Bee Joyful

About 2 weeks ago, Rick got on an airplane to go to Germany and Uncle Karl, "UK" got on a plane to visit us here! Karl was able to stay for 2 weeks and Rick was only gone for one so they did get to see each other! We had some wonderful visits with Karl and Rick was able to call each day and send some pictures. It was also Popop's birthday and Alex and Addison made sure they had enough candles on the cake! Alex is so generous to share his apple with Addison...  Addison was hired on to power wash Omi and Popop's driveway. He is almost done. The hardest part is time! I think we need an extra 3 hours a day. Really.  We took a tour of Old Salem Village in Winston Salem, NC. The village was started by German immigrants. It was fun reading the names on all the homes.  This nice lady demonstrates how to cook on the open hearth. We were so hungry at this point we were ready to grab the bread and run!  We discovered a tree with some big fruit falling all ove...

 We took out first field trip of the year! Omi, Addison, Atley, Gemma, Ethan and I headed to Marbles Museum downtown Raleigh. It was more fun than we could have imagined! While we were on that adventure, Alex and Rick were in the mountains of Virginia. Rick had work in Roanoke and Alex went with him. We all had a wonderful time and convened here again on Friday evening. The pictures are a bit out of order, but that is what you get here!  Alex working on the new shed...  Atley loves animals so here she is, getting a start a vet school....  Looks pretty stiff? Maybe it needs something?  Alex also enjoys learning from out friend, Jeff.  Best friends at the game area...  Gemma and Atley built this up HUGE!  Atley is balancing on a pile of these building blocks.  She couldn't figure out why I wanted her picture here! Believe it or not, the hurdles here were one of the biggest hits! I had to put this in! Yes, A...