Over Labor Day Weekend, we headed to Julie’s dad’s farm in West Virginia. In addition to Bob and Pam, our nephew and niece, Tyler and Meg, came down for the weekend. It’s a highly compatible group of cousins. When we we arrived, Alana immediately raced in and flung herself on her 15-year-old cousin with a […]

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Julie taught Alana how to jump over things. She proceeded to spend the next 15 minutes practicing the skill down by the river (the pom-poms on the boots provided extra momentum I’m sure): That evening, Julie made a “Jump Up and Kiss Me” (sans pineapple juice — we really rough it when we’re on the […]

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We headed to the farm in West Virginia this weekend, and Benton got to bring along one of his best friends, Josh. We like it when Josh comes over, because he and Benton entertain each other seemingly endlessly (and he’s roughly twice as polite and three times as self-sufficient as any of our kids, so […]

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Alana has quite a collection of hair ornamentation. When we went to the farm a couple of weeks ago, she wore a large pink bow. You can see it on her head as she spreads corn for the deer: You can see it on her head as she chases Carson on his bicycle: If she’s […]

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Benton is really enjoying baseball this season, and he’s developed into one of the most consistent and accurate pitchers on his team. Unfortunately, he’s not one of the most powerful pitchers at the same time. Last season, he singlehandedly “invented” the off-speed pitch — realizing that a slow ball can be as hard to hit […]

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Bob has a small pond with plenty of fish on the farm, which makes for good fishing for youngsters.

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Another couple of pictures from our trip to the farm last weekend.

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Carson opted for a bit of flair with his latest haircut — provided by Julie over our weekend in West Virginia.

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We headed to West Virginia this past weekend, which, as usual, should trigger a handful of blog posts. Benton is a fan of Dutch oven cooking, so we spent 30 seconds while we were planning the food for the trip trying to think what a good coal-fired dish would be. We pretty quickly got to: […]

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No kids here — just an assortment of nature photos I took over the weekend.

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