job

Buddy has a new job this year. He will ride with me to pick up Natalie from school on Friday afternoons. He's done it two weeks in a row now. He was much happier about going this week than he was last week.

Eggplant

Nick grew these. I cooked them. Good team work!

Beautiful

Orientation for Middle School

Middle school. Oh eM Geee. (Taken 8/9)

Floating in the pond

 

This may be the last picture I'm publishing from our trip (or not, I reserve the right to post more).  Just two girls floating on a lobster and alligator in the middle of a beautiful pond in New Hampshire. That's for an awesome vacation, KJ, Rob, and all the rest of you Ss!

River

 

Here's the shallow rocky part of the lovely river we hung out on one afternoon... There was also a swimming hole part, too.  

Vacation mode

 

He looks pretty relaxed.  

Crazy cat lady

Kitties can't resist me when I wear my crazy cat lady shirt!

Spooky

 

This is Spooky. She's the other cat at the house. She is super fluffy too!

A poodle pack

On the hike, Blackberry, their little poodle, rode in the backpack. This was the first time Blackberry had done this and it looks like she kind of likes it. She didn't ride very far. She's so little and she runs so fast. She (usually) hikes twice as far as the humans. (She runs ahead and comes back to check on us and then runs ahead... So cute!)

 

Hike

 

11!

Here she is a couple of days ago walking in to school with her good friend.  Happy birthday, Tia!!!  You are so funny, smart, and cute!  We love our T!

The whole gang!

 

Here we all are after an afternoon in a lovely river.

Bubbles at the museum

 

 

 

 

Bubbles are awesome!  When I was in college, we started a club called "Bob" or the Blowers of Bubbles club. 

Coconut

Meow! One of KJ's fluffy cats!  She was sweet!

Bumble!

 

Lots of bumble bees in New Hampshire!

First day for High School

High School!

first day

The sisters going to middle school.

 

  

 

Yes, I got them to be totally corny and sisterly in the photos.

Colorful cowgirl

Mini golf

 

We played Mini golf.  

Spoons

 

 

 

Friends

 

We interupt the reporting on our vacation with this post. In July, Tia went to her friend's house and the little brother was very enamored with her--the feeling is mutual.  Here she is reading to him before naptime.

Nat and Jaws

He is 17 hands tall.  He was a love--evidence below!

Pinball

 

KJ and Tex. Caspian and me.

 

 

KJ has stables and beautiful horses!  All of the females in this family took a trail ride.  

Scratch Cat

 

We love the Scratch cat!  We love Scratch, too.  (More MIT)