Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Joey teaching Julie Baseball


On a very hot Saturday afternoon, Joey took the time to teach Julie how to play baseball and how to catch….







Thursday, July 25, 2013

Quick Snaps of the Kids








We got to do another wonderful day of strawberry picking with the kids. A very good year for straberries as it only took us about 1/2 hour to pick 50+ lbs.

Julie handled our Quality Assurnace division and sampled every plant that we picked from to verify sweetness...

Jessamyn and Jocie also assisted in the QA efforts as well...

Joey helped mommy and daddy and picked bunches and bunches

After a long hard day picking strawberries in the field (well, actually, on 30 minutes of hard work), everyone needs a little drop in the pool, right Julie?

Dad and Patty came to visit us too.

Ahh, wet Julie...

Jocie's Snack Request


When Jocie wants a snack, she always wants fruit (thank goodness)… Here is her hint to me of what she wanted on this particular afternoon. Note the careful detail… She knew I would put the melon in the cup, but that I'd also have extra, hence the bag… Our Jocie… :)

Thursday, July 4, 2013

Sun Salutes


Jess and Mimi enjoy the setting sun.


Julie and Jocie make Daddy some "pies" from the Northern Michigan sands.


Looks like "Pizza Pie" says Jocie....


An intimate conversation...


Sun Salutes with the kids….



…. ahh, the neverending beauty of a Michigan Sunset...




Ray and Britt launch a lantern into the night sky...


The kids and the family all signed the lantern and dedicated it to our recently lost pet, Cassy....


Take off....


Upwards....



Heading towards the sky...


Joey plays with fire… ahm… yeah… that happened...

Missing Tooth


Now happily sticking her tongue through her gaping hole in her mouth, Jocie flaunts her fist missing tooth...

Jocie was oh so excited for the past month as her little tooth became more and more "wiggly"… and I've grown more and more sad thinking that the perfect little toothy smile she had will be broken now...

Wednesday, July 3, 2013