Molly Elizabeth

Molly came into the world on Wednesday, May 26th. She was a healthy size and so far is doing everything babies are supposed to do. The other three children are adjusting to her in their own way... Christopher and Clara have been very sweet to her and Sabrina is fascinated by her. Here are a few photos that have also been posted on FaceBook.

Mower troubles

With the election last week and baby #4 coming next week, yard work has gone way down on the priority list. To expedite mowing the yard, we arranged to buy a riding mower from Pops... the same one we sold to him last year. Excited about his new lawn equipment, Adam eagerly went out to mow the front yard... or as Annette puts it, harvest the crop. You see, the grass had gotten so tall, it probably could've been bailed after being whacked down. After one good cut over the front yard, Adam went back a second time with the mower at a lower height setting to chop it up and try to make it look better. One swipe later and the mower sparked, flamed up and began to smoke. It's like all of its will to mow just gave out. After soliciting a neighbor's help who is more qualified in these kinds of things, we finally determined if this mower was going to last several more seasons, it would need to be serviced appropriately. So now it's up at the tractor repair store and we're anxiously awaiting how much damage it's going to be to get it up and running again. In the meanwhile, it's back to the reliable Honda push mower.

PS The neighbor cut our lawn.

Contagious

We've been trying to get Adam's Mom and Grandmother together for a portrait session for quite some time now. We finally used Mother's Day as a great excuse to record these two together. As usual, Babo's jovial laughter is simply contagious!

New Family Member

Before you all get too excited... we are still waiting on baby #4.

We did get to meet another new member of the family this weekend when Tim brought his 5 month-old puppy, Stella, into town. Stella is a Great Pyrenees/American Bulldog mix. At her young age she's already 40 pounds and as big as Christopher. She was a sweet as could be and did very well with the kids who ran around calling her name... even Sabrina.

Dandelion Crop

We try our best... we really do. But with all we have going on right now, lawn maintenance is some times neglected. On the bright side, we have cultivated a beautiful crop of dandelions this spring. Here you see my very proud dandelion farmers. Please note, these images were taken just before the crop was mowed down and fertilized so as to prevent nasty looks from our neighbors.