Rainy Day Makes for Happy (Muddy) Horses

The Homestead

My Mother-in-Law recently found this photo of the farm while rummaging through some pictures Grandma and Grandpa Foley left behind. We figure this was either right before or right after Grandma and Grandpa bought the farm back in the 60's.

The Tale of The Sleeping Baby

See, I am awake! Those of you out there that travel in our circles have probably come to believe (for good reason) that Aiden is never awake. Well, for the most part you are correct. When we leave the house his internal switch puts him into sleep mode until we arrive back at home. So I thought I would post an awake picture for you all to see so we have proof that he does wake up...eventually.... Although yesterday I had my doubts when, after seeping all day, he also slept through the night. Hum...Another growth spurt? I hope not!

Swim Lessons

Sarah has been taking swim lessons for about two weeks now. She has done very well this year, although I think she may be to small for them to bump her up to the level three status she was looking for. (She is the smallest one in her group) She does swim like a fish though, more often underwater then above.

Her boy-craziness has really come in handy for lessons too. She has a young man, Jordan, as her instructor and would do just about anything he says! He even has her going off the diving board without a life jacket! (This was a little scary for Mom, not for Sarah) My friend Lynn compared the instructor to the Incredibles character today - I think she was right, they do bear some similarities... None the less - Sarah is enamored with him.
Sarah and Mr. Incredible
Hanging out in the deep end - Look Mom No Life Jacket!
Swim class - learning the front crawl
Kick board.

Where's Matthew?

The Farmer has been MIA around the homestead, and some have inquired as to his where being. Well, the picture below accounts for most of his time lately. The wheat harvest took about two weeks to bring in this year. This is a picture down at Uncle Pat's house behind the shop.Matthew did get some time on Monday to spend with Sarah while he unloaded straw in our machine shed. She was thrilled to have Daddy home for the afternoon. They were inseparable out in the yard. She even followed him down to the shop to help fix a trailer. When I came to pick her up, she had swept the shop floor and helped hand Daddy parts he needed while he worked - she loved it!

Let's Go RV'ing

As some of you may know, Matthew and I have been looking (albeit, lackadaisically) for an RV lately. Originally Matthew thought he wanted a cabin (thanks Jake and Abby) that we would use to get away in the summer and maybe enjoy in the wintertime too. But after giving it some thought, we decided a camper may suit our lifestyle a little better. (Ok, I decided...) Only for the fact that we would not be held down to one location, plus we would not have another mortgage and tax to pay on!

So, we have looked at only two campers so far. One was quite disappointing in that I do not think they ever cleaned that thing - and that is just gross! The other was a self-propelled unit which was way out of our league. So we continue the hunt. If anyone out there knows of anything worth looking at - please let me know.