Fun at Grandma Orchard's Farm

This is a random assortment of pictures of being at my mother-in-law's farm in Kentucky this summer. As you can see, they are having lots of fun.

Evan sitting with cousin Maelyn while watching fireworks.

Benjamin having fun with fireworks.

Benjamin and Evan try to help cousin Jeffery open his birthday presents as Maelyn watches.

Benjamin hands Jeffery the next present.

Evan helps lick frosting off the birthday cake decorations from Jeffery's cake.

Jacob says "Mmmmm. Cake is good!"

Jeffery and Benjamin at Jeffery's 13th birthday gathering.

Jacob just hanging around:)

Benjamin brought us a snail to look at.

Close up of the snail.

Jacob having fun rocking on Tigger.

Having fun with friends on the trampoline.

Evan looks at the baby goats.

Jacob likes the baby goats too. This one is Pepper.

Evan with his favorite goat Crystal.

Benjamin in the barn with the goats. Benjamin has been learning how to do all the farm chores and milk the goats.

Jacob decorates grandma's porch with chalk.

Benjamin on a horse ride with Rita. This horse is Orchid. Soon after leaving, it poured rain, but they all had fun riding anyway.


Evan on a horse with daddy.

Jacob on a horse with Grandma Orchard.

Bedtime stories with daddy.

View out of the front window of Grandma's house.

Playing with bubbles on the porch with cousin Jessi.

Jacob likes to push the lawnmower.

Evan likes racing on the tricycle.

Jacob, Evan and Benjamin on the piano.

Farmboy Evan!

Evan gets a swing from daddy and cousin Anthony.

Benjamin throwing a frisbee for Grandma.

Benjamin splashes around the pool in Grandma's back yard.

Fort Boonesborough

My mother-in-law lives about 3 1/2 miles from Fort Boonesborough in Kentucky but I had never been . So when my neice and nephew's grandma from California came to visit, we all went.Here we are in front of the Fort. Jenny, Evan, Benjamin and Jacob.

Benjamin called this the "trapper" and wanted his picture taken. I think it was really where they stored things.

Benjamin sitting with a good view of the inside of the Fort behind him.

My neice Maelyn with Evan on her shoulders and her Grandma Carla.

Benjamin goes into one of the cabins.

Benjamin watches them spin yarn.

Brave little boys

Jacob and Benjamin both had minor surgeries today. Jacob had tubes in his ears and Benjamin had his tonsils and adenoids taken out. Both went very smoothly and they are doing well. They looked so cute in their little hospital gowns. These are the pictures they actually take there at the hospital and give to the parents.

Jacob with the nurse. He didn't even cry for the surgery. He cried when he heard the other kids crying.

Benjamin with Dr. Salley. He did great with everything but the IV but like mom, he has a thing about needles.

Bubbles, bubbles everywhere!

The boys LOVE bubbles but I get really tired of blowing after a while so with some help from Aunt Linda, they got a Winnie the Pooh bubble machine that they love. Here they are in action!

Because the bubbles come out of Pooh's honey pot, they call them "honey bubbles."

Benjamin tries to taste the bubbles.

So many bubbles!

Jacob tries to catch bubbles.

Evan trying to catch bubbles.

Happy Easter!

Here are the boys all dressed up on Easter morning.


Benjamin, Jacob and Evan.

Fun in the Sun!

We had some really warm weather for a couple of weeks and so the boys wanted to get out in their swim trunks as soon as they saw me changing over clothes. So we got out the Dora the Explorer sprinkler on a day when it got up in the 80's and they had fun!

Fun in the sprinkler!

Benjamin's thinking, this water is cold!


Jacob is happy to get in on the action this year.


Jacob tried to catch the water.


Evan likes to pose for the camera.

With the warm weather, they have also discovered the joys of ice cream. Here are a few pictures of them enjoying one of their favorite treats!