Sunday, January 7, 2018

Summer 2017 - Part 2

Here are our summer adventures continued...more rig repairs, more life skills learned, more memories made...

Issues with our bedroom slide :-(  Bryan can usually fix most things, but this slide was another story.

Yes, that's a blow torch....don't even ask!

They gave it a great try, but it was still broken

Check out this little guy!

Just a small little dude!

A celebration cake when Braden made it to 30,000 Instagram followers

So proud!

Getting ready to go crabbing...

GranDaddy surveying his 40 acres!

C-R-A-B-S!!!



A beautiful sight indeed...



Um, he's not allowed up there...

Bodie was checking out the bounty from the garden.

Time to make the pickles!!!

My favorite ladies!

Cucumbers + love = PICKLES!!!!

The next step in the process!




Ready for the 4th of July!


After the ice melted....

This pickle process is hard work - Luckily Grammy and GranDaddy have it down to a SCIENCE!



Check out that set up...a very important part of the pickling process!


In they go....



Fireworks!


July 4, 2017

Practicing for their C&O Canal ride...


While they rode bikes, I walked the wooded trail at Martinak State Park and took pictures!

The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Museum opened and we were excited to check it out!









My handsome sidekick!










Love the Eastern Shore of Maryland



Getting ready for another day of crabbing


Doing what he does best...









Queen Anne's Lace...my favorite!

Old barns are a favorite, too!

This handsome dog loves to porch sit when we visit the mountain house!

No trip to Western Maryland is complete without a trip to the Country Club Mall!

Mountain house flowerbed...




We found this antique tackle box plus contents in the basement!

Pop-Pop's bomber jacket


My dollhouse from when I was a little girl...Mom-Mom and Pop-Pop made it with their own hands for me!

The guys getting ready the night before their C & O Canal trip! 


Early the next morning...

I love their team shirts :-)

At the beginning of the first day in Cumberland, Maryland...

He was a ready for adventure!

Day 1...Mile 1





There they go!!!!





Meanwhile, back at the mountain house...



Night 1

Ready for a hot meal...

Those smiles!

On the trail...

Back at the mountain house...

A little fishing...

Showing his grandmothers something interesting on the phone at dinner...

Aaron lost his phone on the C & O Canal...thankfully, a gentleman found it and we were able to stop and get it on the way to pick the guys up at their destination!  

The final leg of the journey...

Here they come!!!

Proud parents!!!

What an amazing accomplishment!!!










Back in Easton...making a cauliflower pizza!





The new bumper was delivered...now to get it to the shop...

This beautiful field of sunflowers is on the way to our favorite campground! 

Making homemade salsa/relish...



Making a peach pie, while we were feeling all domestic!


Those are the faces of concentration!!!

Sunny was overseeing the goings on!

Best Pie Ever!

Made with LOVE...


The grandsons 2017

Ready...Set...Jump!



Sun-kissed and eating crabs!

We love Cordova Cakery!

We love Grammy!

Birthday crab feast!



Hi there!

We have the best picnics!


Playing little cars with Drake


Um, not allowed up there either....

Back to the mountain house to clean out the basement and attic

Hard working man!






Porch sitting at its finest!

For sale...







On our way to Space Camp!  Thanks for a wonderful summer!!!



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