First Day Of School!

All smiles, All day waiting for 12:30pm to get here so she could go to shcool. Dropping sisters off at 8am was not easy for her. She wanted to go all day too.

All smiles for the first day of school.

Balance Rock

We tried last year and never made the top.

We (especially Ray) were bound and determined that we would make it to the top this time

The Wild Blackberry's are ready.

Me and my Girls.

Nature Ray taking the lead on the hike.

Balance Rock

We made it to the top with an unhappy Edie, but she sang all the way down :)

A happy fisherman.

Well that looks like fun. I had to try it too!!

I had some serious momentum and almost took a header off the bottom.

Kittery, ME

Rye Beach

'MOMMY! WE NEED YOU!'

Today's animal rescue.

A snake.

Hand picked out of the rocks by 'the Mommy'.

Did I squeal?

...a little.

Did they identify it in the National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians.

Yes. (thank you Grammie!)

Did they read to find out what kind of snake it was.

Yes.

Did they read to find out what to feed this Common Garter Snake?

Yes.

Did they take the time to find a salamander, a grasshopper, and an earthworm to offer up to the little snake?

Yes.

Did the snake eat the earthworm?

Yes.

Were they absolutely amazed and went earthworm hunting?

Yes.

Do they want to keep little snake as a pet?

Yes.

Mommy's rule:

We can identify, observe and learn, but at the end of the day it is set free.

Little Snake was set free after dinner with a full tummy or earthworms.

Cutest Fire Chief

Always thinking...

Is this not the sneakiest little face? She collected all the 'skippers'.

Toothless...

No Floaties!!!!

Reagan,
Aubrey, and

Edie cand swim, jump and jump off the diving board without floaties. They swim to the edge and do it again, and again, and again.

I Love This Chair!!!

22w to a 10

My sister Danielle took this of me at lake Sunapee August 1,2009.

Then a friend who was in the same physical condition and the same age as me, committed to, and completed the Couch-to-5k Running program.

He was, and is an inspiration.

My first steps were small, exhausting, downright painful and disappointing.

It took me 11 weeks to do the 9 week program.

I've ran several 5k's since completing my own program, as well as Todd and I doing the Warrior Dash this past June.

Still a work in progress...but I wanted to share the last 12 months with you....

12 months and 12 sizes!

August marks the start of another 12months.

Where will this next year take me?

Around The Yard

I love this time of year around 5pm. I go out into the yard and sit, and listen. The air is buzzing with dragonflies, hundreds. The girls chase them and easily catch them for our 'observation'. They are beautiful, but up close it's a face only a mother dragonfly could love.

Amazing wings...

The bee's knee's.

Hot peppers are ready,

'Big Boy's are getting bigger!