Remembering the Fun

 I get great pleasure playing with and reading to these children--ages 4, 4, 2 and 3.

 We were celebrating Seth's 3 year birthday with Mommy's homemade cookie dough cake--Yum!  Here are six of the nine grandchildren there Labor Day weekend.  My daughter and son-in-law dole out the cake and ice cream and my son is getting a second glass of tea.  There's always a mystery stirring with "Fork Man"...

and Grandpa does his thing with the littles.

Hoping to see some of these cuties soon.

More on the Farm

Morning Mist



Path by the Field



Morning Dew



Sun Rising



I took a morning walk down the lane and captured a bit of beauty--a little escape from the noise of nine hungry children at breakfast.  I let the parents handle it while I basked in the beauty.

A Visit to the Farm

Sunrise on the Farm

 We took our Labor Day vacation to meet with two of my children and their children at my in-law's farm.

Corn Field

 They're not farming anymore but rent out their land to a neighbor who does, so they are surrounded by corn and beans.  It's been a bad year for crops--too wet a Spring and too dry a Summer.  This corn, however, looks pretty good and it's normal for it to be drying this time of year.  They won't pick it until it's almost all turned brown so the corn will be dry when stored until they can sell it.

Old Family Barn

 This barn has been around a long time--probably close to 100 years--but it still holds many hours of fun for my grandchildren.

Little Farmers

Look what they found in the shed--an old pony cart that's still useable, 2011 style.  Here are seven of the nine children there last weekend.  Two of the oldest were busy cavoting somewhere else.  We had a great time.  If only we'd added one more child, his wife and their four kids.  I'm grateful, though, for every time we get to see any of our children and grands.