Bonfires, birds and baseball...

Oh, and "Boys".... engaged in a tough game of checkers...



First bonfire of the year at the cottage...

Dad and Kayla with his bird. A broken leg is nothing to worry about...dad fed it, then amputated the leg after the kids left. Last report: it was doing well, being fed by adult birds in the back yard.

A double-header allowed me to see Kayla and Jordan play ball...too bad I missed Kayla's ONE at-bat when I ran to the car to get my umbrella. Who knew that she'd be one of the first three up to bat, and that they would never make it through the batting order???

Tough kids. Too bad they can't hide their smiles!

Jordan was excited for his 3rd time up to bat!

Chasing the Dream: A Wicked weekend

It's always been on Kay's "bucket list" to go up in a hot air balloon....mine too, if I had a complete list written.

This weekend, I traveled down to Indianapolis, where Kay and I went to watch "Wicked" (fantastic, fantastic show!), followed by a weekend that Kay deemed a "Wicked" weekend, complete with hot air balloon ride!

Here, we chase the dream down the road.....of course, we had tickets for the 1:00 flight, but we were still rushing to make it on time!






The underbelly. It truly was a beautiful thing.

Here's our "Captain" and the girl he was hitting on throughout the flight - added entertainment!



Even more fun, perhaps though, were the couple of hours we spent after our brief flight walking around the "living history" park. The 1800's made us nostalgic for a slower pace of life.