Open House, Open Heart...

September flew by. We’ve been remodeling the upstairs unit and that seems to take up a lot of our time. But we’ve also kept busy with homeschooling, apple picking, apple sauce making, going for walks, visiting friends and we spent the last week with a cold and watching copious amounts of movies.  We also took a trip to a friends house who owns a dairy farm. Sissy loved all the baby cows. We learned about how the mama cows are cared for and got to pet babies. All the kids loved the change of scenery.  I’m looking forward to the apartment being done. It’s been hard to keep any sort of a schedule through it all but we’ve survived and even attempted to thrive😜. As the projects slow down we slowly seem to regain a new normal. I’m always trying to work towards a normal and things are always changing. 🤪  Happy Fall!  Briana 

Strawberries are ready to be picked here in NY. Today we headed to G and S orchards to pick strawberries with our friends Chelsea and her daughter Nova. It was hot but all the kids had fun.  After we came home and I worked on the garden and then we grilled for dinner. Loving the long warm summer days but so ready for my bed tonight!  My best attempt Of a photo of all the kids. Messy, can’t get everyone to smile or look the right direction, but we tried! 

We decided to go to the beach tonight on a whim. It got to 95 degrees here so we thought it’d be a perfect day to head to the lake to cool down.  All 4 kids loved the water. We were shocked by Havilahs Adventurous spirit. She would waddle as quickly as possible into the water and attempt to dive in. She was a handful to keep above water. 😂  We finished the night with roasting hotdogs over a fire and marshmallows to top it off. No kid complained.  Cheers,  Briana 

My sister Taylor came to visit on a whim with her family. It was a fun weekend with lots of kids and lots of chaos. 😜  Missing them already. 💕