Falls and more...

 The kids and the new military man climbed the "big rock"

 Honeoye Falls was running good after a pretty good local rain.

 Cousin T says they build lean-to's to sleep in during military exercises.  G and D just were using Grampa's wood!

 G got a good shot of these lovely birds at the pond at WS Farm.

 Cousin M in the lean-to

Adventures in NY: Falls are rare in LA but lovely in the glacial Finger Lakes.  Green and cool while we were here...  A nice walk with cousin T and his friend C, and Aunt A!  The barn in the background has been converted to a winery.  It was pleasantly cool 50's and 60's during our entire visit!

Sports

 
D and Dad love to play horseshoes. D plays it every single day. G and D like to play baseball together.
                                                      They've gotten pretty good at it. G was hitting about .750 for a bit...  D hits harder but a little less regularly.  But both can hit the small ball with the small bat.  Pretty good!  Two more points...

Grandma's pie and peony

                                               Grandma's pie was delicious!

                                                    Grandma grows beautiful flowers!

Clean hair

It's not every day the girls get a hair washing, in fact, two or three weeks may go by between proper hair washings.  I thought the girl's eyes were interesting in this picture. 

Memorial Day

Since Steve had the day off for Memorial Day we decided to go kayaking.  What a blessing to be able to go just two blocks away.  Despite the proximity, it is still a monumental effort to get everything packed and unpacked.  We weren't gone longer than two hours though because of the heat.

Quilting

I've discovered a new store called Tuesday Morning near our home.  They had some great deals on these squares.  It limits the options for quilting but when you are beginning that is actually a good thing since the possibilities are endless.  My three older ones have been very enthusiastic about this so long as they don't have to take out any seams.  Actually, I feel the same way, so long as I don't make any mistakes, sewing is great fun.

Painting

On Mondays we are getting together with a group of friends to quilt, a total of eight kids are learning to use the machine, do color combinations, piecing and having fun together.  I was too busy during the quilting to take any pictures but I will try to remember on another week.
Here we are painting the tipi we made out of old sheets from goodwill.