Lately...

I'm currently without a working camera

so here's some old baby Mikey pics

Lately, I'm loving:

cooler days

lots of helpers with Mikey

going to my new workout place

lots of hummingbirds at the feeder

great times with the family

fresh eggs from the chickens

good friends

fresh goat's milk

chocolate (dark)

walking to 7:30 am Mass

time with the Lord

What I'm not loving lately:

bad bug bites all swollen, red and infected

when kids are quarreling

vet bills

other bills

Hey, the good outweighs the bad! :)

Birthday Getaway

Michael and I took a trip up to Bird in Hand, PA. to visit a Amish area for my birthday. We had a wonderful visit there and it was such a beautiful time of the year to visit! I love being around the Amish and they are so friendly and helpful. We bought honey, cheese and produce etc. I enjoyed going into Amish homes, looking at their quilts and seeing their gardens. They're amazing!

We found a great store run by the Amish called BB's. It's a discount store with "bents, bumps and a bunch of bargains". I could not believe the incredible prices. I would love to go there again!

Happy Birthday!!!

Happy Birthday, Michael!

I hope you had a wonderful day!!

Love always from me and the kids

P.S. Some of these pictures really remind me of Mikey :)

New words

I am real happy with how Mikey is progressing! He's been very interactive and seems to be picking up speed with his language. He's starting to put some verbs with all the nouns he knows. I'm so happy to hear "fox running", "lion swimming" and "Mikey's turn", etc.

He's repeating a lot of words that we say and recently went from "hippo" to "hippopotamus". He seems real proud of himself to say this big word. He continues to be fascinated with animals (especially wild animals from Africa).

I realized recently that he can sight read several words. I was writing some down and he started reading them off to me. He also goes around spelling words: fox...f o x .

I'll save the negative stuff he's been doing for another time :)

More Purple Martins

I visited my neighbor's purple martins today. What a thrill to see so many martins flying in the air! Now to get them over my way...

July Pics

My sister, Caryl, from Washington state came to visit me this past week! We had a great time (often talking until the early morning) and we enjoyed the 4th of July together. She's such a great sister and a help. She is like having my own personal Supernanny. She's helped me to see things with Mikey that I would not have seen otherwise. Thank you, Caryl, I love you!

I'm including some goat pictures. "Sweet-tart" is giving plenty of milk and I milk her twice daily. I took the pics when she was ready to be milked. She was telling me to stop taking pictures and get over here!

Marianna's birthday

Marianna turned 14 this month! Here are a few pics from Marianna's birthday party and a few other random photos.