June flew by!

Raspberries are harder to pick than blueberries, but according to the kids, braving the prickers was worth it. All of Abby's raspberries went into her mouth... all of Margaret's went onto the ground... it took me an hour to pick the blades of grass out... Picking blue berries and raspberries, a tradition for us on the last day of Belle Meade... hot and sunny... kept Abby covered up but didn't think of myself... owwy sunburn on my shoulder for a couple days... wish we tanned like the big kids...

Spinning the wheel for the Summer Reading Program. Watched Bill Wellington sing some silly folk songs. Abby told him, "My daddy knows that song!" when he sang, "she'll be coming around the mountain..."

AP hated the clothes I picked out for him... but I thought he looked very handsome... this is a clue we were searching for and found on a mail box... he and I love this game the most!

Hot day searching for clues in F'burg for the annual Itty Bitty City... had to stop for ice cream... no more ff cookies and cream... so sad...

Remodeled Bealeton Train Depot. The kids held hands on their own- I didn't tell them to do that! ( I did threaten them that I won't take all three of them together on my own anywhere else if they didn't behave extremely well, though...)

Enjoying the pool at Belle Meade on the last day of camp. It's in a beautiful setting... if I lived there I'd never want to leave... Old Rag, Rappahanock River, they had to drag us out of the pool!

Kids night at Chick-Fil-A... Margaret wasn't sure if the cow was real or not... Abby set her straight!

We had visits from all of the grandparents during the month of June!

The big kids went to Belle Meade day camp for two weeks and Abby and I enjoyed all sorts of activities in town each day before we picked them up.

We went to Fredericksburg one Sat. to search for the Itty Bitty City clues. We didn't find them all yet, but we love hunting for the architectural features in town. It was so hot, but after we all started to melt down (Margaret, literally!) we stopped for ice cream to refresh ourselves.

We also spent June working on the house. We power washed, stained the porch, added a loft to the new shed, insulated the cellar, cleaned out the back porch and purged... it's amazing how much we've accumulated in the last 10 years... and we we're starting to look like an episode of "Hoarders." The projects are ongoing, and it's been a bit overwhelming... sometimes I feel like we're just moving junk from one place to another!

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