Daddy's Little Wonder

 Katharine heads off to college this week, so we got some extra time in together this past weekend with a visit to the Norman  Rockwell Museum. He was a big inspiration for me as I grew as an artist, and it looks like the same is true for Katharine.

It has been a joy to watch Katharine grow as an artist and a person over all of these years. I love her so much, and can't wait to see what she does next. She is, and has always been, my "wonder"- cue the Natalie Merchant song now :)

Riding Lesson

I booked a riding lesson for Keira, Kassidy and myself. Both girls have been asking to learn to ride, and it has always been a dream of mine as well.  After conacting a bunch of stables in the area, I found one that could give us lessons. We learned a lot in a short amount of time. The only thing we did not have to do was muck out the boxes, because the horses we rode were in the outside paddocks. We did go and get the horses, groom them, tack them, ride them, untack them, brush them again and bring them back to the paddock. 

Walking Hot Rod back to his paddock.

Kassidy got to ride a pony name Dillon, he was a nice old gentleman that she loved on and hugged a lot!

Here is Keira cleaning the hooves with a hoof pick. She realized how heavy a horses legs/ feet are when you have to lift them.

Keira got to ride an older gentleman as well, His name is Ice.

We had so much fun and can't wait to go again!

Road Trip Tune

Katharine put together this video of our road trip from Texas to New Hampshire.

That girl should get into the film industry or something, right?

 

Secret Gardens

 

Evening Plans

 

Frousins on the Farm

The Martels visited for a few days, and we had a lot of fun hanging out around the house. 

 More pics to follow, but for now here is one very big group shot in front of our apple tree (minus one, as Liam didn't make the trip).

 

 

 

Bubble Fun

 Everything is still a bit un-organized, including our blog posts. While the home is getting more and more organized, and at least Lukas has started a new routine - he started school on July 26th- the blog is still somewhat in disarray and we post as we get to it, not neccesarily in chronological order.  Oh well, better than not posting at all! 

The first time I went to Keene with Katharine, we went to this cute store that carries items made by artisans in the area as well as other unique items. In addition to a handmade honey pot, I picked up a giant bubble maker. We gave it a try about 10 days ago: