The kids wanted to do something special for the 4th, but being so warm and not wanting to travel too far, our choices were limited. We decided to go miniature golfing. Wayne held down the home fort while I took the 6 'at home' kids to Oneonta for the adventure. Nathanial and I have played mini-golf before, but this was a first for the rest of the gang. After 2 1/2 hours of laughing and fooling around we finally finished the 18 holes (there wasn't anyone behind us, which was a good thing!) Jonathan did extremely well to keep the ball out of the water until the 17th hole. It was a great day of memory making and now Ian keeps asking when we can go back.
We've had several evenings of sporadic firework displays. Ian gets a little bit frustrated with them when he's trying to go to sleep. "Don't they realize that some people want to sleep at night?!"
The rest of the weekend has been spent doing projects around the farm. I was able to hill the potatoes and corn yesterday before the heat got too intense. I've also been harvesting herbs for projects.
Katelyn and Marc are in training for the big YFC bike trip through the Catskill Mountains which is scheduled for the 2nd week of August.
Rachael and Katelyn were able to get some horseback riding in yesterday at the stable where they work. It's been a long time since they've had the opportunity to ride and are a bit stiff and sore today.
Nathanial is looking to go to NC to work on his masters degree. He's working out the details to make a visit to the campus before committing to moving there. I'm hoping to tag along and visit friends while in the area.
Even in the lazy, hazy days of summer there's plenty to keep us busy.
