Stonecipher Farm: Summertime and the living is easy

I'm writing it in here because I'm terrible at maneuvering through making of the blogs....please click on "read more" at the bottom of the page to see the whole post. I don't know why.

Able's nutty dance with fire. I now have many pictures of Able, but have yet to be successful in taking one that comes out in focus. Here he is at night, but even the shots I've gotten of him in the daytime come out just as blurry - I think it's just the speed that Able feels most comfortable moving at. I love this picture, but I also think it's very funny that this is perhaps the most descriptive picture I have of him - here captures the essence of Able.

You know the old saying...The family that gets the bugs off Gideon together stays together.

A kids only canoe trip at the Abbey River.

This was a sea voyage with Uncle Dougie.

That guy has a PhD!

Anna seeding the carrots.

Carrots taste EVEN better, when you seed them yourself. Even kids know that.

Outdoor summer time perfect day.

How many kids can you count in this picture?

The kids seriously buried a water baloon they broke, and made it a grave stone.
"we watched him slowly fade away..."

A day of extremes in the sand box.

This was Gideons first day in his life as captain. We stuck him in this enclosure to keep an eye on his skills. He did great, and we let him out into the river. He did amazing. He was 5!

Gideon wanted his birthday party down at the river. Boats, swimming, fire and hot dogs , friends, family, and more friends.

His sisters made this cake, from scratch, and decorated it, to look like the river party. I hid it, and when I pulled it out, it was covered with real ants!! Just like the real party!

He's just so damn happy in this picture, we had to include it. This is at pemequid beach, which is a surprisingly nice beach, with perfect florida like sand.

Check out that farmers' tan.

The kids wrote "Mao" in time lapse glow sticks bouncing on a trampoline, when I asked "KIDS! Who's your favorite communist dictator?!"

Enter into life: Hugo.

Born August 26th 2016. He's everybody's favorite little brother. And he's easily my favorite baby!

This is literally the first time sun hit his face. Imagine that.

His little life began at such a dynamic part of the year.... so much transition in the air... summer into fall... blueberries into pumpkins.... We took him for his first little walk around the farm, that will have been his home for his whole life someday... or where he grew up anyway...