Happy 18th Birthday Nathanael!

Andrew and I spent a weekend in Baltimore to watch a Red Sox/Oriole game. Saturday morning we went to Washington D.C and walked about.

It was extremely hot, but there was a huge number of people visiting our capital.
We spent a great evening at Oriole Park in Camden Yard. The Sox won.
I flew back to Albany Sunday morning after saying goodbye to Andrew.

Summer pictures

Here are some pictures from this summer. The garden is doing well.
The kids found some caterpillars on my dill and decided to watch them in a jar. They were swallowtails I believe.
Max is growing and enjoying the summer.
Sarah made her first berry pie all on her own.
Jonathan had an accident while gathering fire wood with his father. Two staples were required. I wasn't going to take a picture of this, but Jonathan insisted.
For all you people out in CA who didn't get to see Nathanael's long locks.

Spring

Here are just a few pictures of our spring. We filled our wood shed for the coming winter.

Kevin celebrated his birthday. It happened to be on Easter Sunday.
And I celebrated my birthday. Andrew's 22nd birthday was celebrated in Iraq.
Fixing up the flower bed in front of the chicken c00p.
This is what happens when your tire comes off while you're moving! Thankfully I was only going 15 MPH and no one was hurt.

Happy Birthday Hannah!

January to March

Hello to all! My good friend Janet informed me that it has been too long since I posted. Here are a few of the things we've been doing since Christmas.
We celebrated Rachel's 16th birthday on February 11th. Her birthday cake was a mocha cheesecake. It was so good! We are blessed to have Rachel as our daughter.


Kevin and Nathanael spent a number of evenings down stairs building this grill. I works great.
We have gone on hikes up the hill behind us.
Jonathan on one of our hikes.
Max has grown into a handsome cat. He is still only 9 months old.
Kevin and Jonathan
Our trip to the flower show in Essex was much needed. It's like walking into Spring. Beautiful! Unfortunately, we had to return to Winter.

Pictures from Christmas!

Christmas morning.
Andrew was able to come home for 12 days.
Jonathan was wearing his best jeans, I see.
All the girls were given gift certificates for ear piercings. All were done successfully!
Hiking on the mountain out back. Something was bothering Andrew! Ha Ha! My big boys were goofing around.