My New View

I loved the view the other morning during the sunrise......the colors were amazing. Of course it never looks the same through my camera!! It was even better when Brutus was standing at attention on the opposite side of the pond.....but the second I opened the door he bolted over to me!! go figure.

The view of our wind turbines.......I'll have to get used to this sight.....

One of our many many many frogs just chilling out.

July 4th (a little late!!)

We had a wonderful 4th weekend. Of course Joe was home and the kids and I had tons of fun hanging out with him for the long weekend. We always go to Lisa's party, and this year we let the kids swim in her pool w/ the bigger kids. They loved it!! We probably got there around 6pm and they swam until 10pm....only getting out to pee and eat. They had a blast!! The fireworks for Van Wert were on Monday night. And it's our tradition to watch them from our porch. Well, this year I was watching them solo. Joe had to leave early in the morning, so he went to bed early. And the kids were exhausted from a busy weekend, so they went to bed early......so it was just me and the dogs!! Kinda nice and peaceful. :}

Last Swim Class (of summer)

Once again I am sooo far behind on my posts!! hahaha The kids finished their last swim class a few weeks ago. So now we're on break because classes aren't offered during the summer. So I guess the pond will have to do!! :} I am so impressed at how well these two do at swimming. Ella has always sort of been a natural. And Evan has improved so much from the start of this class that it's amazing. They love swimming we swim everyday that we can. And I'm getting much better at letting them go deeper in the pond on their own. They will now swim from the beach out to the dock (w/ arm floaties of course). But they go through all the right motions that it won't be long before we're letting them swim w/o any assistance!!