Catch up rewind

We have been terrible keeping up the blog lately.  I was going through pictures this evening and realized we never posted any photos of graduations last spring or of our fun little trip to Storyland in New Hampshire back in June!  We went with some family friends.  Harper was sick the first day and had to stay back at the hotel with mom but rallied the next day and a great time was had by all!  Here are a few photos of those events, along with a bonus shot of Ida and Harper at one of our favorite local places, Davis Farm.

Harper's preschool graduation

 Ida's kindergarten graduation

 

 

Davis Farm

Storyland

Overdue summer post

We are long overdue for a blog entry, so we'll split it into two different parts. First, we missed an important birthday - Amy! Ben even managed to secure a proper cake and everything.

Then Ben took the girls out to Ohio for a fun long weekend. It was great to see Grandma Gerber in Indiana.

We had a little get together in Berkey for Ida's birthday. Here's the boys catching up on the porch.

A table full of cousins!

There was an amazing Wonder Woman cake, as requested.

After the cake!

Here's Granddad and Grandmama with their great-grandkids!

We were sorry to say goodbye, but it was a great visit.

Back in Boston, the party began again. Like last year, we went bowling. Unlike last year, we bowled candlepin style - for those not familiar, the balls are smaller and more manageable.

A room full of good friends.

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Cake!

And finally a nice pic from our hike up in the Blue Hills.

Florida!

We had a wonderful time in Florida.  Here are the girls at the airport, ready to board the plane to Disney World!

Lots of fun.

The girls really enjoyed spending so much time with their cousins!

They met lots of fun characters!

Ida Jane was transformed into Pirate Kate Starcastle and Harper became a mermaid.

Disney World was a lot of fun.  Our next stop was Naples!

The girls love the beach.

July 4th with cousins.

It was great seeing Meme and Baba.

A silly one!

It's hard to believe the summer vacation has just begun.  More adventure is sure to come!

Riding and dancing

Ida Jane has been riding her bike without training wheels for a few weeks now. Here she is on the day she figured it all out.



And here's a video of our little ballerina performing in May. She worked really hard and we were very proud of her!