Canoeing at the Lake

Miranda really wanted to take the kids out to canoe.  In theory, I also liked the idea.  What I did not like though, was having to drive very far, and then to have to have the truck drive to the end point.  The point-to-point paddling did not entice me, and an all-day event definitely did not entice me.  Fortunately, we came up with a fabulous solution! We went canoeing on the lake!  It was perfect. Dad drove the canoes out and helped us unload them.  Miranda and her 4 kids, and me and my 4 kids and 5 canoes all went out for a ride.  We paddled around the lake and checked out the shore and had a really nice time. The exciting adventure took less than 3 hours and was quite fulfilling.  10/10 would do it again.

And here are the fun photos to document the event, in utterly random order:

 

Celebrating Dad's Birthday

We went out to visit Mom after church.

And we officially celebrated Dad's birthday with family.

He enjoyed his cake.

Alex patiently waiting for his slice.

Good loot was had.

After the massive Pie Event, it was nice to have a low-key celebration with Dad.

Did someone say Pie?!

Dad had his annual Birthday Pie Party.  Apparently I was sadly negligent with the photo-taking and also forgot to nab whatever pictures Dad took.  So this is all I got.  But It is the most important!!!  I have the pie lineup list of all the pies we made. 15 different pies, and a total of 26 pies. Plus a few more were brought in by guests. It was a most successful event.

 

A girl and her critters

Marian likes the critters.  Salamnders are cool, but Cicadas hang around longer.

 

There were goats too

The goats were vastly entertaining.

The goats followed the girls up here in hopes of scoring some treats.

They were really cute!

Not a goat, but also very cute!

This cracked me up! Charlotte climbed the fence to reach the higher up leaves so she could feed them to the goats.  This goat was smart enough to use the step stool to get closer.

We took the goats out for a walk, in hopes of letting them enjoy nibbling the underbrush that could use some clearing out.

Spoiler: goats do not walk well, nor do they nibble on command.

Also not a goat, but it was fun to see Aaron between his MTC Home studying.