colors...

 Ben still attends (and loves) karate.  In the summer they have some themed week & this one was red, white, and blue week-- so we colored the hair.  There's also crazy hair week (pictures to follow).  Even though Spence doesn't take karate, he likes to get in on the themes.

Here's my funky pedicure; toes ready for the Phish show in Bangor.

And more colors:  anniversary flowers for me from Jay.  We celebrated our 14th wedding anniversary on July 3rd.  

misc summer

This is one cool dude...

Spence seems to think candy is one of the major food groups

At a golf lesson

Spencer's version of putting

Oh.  And these guys like to eat.  All. The. Time.

Spence loves to swim!

Spencer is pretty fearless.  This is why we strap a life jacket on him when we're near the water.  He loves to swim.  Luckily so does Ben-- they spend a lot of time jumping off the boat.

more catch up

 We did one week of swim lessons so far this year-- the very first (COLD!) week and haven't been back since other things got in the way.  (Well, plus Spencer decided he didn't really want to do swim lessons.)  We may get back, but in the meantime I have this sweet photo of Spencer at the public beach, playing while big brother had his lesson...

Here's big brother with some of his tattoos.  He wanted more, but we ran outta space...

 Summer solstice-- I attempted 108 sun salutations.  Here's a photo of me in reverse namaste', gearing up for a day of yoga...

 Shelling native Maine peas-- some of our favorites!

Me and B.

playing catch up!

Ben helping run the excavator!

 I've been quiet lately, so I'm playing catch up.  Sue and Phil needed a new septic, so we had some cool heavy equipment around here.  The boys actually got to take turns operating the excavator & here's a picture of Ben having a lesson...

Lots of playing in the mud during this rainy time we've had

 Spence loves the mud.  And we've had lots of rain.  That's a good mix...

This kid is almost SEVEN!!

 This handsome man will be seven in less than a month-- that's really hard for me to believe.  

Jay and Ben practicing their golf swing

Ben took some golf lessons this summer (and more to come!), which in turn gave Jay the golf itch again.  They both really love it.  Guess I should learn how to swing a club...