Whew. It's been a whirlwind of a summer so I'm going to try to catch up before the next whirlwind begins. In July, we took a trip to my family's 3 generation farm in Wisconsin. My great grandparents build this house in 1908 (Building cost: $1200!). My grandmother, an only child, grew up and married a farmer and they took up the farm. Eventually they had 4 daughters (my mom is the second oldest) and the youngest married a farmer and they've had the farm ever since. It's an Anne of Green Gables sort of place.
I've always liked Aunt Nancy and Uncle Steve- and they were so great to let the kids and I crash their place for two days. The kids had a blast.
Uncle Steve always likes to tease Sophie. Right off the bat, he asked her who her boyfriend was- while offering her a raw corn cob- while eating a chocolate chip cookie.
Here they're all packed in for a tractor ride.
The weather was beautiful. It was hot for them, but cooler for us. The breeze was wonderful.
They had a Jeep! Judah had a grin the entire time he was on it.
Well, not the entire time. When the battery ran out, it was a sad moment...
Aunt Nancy hooked up the sprinkler for the kids at the tree swing.
How many great-aunts do you know who would run in the sprinkler with them? It didn't take them long to think she's great.
At the end of the first evening, the kids went and sat by the field while Uncle Steve lit some fireworks. "We've never had fireworks like these", Josh says. The boys weren't sure what could be better.
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