But I’m sure she had a good time with her cousins last night, and they were having a picnic at Neenie and Poppy’s house today, so they could swim with the girls, Syd and Lauryn.

We work, garden, swim and whatever else needs done around here.

We go to the library, Sunday school, and bible school starts tonight.

We play with the ever growing selection of animals at our house, currently three dogs, three hermit crabs and two turtles.

We’ve picked probably a dozen quarts of strawberries out of our strawberry patch, more gallons of blueberries than I can to count, off of my parents bushes, and 25 quarts of beans have already been canned.  And after having the stove on for more than 12 hours to can beans, we broke down and bought a pressure canner before it’s time to pick again, now I’m dying to get another picking to see how the new canner works – it’s so shiny and pretty!

We did make it down to Delgrosso’s Amusement Park for a few hours the week before last, unfortunately we got rained out before we could hit the water park, but the kids had fun anyway.  Ari even rode the big free fall ride that they have of her own free will – David had to drag Russ on it.

We’re hoping to make it back there before summer’s over – but it just seems to go so fast!

Yesterday we lounged around the house, all except for Ariana, who spent the day with her cousins, and recovered from the previous day. A very nice way to spend a weekend indeed!

Russ even finished the new flower bed out front, he was quite happy, as we all were, to see the last load of stone go in!

Well, that’s what the Prices are up to, what have you been up to?

Of course I had a hard time dragging Russ away from him last night at midnight for bed! He is a little cutie!

Let’s hope he does well in the over crowded Price household, and isn’t loved to death by the kids, (or eaten by the dogs).

Our Little Pool Resident

This little frog is determined to live in our swimming pool, no matter how many times we try to relocate him, he just keeps coming back.  He changes color to more closely match his surroundings, and when he sits on his favorite pool toy, a white beachball, he turns a sickly gray color.

Ariana loves to swim, and would spend all day in the pool if someone could sit out there all day with her. And that’s exactly what we did on Saturday. The whole family spent the day hanging out by the swimming pool, followed by a Father’s Day picnic down at my parents house, where the kids swam some more.

Sunday, after Ariana got home from church, Russ wanted to go up to the forest to play mini-golf, so we went and on the way home we stopped for ice cream.

It was a nice relaxing Father’s Day weekend! Hope everyone’s weekend was just as relaxing!

Ready for the Summer Fun Fair today at school.

Her report on the end of first grade:

It reads:

I had a great year in first grade.  One of the things I learned was phonics and spelling.  I also learned about math.  My favorite parts of first grade were going to the weather station and phonics.

She’s growing up so fast!

2010

She’s growing up so fast!

I’m so glad our school does both fall and spring pictures, at least for the elementary schools. (The high school doesn’t do spring pictures.)

Last Spring

2009

She looks so much younger in this picture, even though it’s only last’s years.

Happy Wordless Wednesday!

When our 18 month old GE top-loading washing machine broke, and the parts and labor to fix it would have cost more than the washing machine itself, we went shopping…

We ended up getting a whirlpool duet front loader and I was skeptical – the cost jump from top loaders to front loaders is still a bit big and I was worried that it wouldn’t be worth it.

But it is! Most definitely worth it. Clothes that I thought stained and dingy beyond repair are now clean and fresh looking again, and after just one run through the new front loader. It’s also a lot quieter than the old top loader!

Photo by Editor B

Mom, I loved you yesterday, I love you tomorrow and everyday.
You were there for me my first day of school, to hold my hand and give me courage to go.
You listened to me when I needed to talk, you talked to me when I needed to listen.
You let me grow and learn from my own mistakes.
You never left my side when I was feeling down, I knew you would be there to pick me up.
I wish there was a way I could repay all the things you have done for me, but there’s nothing great enough to repay the greatest mother of all.

Happy Mother’s Day!

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