Hay Day

Wednesday was hay day at the Ranch. I'm pretty sure this is Andy's favorite day of the year. He left work a litte early to get in on the action.

Levi kept saying, "Help, working." I think he wanted to be a part of it but was a little afraid of all the noise from the hay elevator and tractors. His favorite part was watching the round bails being dumped out of the back of a trcuk and rolling on the grass.
I had to get a picture of Andy- I told him it was 7 years ago on hay day that I fell in love with him...well, or that I decided that he was really cute and I wanted to get to know him :-) These are blurry from all the hay dust in the air.

Here is the crew.

For Larry's sake I think the Ranch should hire a chiropractor and masseuse.

I didn't get any picture of Sadie with the hay because I was 'wearing' her in the baby carrier. Here she is showing off for the camera. She says mama, dada, uh oh, more and I think she calls Levi buba. We might have a talker on our hands!

Happy Birthday Nana XOXO!

Levi made a birthday video for Nana (it was a little prompted as you will see.)

Daddy's Day

The kids got Fathers Day shirts: Levi's says, "Dad's Number 1 Fan" and Sadie's says, "I love My Dad."

The Strawberry Festival in Owego was today and it was a WASHOUT! It poured so Emily and the kids didn't go to the parade. Andy drove the tractor for the float and we all met up later for some good junkfood for lunch! Levi got a tattoo of a croccodile (our church's VBS theme this year is "Croccodile Dock") The girls putting it on his face are in my Sunday School class.

Roger dressed up for the parade. Here he is by the Ranch's booth/tee pee

Rainy, but pretty.

Sadie stayed dry and Levi just got wet on his legs, or when he leaned out of the stroller.

The youth group's senior banquet was Saturday. This is just before we left so Andy had lost his tie already (for the skit he was in.)

The skit was ridiculous! Four men played ChinKin characters of the 4 graduating boys. We couldn't stop laughing!

Here is Andy playing Morgan-thosse are Levi's baby shoes he is wearing too :-)

Nana and Papa's visit was fruitful for Levi. They brought along this wonderful noisy truck for him to play with. :-)Last weekend Levi was watching some Sunday afternoon baseball with Andy and he began to swing a toy spatula like a bat. I decided it was time to get the kid a tee ball set. Papa said he is a natural and has nice form. You will notice a scratch on his chin. This is from an accident at the Big Dipper (ice cream joint) where he fell off a swing.

This is my favorite picture- it looks like he is practicing his golf swing- look at that follow through and weight shifting to his left foot! Atta boy!

Levi's first dip in the pool this year. You can see from his face that he is unsure of it, and that it is VERY cold!

We walked along with the Ranch's float in the Apalachin Fireman's Field Days Parade. It was a lot of fun (and good free advertising for the Ranch :-) )

Zane wanted to drive the tractor!

The girls on the float.

Paintball guys who walked along side the float.