Summer Begins

 

Here we are!  Summer!

 

All of the big three have been released for summer vacation and the weather has aligned perfectly with the school calendar.

Landen has been farming pretty much since he got home yesterday and the rest of us (except for David, who has also been farming) have been playing outside jumping on the trampoline, kicking soccer balls, throwing water balloons, spraying our sisters (they will retaliate someday), planting seeds, digging in the dirt, and cleaning out school bags.

 

We have many activities on our May and June calendar and many memories to be made.  Baseball practice starts today, we will soon visit our doctors at Mayo Clinic for Rachel's two-day Cranio Clinic (a few butterflies always go with me there!), and then there's VBS, trips with friends and family, and of course lots of FARMING, too.

 

Why the painting of "Whistler's Mother?"

Well, Nathan has become quite the whistler.  I am hoping he can use this skill in his career someday, but until then he is practicing.  Whenever he gets whistling in the house, in the van, anywhere . . . "Whistler's Mother" always comes to mind. 

That's who I am!  I just hope I don't look like her by the end of the summer. . . .

 

Speaking of which, my whistler just came back in the house and it is time to deliver dinner to the field.

 

Happy Summer!