A Saturday Adventure

We started the day at the peach orchard, picking a bushel of juicy, delicious fruit.



We stopped in at our friend's home to do a little upkeep by Ben's tree-stand in preparation for deer season. Daddy & James enjoyed a moment together.

Then we took a long drive to an archery store so Ben could look for bows. James fell asleep clutching the toy his Grammy gave him that morning - a John Deer box filled with six farm animals.

Life is good!

Family Vacation

Ben's mom takes the family on vacation the same week every year. We go to a "rustic camp." Right. It's really more of a resort. The camp provides breakfast and dinner daily and housekeeping of our air conditioned room.

Our responsibility: relax - oh - and keep tabs on our busy boy.


We enjoyed kayaking on the lake; a nature center; a train ride by a river.

James quickly discovered how to dampen the sound of the horn blast.

This year, Ben rented a motorboat. James loved it!

He also loved having his Aunt "Nizzy" around for a week.

And his daddy...One afternoon, it suddenly poured. The children were all set to go out on the boat, but instead they ran around and splashed in the puddles.

At the end of the week , we took a picture of the children by the Indian.

Thank you, Mom, for a memorable vacation!

A new beginning

To all who have followed me here from Xanga - thank you!

To those who are just joining my little blogosphere journey - welcome!

I am not much of a creative writer. And up to this point, I've mostly used my blog to track the growth & development of our James. Perhaps that will change and some creativity will emerge. But for sure I will be telling the tales of our precious son who brings so much joy to our lives.

Thanks for coming along.