1 Skating late into the evening on a Friday night.
2 The boys have a neat game they play with rebounder, hockey stick and baseball mitt.
3 Ben hits a wrister, and Sam catches the rebound.
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5 We were missing a chicken, until Sam found her scratching away in this little nest.
6 And she'd laid an egg!
7 Nice, Sam! Good find. He cares about animals quite a bit.
8 Truck washed by Daddy!
9 These chickens gave us a real run for our money herding them in. Two were loose for a long time.
10 THIS one in particular - Obsidian Iola Rohrer (named by Ben) is the most rascally of all!
11 Boys playing with Randy!
12 This time with a 12 string!
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15 Really cool mix of styles. I think a string broke on the 12 string.
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18 Ben taking out the trash all by himself.
19 He's careful of traffic, too.
20 First grade concert :) Ben on far right in middle row.
21 All spiffy!
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23 On a farm field trip.
24 Learning about strawberries.
25 This series of text messages is so funny to me. We'd just gotten clearance from Daddy to let mommy go on a jog while Sam was home sick from school. He was all set up with phone next to him, Gatorade for hydration, and doors locked. What could go wrong? Surely nothing. But I had to make SURE otherwise I'd never get to go for a jog again.
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31 Hansville Greenway hike with the Paulsons for Mother's Day.
32 It was an 11K hike through coast, woods and lakes.
33 Beautiful day and a lot of fun. Poor Dave is at work for an inspection.
34 All three about to throw at once!
35 Adam is a friend of ours through ice hockey.
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39 Kim said "such pretty Scotch broom!" Here people really don't like this weed, but she's right - the bright orange variety I'd never seen and it IS pretty even if it's a weed!
40 Photobomber strikes!
41 Nice picture guys :)
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43 Now we're feeling like we're headed in the right direction. The signage was...well...a little funny.
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45 Beautiful trails.
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47 Someone groomed their dog here but it looked like the moldy donuts we had to spit out!
48 Kim loves this old railway part of the trail.
49 Happy Mother's Day!
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51 Almost back to town for LUNCH
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53 There's the general store and our two trucks.
54 See the mold??? More on donuts inside! What year are these supposed to expire?