My girls

"Until one has loved an animal, part of their soul remains unawakened."

my new love!

I have been stalking my new love for months now. I would go and just stare at my love, wondering if it was meant to be, wonder if I could make the commitment. After all its been a long time for me. yesterday I told my husband about my new love and surprisingly he was supportive and agreed that I should go for it. So today we went and got my new love and brought her home, isn't she just beautiful! I have been out riding most of the day with my son having a blast,(I don't think its possible to forget how to ride a bike), I definitely can commit to this new partnership.

What to do when boys have had to much sugar?

Went to the fair, and my son had his once a year treat of "Fried dough". I know lots of sugar, lots a fat, but what fun is a fair if you are not going to indulge in traditional fair cuisine? He only ate half the dough and by the time he was finished he was bouncing of the walls. So whats a mom and Dad to do? Well the answer was just around the corner, the "hamster ball" as my son called it! Brilliant!

My husband and Son attended Star Wars in concert this week. Not me, not my thing, but I did enjoy the energy from their excitement. Before the show there is a small display of original movie props and characters to pose with. All night while I sat home my husband kept texting me these random pictures of my son at the concert.

Deluxe Accommodations

This past spring we took the plunge and got some baby chicks. While they grew under their heat lamps, my husband and son set of on a "father/son" project building the coup. Well its nearly finished and the chickens are all moved in and my son who somehow thinks he is the "chicken whisperer" says "They LOVE it!". It is beautiful, my sister jokes and calls it the chicken mansion. It looks more like a little potting shed or cottage, but its just perfect. Its still minus a few details, we are scouring flea markets this summer looking for the perfect vintage light to hang above the door, and the fence is still not up, (although when left out on their own the chickens don't roam far from the safety of the coup). Anyhow we are loving raising our chickens and expect them to be mature enough by the end of summer to start giving us eggs!! Looking forward to future breakfasts in our little home.

I'm here, just been busy! So much to do and so much going on this summer. I suppose being busy is a blessing. We unfortunately will not be traveling far this summer related to appointments and commitments that have to keep us close to home. That being said, it has been great finding adventure in our own back yard. This weekend, totally unplanned, my husband and I both ended up with the same day off. We vowed not to spend our day surrendering to home improvements or running around doing errands getting nowhere fast. It was to be just a day for our small little family of three. We debated all week what to do. We are in the midst of a heat wave so whatever it was would have to be cool. The obvious choice was the beach, but this morning we woke up and decided that's where everyone would be! We tossed around a few ideas not finding any that stick, then my husband through out "how about lobstering". I thought he was crazy dreaming and my response was a sarcastic "yes, lets get on our imaginary boat and go Lobstering". Trust me he said and he was off to the computer with phone in hand. A few calls later and he was hollering "pack up and get ready we're going lobstering". So a day trip it was, we piled into "big red" (that's my husbands truck) and off we went to beautiful Boothbay Harbor Maine. We boarded the lobster boat "the sea swallow" and went out as they pulled in their catch, participating and learning a little about the lobster business.

zip

took my cutie to the new Zip line park. Shy, but fearless he tackled the zip line. I thought I might loose my lunch watching him take that first jump... I'm very excited about this new park, I hope its a success!