Henry and Janie Switcheroo

We took Henry overnight and sent Gracie up with the Showalters for our summer sleepover!  The boys wanted s'mores at the fire pit and a movie at the theaters (Cars 3!) while the girls got to go to Get Air and baked cookies (without the brown sugar and baking powder instead of baking soda--oops, but delicious!).  Fun cousins.

Whitworth Church VBS--2017

We were excited to be part of VBS again this year at Whitworth Church.  Jeff and I led the game station for the little kids again, and Jeff was asked to be Marty McFly in the program portion of the week.  It was hilarious!  Lots of kids, lots of yellow shirts, lots of learning about Jesus!  Cara and the church did such a great job making this happen.

The Windbreak Project...and the Massive Bike Ride

The Windbreak Project was probably my favorite part of our farm visit.  We really wanted to have our kids help with a project, and the windbreak seemed to be just the thing!  I won't doll it up and tell you that there wasn't an occasional whine or limp noodle "I'm too tired," but I will tell you that they stuck with this two day project of raking and shoveling pine needles and pinecones into the Gator and it looked great!  Abby and Megan weren't sure they stayed two extra days for THIS, but they proved to be our spark plugs--so much so that on Day 2 when we were going to quit for the day, they urged us to work super hard to finish in order to surprise G'ma (who was getting her nails done that morning)!  We took them to Colfax to meet Brooke, who took them to soccer practice later that day, but they asked me to video tape G'ma when we showed her the work we did while she was away.  The video is pretty funny.

And of course the lavender is breathtaking this time of year!  Mom and I weeded the beds so that it would show off.

And Jeff decided to take an EPIC bike ride the next day...down to Kendrick and around to Troy.  I got to pick him up at the coffee shop in Troy, and BOY, was he pooped.  He drove me his trail on the way home and even our car was tired!  Two really big grades...

Gracie and G'ma going for their morning walk.  This visit we were good about walking every morning.

And this tree started out this little!  We planted it for Mom and can't wait to see how big it gets!

Moscow Aquatic Center FUN

Abby and Megan stayed a couple of extra days with us at the farm and we decided to tackle the windbreak!  We worked hard for two days, and after Day One, G'ma and Papa paid to have us cool off at the Moscow Aquatic Center.  There were also rootbeer floats involved, and a messy Micah carseat (who gives a RB float to a preschooler in a car?!?!)

Fourth of July at the Farm

Goodbye, Suby

Debbie bought our Suby!  Jeff was just putting it on Craigslist when Debbie swept in to buy it!  It's nice that it's going to family!