Goodbye Braces and Happy 4th of July!

We had a busy but fun week with lots of pool time (the pool was at least 94 degrees on Thursday and Friday!!).  Amy and Adam are on leave the week of 7/6 and we are doing a staycation with daily excursions for ice cream and outdoor fun. We hope everyone is enjoying summer and had a wonderful 4th of July! 

On Monday, Ayson got his braces off after 2 years and 4 months - what a great smile!

February 2024, Ayson would not smile when he got the braces.

Addie and her pyramid of floaties - too funny!

 

On the 4th of July, we went with many friends/families (some families we did not know until that night) from LaFayette to a Syracuse Mets game.  One family gathered all the funds and we were able to rent a patio at the stadium (food AND a private bathroom included).  After the game, there was an amazing fireworks display.  Happy 4th to everyone!  Ayson LOVED the game and fireworks (Addie enjoyed the fireworks :)

Preparing the flag for the National anthem.

T-shirt throwing time.

There were 50 people in our patio fun (a few did not make the photo)!

And it just so happened that Amy's colleagues and friends Scott (where Addie got her leopard gecko) and Gian (where we pick blueberries) were also at the game with their families.  So, we had to get an updated photo of the Roe-Ryan and Schlueter kiddos that went to day care at Ms Linda's.

Most recent photo from 2023.

And here they are from 2016.

On Sunday, we checked out Otisco Lake for fishing potential during the upcoming week that Amy and Adam are off from work.

Addie braved the cattails and water to get a cattail. 

Two flowers from the week

Summer Vacation!

The first week of summer break for the kiddos.  Too bad the weather was cool and rainy.  But then the weather cleared up Friday and we had a gorgeous weekend!  We did have a wonderful weekend of events with friends and family.  We hope everyone is doing well and we are sending good thoughts to our family and friends!!

Our friends came over to swim on Wednesday.  Addie did not swim (too cold for her) but she did jump on the trampoline. 

 

On Saturday, there was an event at the Lavender Farm and Ayson worked the event helping to park cars and Amy and Adam attended the tea and food tasting event.

Gorgeous table setting.

Tasty food and treats!

Ayson received an invitation to apply for National Honors Society.

A floatie pyramid!

Visit with family on Sunday - we visited Grandma Collene and Mike before we headed to Grandpa Chuck's for a late Father's Day lunch.

Addie picking a garlic scape.

Ayson inspecting the wood pile at Grandma's

We got to meet Grandpa Chuck and Marie's new puppies: Nugget and Peanut!  Most of the pics of the puppies are blurry because the puppies would not stop moving! 

The ladies walked the pups while the boys set up the corn hole game.  Auntie Julie and Cousin Curran were also there and Ayson and Curran played corn hole - Amy thought she had gotten a picture of them playing but she did not!

Ayson LOVES to hold animals and cuddle them (Mason was a good cuddler) and he was able to hold a puppy a few times without them squirming away- yay!.

Flowers from the week

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day to all the Dad's that we know!!!  The kiddos are glad to almost be DONE with school - Ayson has one more test to take (Spanish) on Monday and he does not have to stay at school after the test.  

Amy was away for work on the Buffalo and Niagara Rivers collecting fish to assess PCB and mercury concentrations for the human consumption advisories.  

Two "circle of life" fish pics (big fish eating small fish:)

A picture of fish gills for Addie

 

Flower pics interspersed throughout the week

Addie using the "wimpy" rake to gather up the weeds/grass Amy pulled from the red raspberries.

We found two garter snakes in our yarrow patch on Saturday afternoon.

Ayson teaching himself how to make a website

Hi test website is text from a book on snails.

Addie made Adam another cool Father's Day card.  Ayson split and stalked the remaining firewood that was on the ground as his gift to Adam :)  

Silly Stormy!

For Father's Day, Adam wanted to go for a hike on the west side of Labrador Unique Area (the non-hang gliding side).  It was a gorgeous day for a hike!!  

Slug pic for Addie.

Stormy was sitting in her cage and Ayson willingly joined her and he shut the door.

Puppy scritches after a late lunch of pizza and wings.