June: Finally, Spring has Sprung

😏A re-tired garden.... an experiment

to try to keep the weeds out

A garden-planting hazard...yuck

This unlucky egg fell out of the nest

RJ's last day of school was actually May 29th,

but I just found the pic!

Julia "graduated" on the same day.

Ana's girls celebrate the last day of school!

Lake Metigoshe sunset on the way back 

to the camper after playing pickleball

Always something that needs repair...

This time we hired Dave S. and his helper from Rugby

Getting new shingles...just on half of the roof.

Bob and the grandkids did the other sides

a couple of years ago.

Spotted this rainbow on the way home from Rugby...

Finally got to play pickleball outdoors in Rugby with friends

from Maddock, Cando, Wolford, and Rugby! 

Meet "Fauci" the newest member of Donna's family!

We had a busy week: Bob brought Matthew and Luke 

home from Jimmy's. We took them to the lake

on Saturday.  Here they  brave the cold water

at Lake Metigoshe.

Luke's sand piles

Matthew's moat

Walking on water :-)

We went to 8 p.m. Mass and when we got back,

the kids were hungry again, so we had

hot dogs

and smores....Take note--it's 10 p.m. and still light outside

Back to the farm on Sunday...the boys discovered

a lot of "old" toys, so they got creative.

Tom and Trina and family arrived on Monday.

Annika and Luke rode the scooter,

The parade started later with Jett, Caiden, Tom,

Matthew, Ariana, Annika, and Luke driving

Bob's "toys"

Caiden and Luke created a "car town"

Anni and Luke "swam"

On Wednesday, Tom, Trina, Ari, Anni, Jett, and

 Matthew drove to Killdeer to meet Mary Kate. 

Trina and Mary Kate greeted Bob, Diane, 

Caiden and Luke on Thursday.

Luke and Mary Kate

Kelly said that Jimmy fell asleep while

trying to outstare Mary Kate

Anni and Grace in the pool at the Aquatic Center

Some of the kids played pickleball, some went golfing, 

swimming, and to the playground at the school...

Matthew, Luke, and Caiden at the pool

Swinging Matthew

Anni and Grace sliding

Grampa Dan brought a tire hub and lots

of firewood, so we had more smores....

on Friday night

"Cool" smores firepit

Saturday was Baptism day for Mary Kate

at St. Joseph's in Killdeer. 

She got all dressed up in the Baptismal gown

that her Great-Grandma Mary (Bob's mom)

had made 54 years ago for her first granddaughter

Grace and Annika got dressed up, too

Kelly's dad is a deacon in the Catholic Church, 

so he baptized Mary Katherine

Deacon Dan had help from Ari and Andrew

Mary Kate with Jimmy and Kelly

and her godparents,

Tom and Trina

and her grandparents Dan and Nancy

and Bob and Diane...we are a lot happier than she is

at this point!

Cousins present were Andrew, Matthew, Caiden, 

Jett, Ariana, Annika holding Mary Kate, Grace, and Luke

Tom and Trina's family

Jimmy and Kelly's family

Since we could not attend Ariana's

Confirmation on June 18th in Iowa,

we took a picture in Killdeer.