There's nothing I like more than sunshine and fresh air, so I packed up the kids (tons of snacks and drinks!) and headed to a local farm. They have the most amazing organically grown fruits and veggies that we pick ourselves. The kids always enjoy all the stuff to climb on and all the animals to feed. Our favorite part was meeting my sister in law there and spending time with the cousins.
Top left: Cousin S. and Beach Bunny. They share the exact same birthday, one year apart. We call them "Salt and Peppa".
Top right: Bunny gets a boost from biggest brother.
Bottom: Cousin H., Goofy Foot and Big Surf just chillin'
I think we live in a unique area. We are close enough to ride our bikes to the beach, yet an hour's drive from one of the busiest cities in the country. Visiting this local farm is such a nice reprieve from the bustle of everyday life. It's kind of like life s-l-o-w-s down while we are there. I make a conscious effort to put away my cell phone and just focus on the kids.
Okay, now it's your turn ...
What do you like to do for fun in the summer?
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Big Kahuna and I have known each other since we were kids and have been married for almost 15 years. We are passionate about our family, travel and serving God. We love helping people and bringing them hope. We laugh ourselves to tears watching classic episodes of Saturday Night Live and The Office. Summer is our favorite season, and we live for warm evenings playing with the kids on the beach.
Big Surf is 14 years old. He's a voracious reader, focused, and spends hours building things. He is our resident techie and is also learning to play the violin. He loves to spend his free time playing baseball, flag football, or out on the trails by the house building his clubhouse.
Goofy Foot is ten years old. He devours his free reading books like there is no tomorrow. He is also the family comedian. If you see him, ask him to tell you a joke! He is tender-hearted, social and compliant. When he is not outside riding his bike, you'll find him drawing or writing a funny book.
Beach Bunny is three years old. She is our sunshine! She joined our family through the unbelievable gift of adoption. Beach Bunny loves to snuggle with us and carefully takes care of her baby dolls. She is super silly and must say hi to everyone! One word that describes her is "joy".
17 comments:
As always, great pictures!! Usually we have lots of fun in the summer too! We love to play in the pool, work in our garden, and eat watermelon! But so far this summer I've either been too exhausted, its been too cold, or its been too rainy. Here's to an awesome July and August!!
Melinda
I agree!
July and August need to be warmer, dang it!
Love the pictures (as usual!!) It looks like my kind of day!
We live in a small town but are about 40 minutes to Louisville or an hour and half to Indy. We do a lot of just hanging out, movie nights and water fights...the water slide stuff like that. We have done a lot of the zoo this summer...picked berries lots of fun stuff.
That's my kind of fun too, Hannah!
We're in the backyard right now with an inflatable water slide and pool! I love summer!
What a great day and such awesome photos to remember all the memories made! I haven't been by in awhile and have a lot to catch up on! YOU my dear are an absolutely talented and WONDERFUL photographer, editor, and blogger! If only you were available for hire!!! Looking forward to reading more! With love from Colorado, Denise :-)
Awww,thanks,Denise!
I was just thinking about your apple tree scholarship fund. What a legacy!
Underwood Family Farms, gotta love it. We will be going on Wednesday morning.
Your pics are looking great. The kids look like they had a nice time
That place is beautiful and looks like so much fun! I want to live there. ;)
We have a lot of local farms and they are so great! The past couple weeks I've mostly felt like a summer "chauffeur", summer camp and swimming lessons... Next week will be busy then it will be back to a more normal summer schedule.
Melody, truthfully I'd like to live there, too. The strong cowboys are a nice addition. ;)
Mighty M,
I'm feeling like a chauffeur, too! We finally got to settle down a little this week. Ahh! Much better now! :) Love your blog theme, by the way. Very fitting!
favorite summer activities: aquarium and zoo (morning of course) and riding the street car (also just in the morning!). i love taking advantage of new orleans!
p.s. i love that one of yours is nicknamed goofy foot! we are all 3 goofy-footed surfers in this house!!! :)
Our favorites for summer are hanging at the pool with friends & trips to camp.
Love that you have such great family time!!!
Thanks for stopping by our blog. I've added you to my "favorite blogs" on my blog....was exactly sure how to subcribe, but I'd love it if you'd "follow" our blog there's a spot on the blog to do that. You take some beautiful pictures of some really cute kids. Have a great weekend!
Becky
Oh my goodness, I soooo loved your pictures. You are totally awesome girl. You need to be giving some lesssons! I love that special collage in the post. The kids are gorgeous and how fun at the farm. We do that sometimes at the strawberry farms and pumpkin patches!
I really want to follow your blog in blog reader and hope I did it right!
Happy weekend! Rhonda
Rhonda,
Yep, I think you did it right, and I'll be back to follow you adventures!
Froggity,
He is truly goofy-footed and he's goofy, too!
I bet I'd love your surfers. Goofy footers are the best!
Well to tell you the truth, that is the kind of summer we are planning. We're calling it a Staycation. However, life gets in the way, Emily's been sick, lots of appointments. Hoping to start our staycation soon......
"Staycation"! That is hilarious! I'm going to have to remember that one!
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