The week is passing too quickly. ~~Grandma

~~Grandma

A sweet duet.

Playing with Zak.

Smile for the camera!

Enjoying Great-great-great-grandma Prest’s rocking chair.

I’ll have more pictures of the rest of the family later. ~~Grandma

We celebrated a birthday with DD#1.

And we got to visit with the grands!

Swim time with Grandpa.

Aunt and niece had a good time together. Took lots of pics of their own…

This summer, they are coming to us! Can’t wait!

~~Grandma

Someone knows how to make Grandma (and Grandpa) very happy.

~~Grandma

I love ‘em all. Can’t wait to see them again. Did I tell you they’re coming here for Christmas?? ~~Grandma

The twins had a ball, running around, picking up walnuts, looking at pumpkins, and riding the toy tractor.

Checking out the maze map.

Heading into the maze.

Walking a maze makes you thirsty!

I tried to get a picture of our three daughters and three grand-daughters together, but twins wanted nothing to do with such foolishness. They had things to do and places to go!

My camera was on the wrong setting when I took this picture, so the color is awful, but I’m posting it so you can see the awful bridge we had to cross to get to and from the farm. One skinny lane, and the railing on the right side of the picture was totally pushed over into a horizontal position. Yikes! And I’m *sure* there was an ogre nearby…

~~Rhonda

And a game or two of peek-a-boo!

Then we were off to the park for some play time.

It’s a beautiful day. Sunny blue skies, a slight breeze, about 60*, though it doesn’t feel cold.

It was tons of fun to watch the kidlets running from one play station to the next. Even the big girls joined in the fun.

You have to keep a close eye on this little one. She isn’t afraid to try any of these fun playthings.

Grandpa can swing two! two! two twins at once! First the right hand, then the left hand, then the right hand…

And Grandpa makes a good horsie, too.

Now nap time, then a trip to the pumpkin patch and the corn maze!

~~Grandma

“Grandma said we could pick all the flowers we wanted.”

Grandma’s future gardeners…

They are headed back home today. Fourteen hours in the car (give or take, depending on the quality of cooperation from the above gardeners). We are basically slouching today. Got up at 4:30 to say goodbye, so we’re movin’ kind of slow. Company coming for dinner tomorrow after church, so I do need to bake a pie and make some homemade vanilla ice cream today. Not doing much else, though!

~~Rhonda

Grandpa puts chocolate chips in his pancake batter. Can you tell?

Yeah for pancakes!

And after their afternoon nap, a little pool time.

They thought it was just as much fun to stand on the outside of the pool and play with the water as it was to actually be *in* the water.

I can do it myself!

Herding babies back to the pool…

And while the little girls played in the pool, the big girls picnicked under the mulberry tree.

Fun was had by all!

~~Rhonda