A Rainy July Day at the Farm

As promised...A farm update.  Over the weekend we had some cool weather which was a nice reprieve from the normal July heat.  We invited Aunt Miranda, Connor and Joslyn over for some farm fun.  The land looks beautiful right now.  Scott, with a little help from Milo and me has transformed these 4.5acres of native land to a plentiful gentleman's ranch.  I will let the pictures do the talking.

Milo at the front gate.

Check out that corn

In this picture you can see pumpkins in front, then pole beans, tomatoes and some of the corn.

On the east side of the garden we have our compost bins made from old palettes, watermelon, a variety of squash and more corn.

A little better view of the east perimeter of the garden. 

Scott painted the shed and barn last year. 

Liesel spends most of our time at the farm in a backpack.  Otherwise, she ends up filthy with a mouthful of whatever she can find.  This was the best shot I could get of her. 

Joslyn saying hello to our neighbor's horses.  

Connor Riding Sam, bare back I might add.

Joslyn and Miranda with Sam

Milo taking his turn. 

I can't get over how fast my nephew is growing up.  Here he is looking adorable. 

A better view of the tomatoes.  You can see some of our peppers to the left.

The only tomatoes that are ripe so far are these beauties. 

peppers

Milo snacking right off the vine. 

Sunflowers on the left and on the left, corn of course. 

Playing in the sand box. 

Our chickens often drift over into our garden.  

We had to fence off our berry patch because the cows started to munch on them. 

This is our project for next week.  Scott and I are planning on taking some time off of our office jobs and put together Milo and Liesel's play set. 

More egg laying chickens. 

The "meat" chickens hanging out in their chicken trailer.  The brown bird is a turkey.  We have two of them.  Scott calls them Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Here are the cows hanging out on the south side of the property. 

Liesel also got to go for a horse ride. 

I love you SO much!

There is not much to report from the Aschermann household.  Both kids continue to grow too fast and keep us on our toes.  No teeth for Ms. Liesel yet, but she sure seems to be working on them.  Milo is starting to enjoy his little sister (most of the time).    She does frustrate him when he is trying to build blocks, color or do anything productive. I think he is starting to view her more like a playmate and less like a baby.  Fun tidbit about Milo at this age.   Every time someone asks what does your shirt say he says, "I love you SO much".  I have no idea where he came up with it, but I love it.  Plus, it is a good way to get him to say "I love you".

The farm is looking beautiful.  We are currently up to our eyballs in zucchini, carrots and beets. I will try to take some pictures and do a farm update soon.

Little Liesel Loo being cute!

Milo being cute and looking like a big boy

Trouble, I tell you, Trouble!!!

Sink Baths. 

Our current farm guests.

Scott's Chicken Tractor

Milo helping Nana Shuck the corn

Working on the teethers. 

In front of Nana and Papa's house. 

Summer Time. The Livings Easy.

We are enjoying the summer now that it is in full action:  barbeques, swimming, biking, gardening, concerts and just tons of fun.  Both of the kids are in phases of rapid growth. Milo is so fun to carry on conversations with.  I noticed yesterday that we were out of the phase of just repeating each other.  He has so many funny thoughts and I love that he can express them now.  He is so imaginative.  We spend a lot of time pretending to be doggies, owls, monsters, horses, motorcycle guys, firemen and working guys.  He has fallen in love with the farm.  We now have to make sure that when we take him, we have at least an hour so he can play.  If not there is usually a fairly epic temper tantrum.  Liesel  is officially crawling.  You put her down and in a couple of seconds she is no where to be found.  She is much more wiggly, much faster and way more trouble than Milo was at this age.  We never went through a phase with Milo where we couldn't leave him on the changing table because he just laid there patiently.  Two seconds after laying Liesel down she is rolling over, trying to stand up and preparing to launch off of the table.  She prefers to be standing and is always in search of something to pull up onto. I do believe she will be walking in a couple of months.  The one thing she does have in common with her older brother is her love for food.  That little girl has one healthy appetite and will eat anything (including dog food, the dog bowl now must be removed from the floor if Liesel is around).  She is plumping up and Bosco is slimming down.  She is a smiley sweet baby and has the most kissable cheeks ever!  

Pool Fridays with Sloaney

Milo driving the tractor down at the farm.

Her shirt says it all!

Hanging at the Five Parks 1st Summer Concert

Hanging with Daddy

Lunch with the Cousins

Milo picked out his outfit.  Note the gloves in June.

Happy Girl

Milo and his buddy Truman at the park

Daddy took us to go see the go cart races.  Milo loved it!

Barbecue at the Escorcia's.

What a wonderful group of ladies.

Sloane and Milo showing off what they got.  Note the awesome shoes.

Last weekend we went up to the mountains.  Mom and Dad went to Michael Huff's wedding while Uncle Matt and Bo watched Milo and Liesel.  We are so lucky to have so much help.  Milo insisted on sleeping on the top bunk which has no guard rails which means Mom slept with him.  He loved sleeping "high".  I do believe we will be getting bunk beds once the kids start sharing a room.  One with guard rails.  

Hiking

Rock Climbing

Playing in the River

Some Mom and Dad Time on the Gondola up to the top of Keystone.

It was a great wedding!

Matt and Heather have moved back to Colorado and we are so excited to see them more often and Liesel looks forward to more snuggles. 

Grammy watch Milo and Liesel this week while.  She helped Milo make a zoo out of his legos.  That Grammy is too much fun!