Goodbye July and Happy Birthday Amy!

A quick week for A^4 with lots of pool and garden time.  We ate carrot cake during the week (to celebrate Amy and Adam's Anniversary) and blueberry pie on Sunday (for Amy's Birthday)  Yum!  The kids made Amy Birthday cards AND hardly complained during Amy's early morning kayak Birthday request :)  We are sending good thoughts to all of our family and friends and we hope everyone is doing well!!

Thunder relaxing with his cheek on a lego tree - certainly does not look comfortable- hahaha


Addie telling Amy to "stay back" while Addie checks on the frogs at our friend's house


There are at least two frogs in this picture


Addie wanted her picture with the frogs :)




The kids and a lego boat!


Minecraft craft time!


Ayson and his cat watching the world go by


Somehow Addie missed walking through the spiderweb that is in this picture and was right in the walkway!


Gorgeous summer flowers






Neighbor Jo found a perfectly intact and preserved dragonfly and she gave it to us to look at.  We think it is an Orange Meadowhawk.  The wings are SO intricate!


Ayson with the calves on Tuesday evening :)


The kids build...


and the cats play - hahaha.


Pretty hibiscus with TWO blooms!


One of our many pumpkins!


Saturday night Smores!




Adam made such a perfectly golden (and puffy) marshmallow that Ayson could not squish his graham cracker down because the marshmallow was SO big!


Amy's birthday request was to go kayaking at Labrador on Sunday morning :)






It was windy even early in the morning and the wind either held us back OR pushed us along!
Ayson getting pushed along.


Adam got a shoulder workout from towing Ayson :)


We had 20 cucumbers ready (and more will be ready by Monday!) so we made pickles!


Adding the garlic and dill




TaDa!!


Pool time