Life's a Peach

Nebraska City, here we are! It's peach picking time. Last fall we came and bought a years membership to Arbor Day Farm so we have been getting to come down throughout the year. The kids really enjoy it every time since there is so much to see and do. It was a beautiful July day and unseasonably cool when we went yesterday. Perfect peach picking weather!  

 Amazed by a mutant peach

 Celia from the stroller

 Trees are terrific!

Now we have six!

 and 6 silly faces :)

Millions of peaches

I'm sure we can find a use for them all.

Summer fun

I'm back to taking pictures! Yay! here's some summer snippets..

 BACKYARD POOL!

 XAVIER~

ZACHARY

The boys have gone through quite a Settler's of Catan kick over the last couple weeks. 

Let's hope the game pieces survive the summer.

  Four month old Cecilia loves to jump!

and sleep.

 SISTERS!!

Blaise and Dominic have finally started some music lessons. Piano! It's quite a hit! 

And Mena loves to sing and dance!

 I'm hopefully going to get some more up tonight of our trip to Nebraska City.  So.. stay tuned.

Philomena

Philomena

Looking at these pictures that I uploaded a couple weeks ago brings tears to my eyes. What a joy it is to have this little girl in our family! I can't even express how sweet she is. Mena always has a hug and a smile to share. She is so compassionate to anyone who is hurt and LOVES to make people laugh. She is so silly with her faces she makes and little dances she does. Sometimes I'll catch her sitting at the piano playing a song and singing too. Anyway, a couple weeks ago we went to a friends' house to visit. Their doe just had twins the night before and we got to see them when they were less than 24 hours old. They have a beautiful family with boys our boys' ages. Going to their house is so relaxing as they are so hospitable and fun. Here are some pictures from our last visit. 

So thankful for this little girl. 

Today I noticed that our wallet sized family portraits were ripped. When I asked who did it, she came over and with a sad face said, "Mena." She owned up to what she did! What an angel she is!