August,sweet August.......

One of the most exciting things to come home to was our egg laying ladies!  It's like Easter everyday.  At first there was an egg every other day, then an egg a day, and more recently we are getting three eggs a day.  The one white hen lays white eggs and the brown chickens lay big brown eggs.  The one original chick (a.k.a. "Chicky Baby") isn't laying yet.   

Upon returning from Nantucket, John was thrown right back into the thick of Trek preparations. August is always a hectic work time for him, but the kids and I tried to eek out some fun and relaxation during the last couple of weeks of summer that we had.

We managed to make it to the Addison County fair with the Harris/Plimpton crew, as well.

Hazey pointing out an "enormous" rabbit buck

Cally making friends with goats

Cal enjoying a pony ride (Hazen decided to pass again this year)

Checking out a balloon animal made from a somewhat creepy old clown

Loving the tractor display!

Getting wacky on the merry-go-round

Fired up to be on the fire engine ride

 

Upon getting off this rinky dink roller coaster, Cal said, "Mom, I'm NEVER doing that again"

 We did end up leaving the fair early.  Medora took the photo below.

There was lightening lighting up the sky and thunder rumbling, but they never stopped the rides.

While John was training his leaders, I brought the kids to a great music festival in Huntington.  Claire Mahoney and I hauled chairs, cocktails, and eats in the wagon and hardly had to think about the kids while we listened to great music in a beautiful setting.  It was lovely.

We also made it to some swimming hole hiking adventures:

And capped our last unstructured day of summer off with a trip to Circus Smirkus with the Mahoney girls:

While Dad was busy, he did manage to squeeze in some quality time with the kids through the stretch of insanity. 

And the kids even joined the Trek leaders for "Funky Bowling Night"-- costumes and all.

As much as I loved our whimsical, unstructured part of the summer in early August, I think the kids and I are sort of all right with a little impending structure on the horizon.