Dinner on the Porch

A few days ago, Martha, Joanie, Julie, Lena, and Estelle came over for dinner.

The kids made ice cream in a baggie - shake, shake, shake...

 and eat, eat, eat.

  Then there was lots of playing to burn off all that energy.

 Lena and Cole are best buds.

The Lakes

A few days ago, Julie posted about our joint ventures to Lakes Crystal and Shadow with the kids. Here are just a few pictures that I have to add to that.

Heather and Estelle at Shadow. I doubt either one of them can see where they're going.

 Estelle at Crystal. She seems to like carrying buckets of water.

 I love this picture of Lena.

Sugar and Spice

Heather and Estelle...

 Which one is sugar and which one is spice?

 Both of them are everything nice.

In Estelle's words they are "best friends and best cousins."

Birdbath

Remember this picture?

Those of you who guessed that it was going to be a birdbath were right.  It was supposed to be decorated with  mosaic tile pattern, but since I kept forgetting to go to the hardware store, and because that kind of creativity is probably way over our heads anyway, we decided to just decorate the birdbath by painting it. 

 I didn't get a picture of him, but Wayne painted the saucer.

 All it needs now is a coat of sealer, some water, and some birds.

 I think the bluebirds that live in the bird house will appreciate it.

Scenes From Our 4th

To kick our 4th of July, Wayne made patriotic strawberries from Family Fun magazine.  He melted white chocolate chips, dipped the strawberries in it, then dipped them in blue sprinkles.

 The final product - really yummy!

 In the afternoon we went to the Barton parade.

 

 Then off to Shadow Lake camp for a suppertime barbecue with Joanie, Julie, Lena, Estelle, Tyler, Aimee, Perter, Jeanne, Katie, and the special guests of the evening, Ernest and Cecile.  I only took pictures of children, though.

                

 Later in the evening, Wes took a tired Heather home, while I took the boys to Crystal Lake Park for the Barton fireworks.



Register Online for Glover Day

Preregister for your Glover Day Race online before July 23rd and get a discount. Pay the day of the race. Click here.

5.5 Mile Race (run, jog, or walk) starts at 9:00 a.m. at Runaway Pond Park, south of Glover on Rt. 16. $15.00 for pre-registration (includes t-shirt), $20.00 day of race registration (includes t-shirt). Shuttle bus leaves the Village Green at 8:15 a.m. and 8:45 a.m.


5 K Race (run, jog, or walk), a new offering this year, starts at 9:00 a.m. at Glover Town Garage, south of Glover on Rt. 16. $15.00 for pre-registration (includes t-shirt), $20.00 day of race registration (includes t-shirt). Shuttle bus leaves the Village Green at 8:15 a.m. and 8:45 a.m.

2 K Race (for ages 12 and under) starts at 10:00. Race starts at the Village Green, up Still Hill, through a path to Glover School, one loop around lower field, one loop around upper field, and finishes back down on the Green at the usual finish line. $10.00 for pre-registration (includes t-shirt), $15.00 day of race registration (includes t-shirt).

15th Annual Tour de Glover Mountain Bike Race Starts at 9:00 a.m. on the Village Green. 12.5 mile course finishes at the Lake Parker Store, West Glover. $15.00 pre-registration (includes t-shirt), $20.00 day of race registration.

Day of Race Registration begins at 8 a.m. on the Village Green!!

Rain or Shine at Shadow Lake

We recently "returned" from our annual summer "getaway."  The weather didn't always cooperate while we were at Stuart and Emilie's camp, but rain or shine, the kids enjoyed every minute. Rainy afternoons were spent playing Monopoly, and between rain showers, Wayne, Cole, and Heather swam, fished, canoed, kayaked, and biked.

Cole caught his first fish.

Heather tried fishing for a few minutes.

There were roasted marshmallows and smores.

I'm sure you can imagine how much Cole enjoyed that!

Wayne and his charcoaled marshmallow.

Wes played a lot of guitar.

The A-frame neighbor's took Wes and Cole for a spin.

Cole went on his first real bike ride with Wayne and me.  We rode past a large swamp and saw a family of loons.

On our last evening, Cole's friend Zephyr came over for supper. Unfortunately, the weather was drizzly, so no swimming, fishing, or canoe rides, but they had a lot of fun playing pretend Star Wars and card games.

It was a fun break before getting back to the responsibilities of everyday life.

Runner Up

The Lake Region Youth Baseball season is over. We can all enjoy a little more free time now. Ha,Ha,Ha....

Wayne's team, the Glover Yankees, did really well this season.  They played the final game of the playoffs against the other Glover team, the Padres, on Wednesday night.

It was a really close, action packed game because both teams are very good, but the Padres won 3-2.  At the end of the game, Wayne was on 3rd base, waiting for a chance to steal home and tie up the game, but the chance never quite came, and they had to settle for the runner up position in the Lake Region Youth Baseball playoffs.  He was a little disappointed, but I think we all feel pretty lucky to live in such a small town that had not one, but the two best teams in the league and such a beautiful place to play their games.

You can barely see his legs, but in the photo below, Wayne is on 1st base.  He got that batter (Tyler Choquette) out at 1st.

In a game earlier this season, Wayne guards 3rd base.

Wayne at bat.

Meanwhile, on the sidelines, these are the kids of things that are happening...

The pictures of Heather, Cole and friends below are from a game in Barton a while ago. The field is behind the pharmacy, hence the cones.

These are the best times of our lives.