Happy 12th Birthday Merry and Survival Skills

 Kili busy writing in his "binder". My 2nd leftie!

 Marigold learns to swim without her floaties!

 In the event you were wondering what pea blossoms look like.

 Baby bird that got lost in the pumpkin patch

 Marigold & Kili

More cement, this is the year of cement, and more cement.

 Frodo finishing his last signature on the last Station of the Cross.

 After dropping Frodo off at a Chivalry Camp for the week, the rest of us went to a graduation party. It was great! Bouncy House and all! Beautiful home, too!

 So, naturally while Frodo is gone for the week we had to prove ourselves by doing extra work around the farm, in addition to all the chores.  Sam build 2 new pig feeders.

 Others worked on a rabbit hutch.

 We all had to take on many extra jobs.

 Merry & Pippin started mowing the lawn. The first thing before they even got on *someone* had to wind up an awful lot of wire, so first project was to unwind it.  Fun.

 Eleanor and one of the rabbits.

 Finish up the Stations.

 Just proof that we were able to get alot of milk.

 The 3 little ones working on putting together a basket rack. they did a greaet job.

 Kili and his younger cousin.  Sheesh!

 Here is the pair of oxen.

 Happy 12th birthday Merry!

 Merry setting up his new pool volleyball set. Thanks grandma!

 Marigold gets a drink while filling the water bucket.

Happy Belated Father's Day

 Happy Belated Father's Day to the worlds most awesomest dad!  He received quite a stash of goodies, treats and interesting artifacts.

 After the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass we participated in a go kart race with one of the local parishes. It was alot of fun!

Aragorn, his brother, and Sam raced, much to Frodo's disappointment.  The age limit was 18... not 16.

 We had t-shirts with "rad serv racers" for all of us except the 3 youngest who wore camo t-shirts that matched pretty well.

 These were the go-karts.  Ours being #32.

 First they each did 10 laps for practice. Then they each did 33.  We came in 14th... out of 17....

 Marigold & Kili had their faces painted.

 Marigold had a butterfly

 Kili had a goldfish complete with bubbles.

 Friends had their faces entirely painted

 God Baby was intrigued by her brother's "new" face.

Although it was 90 degrees, there was a lovely breeze and was an all around fun day.