211 of 365 tea (cocoa) party

July 31, 2011
Livy had a special
tea party for
the new four year old

210 of 365 a new four year old

four years ago
God blessed us with
this little miss
and we blessed her with
breakfast in bed

July 30, 2011

a mini photoshoot

a watch
a princess watch!

and......her fav tv dinner :)

209 of 365 self portrait

me & my girls

July 29, 2011

208 of 365 field day

Our homeschool group
had a field day
the group was divided by age
into 3 groups
above the youngest ones
are getting ready for
the 3 legged race

ready for the egg race

the middle group
getting ready for the
seed spitting contest
my Tori won overall
with 16 feet!!!
she was in the older group

winners from each group
battling it out for
first
a homeschooling mom
never knows when she
will be called to duty :)

the bunny hop
instead of sack race
sacks are pricey :)

balloon toss winners

July 28, 2011
with their certificates
and ribbons

207 of 365 blue

We went here this morning

to pick these

July 27, 2011

it was a lovely morning
slight breeze, just right temps
and plenty of blueberries

we visited with the animals

a fun summer morning in
New England

206 of 365 slice of our lives lately

July 26, 2011

205 of 365

July 25, 2011
the chef

we enjoyed a cook-out
with the Shipmans
Liz will be
leaving for college soon

the heatwave has broken
it was only 60

the chef's sis
explaining how much
Sweet Baby Ray's sauce
was left

we ate out
in a screened in porch
fun times

204 of 365 beach

enjoying Wells beach

checking out a worm

July 24, 2011
where did Mia go?

and Thomas??

where playing in the dirt
is encouraged :)

203 of 365 almost four

July 23, 2011


on the 30th
she will be four!

to remember how long her hair was

202 of 365 heat wave

July 22, 2011

we are in our second day
of temps over 90
the bank clock
in town said
99 at 2:30
popsicles are the way to go

201 of 365 my favorite flowers

July 21, 2011
Peacock Orchid


two of my favorite flowers
have started to bloom :)

cosmos

200 OF 365 sewing class

July 20, 2011

Livy and I
took a sewing class
at the library
with our dear Mrs. White
and this is what we made
mine is the bigger one

199 of 365 playground fun

July 19, 2011

we had some
of the cousins
over today
so...we went
to the playground

he made it to the top

more daring this year

Em enjoyed the tire swing

chin-ups are hard!

this is her
mom can I get down smile

she came into the house
all excited......"mom I caught
a butterfly!!!"
They really like our
new flowers!