Scenery at Women's Retreat

I got the chance to get away for a day and go to a women's retreat. The location was beautiful. And I even got to get up close to some cows again. I've missed cows...

 
 
 
 

Silly Sisters

Being an only child sometimes I wonder if my girls are missing out on the chance to have ALL the attention of their parents. The bond I had with my parents was incredible and it's something I want with BOTH of my girls.

But other days I see the gift they are to each other and I know that all is right with the world. They really are sweet (and silly!) sisters.

 
 
 
 

Apple Picking

So we found these apple trees on base that were really, really tall. Too tall for picking. Or so I thought. But Andy is an undaunted man. Andy can fix a contraption for any situation and Andy REALLY wanted some homemade applesauce and apple butter and apple pies and apple cake and.... you get the idea.

So he made a picker. A really long picker. And he picked some apples out of the really tall trees. And the girls and I? Well, we just watched mostly. But truly the apple picker is a thing of beauty. And our house is bursting at the gills with apple products these days.

 
 
 
 

PBY Catalina

The "Seaplane Base" is so named because of the PBY Catalinas that used to be based there. A PBY hasn't flown in to the Seaplane Base in over 60 years, but last week that changed. Andy was able to make it to the fly-in ceremony and got some GREAT photos. I watched it fly in from our back porch and bedroom window which was almost as cool. The plane was a lot bigger than I expected and the history involved with it is amazing stuff.


 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

Fire Station

During one of Andy's "Mr. Mom" evenings he took the girls to an open house at one of our local fire stations. The girls got to check out the fire engines, an ambulance, and even some boats!

 
 

 
 
 
 

A Tea Party

The girls and I had a rare day with nothing really planned so we decided to have a tea party. We broke out the special dresses and the fine china, loaded up a plate with cookies, and made some peppermint tea. It was a tea party fit for fine society.

 
 

 
 
 
 

The Playground

 
 
 
These are some photos of the dedication of the playground that Andy spearheaded building. Our kiddos love it. Everyone else's kiddos seem to as well. Andy worked SO HARD with quite a bit of assistance from some great people. They did a fantastic job and have made our playground area a really, really fun place for kids.