Okay, okay, I know you've heard it before...
...but I'm sorry I haven't written in a while. I have been properly chastised on a number of occasions by a number of people about this, but I will apologize again.
We just came back from Missouri. We went down to Richland (actually Hazelgreen, which is about 40 mins southwest of Rolla) to meet up with Archie's sister and her family at her in-law's "U-Pick" blackberry farm. They go there every year to help out with the business and visit with Woody's family. Now that we are in Michigan, it was a good excuse to make the trip. Archie was born in Rolla, and lived there two other times in his life, so he wanted to show Rachel and I around a bit.
Highlights from our trip:
We took 2 canoe trips. We had the unfortunate experience of flipping the canoe over about 10 minutes down the river. Ordinarily that wouldn't have been too big of an issue (we've done it before Rachel was born), but Rachel's memory is getting really good and she was very upset about it for the entire trip, which was about 6 hours long. She kept saying "FALL DOWN!!" over and over. It was very hard to get her to feel at ease, even though she is usually very comfortable in water (we go swimming all the time). Oh, and just so you don't worry, Rachel had her life jacket on the whole time. We took a day off, then did a much calmer trip for our 2nd one, so we would hopefully make Rachel feel more comfortable in the boat. It worked, as she was mostly fine for the whole trip (4 hrs this time). It was just the kind of therapy she needed. Hopefully the next time we go, she will be even better.
Rachel is an accomplished blackberry picker now. She got really good at making sure she only picked the ones that were completely black (no red) and shiny. Then, we had to make sure she put them in the bucket instead of eating them all!! That was quite a challenge .
Rachel got to spend a lot of time with her cousins Emma (8) and Lillian (6). I think they are all enjoying their time together a lot more now that Rachel can actually "play" with them a lot more. She did learn a new word that I'd hoped that she wouldn't have until she has a little brother or sister... "MINE!" Oh boy, now we hear that all the time. BUT, she is also acting a lot more independent (which has its advantages and disadvantages) and determined in her actions (again, good and bad). Oh, and she learned the ABC song also. I'll try to get it on video and post it up for you guys :)
We got to spend some time with one of the Delps' neighbors who have a small 'farm' of their own. They have all sorts of animals that Rachel was able to get some real hands on experience with them all (goats, rabbits, horses, turkeys, hens, chicks, dogs, cats, kittens and guinea pigs). We also spent a lot of time with their kids, as they are close in age to Anne & Woody's girls. Rachel (and Archie and I) loved it all.
We just came back from Missouri. We went down to Richland (actually Hazelgreen, which is about 40 mins southwest of Rolla) to meet up with Archie's sister and her family at her in-law's "U-Pick" blackberry farm. They go there every year to help out with the business and visit with Woody's family. Now that we are in Michigan, it was a good excuse to make the trip. Archie was born in Rolla, and lived there two other times in his life, so he wanted to show Rachel and I around a bit.
Highlights from our trip:
We took 2 canoe trips. We had the unfortunate experience of flipping the canoe over about 10 minutes down the river. Ordinarily that wouldn't have been too big of an issue (we've done it before Rachel was born), but Rachel's memory is getting really good and she was very upset about it for the entire trip, which was about 6 hours long. She kept saying "FALL DOWN!!" over and over. It was very hard to get her to feel at ease, even though she is usually very comfortable in water (we go swimming all the time). Oh, and just so you don't worry, Rachel had her life jacket on the whole time. We took a day off, then did a much calmer trip for our 2nd one, so we would hopefully make Rachel feel more comfortable in the boat. It worked, as she was mostly fine for the whole trip (4 hrs this time). It was just the kind of therapy she needed. Hopefully the next time we go, she will be even better.
Rachel is an accomplished blackberry picker now. She got really good at making sure she only picked the ones that were completely black (no red) and shiny. Then, we had to make sure she put them in the bucket instead of eating them all!! That was quite a challenge .
Rachel got to spend a lot of time with her cousins Emma (8) and Lillian (6). I think they are all enjoying their time together a lot more now that Rachel can actually "play" with them a lot more. She did learn a new word that I'd hoped that she wouldn't have until she has a little brother or sister... "MINE!" Oh boy, now we hear that all the time. BUT, she is also acting a lot more independent (which has its advantages and disadvantages) and determined in her actions (again, good and bad). Oh, and she learned the ABC song also. I'll try to get it on video and post it up for you guys :)
We got to spend some time with one of the Delps' neighbors who have a small 'farm' of their own. They have all sorts of animals that Rachel was able to get some real hands on experience with them all (goats, rabbits, horses, turkeys, hens, chicks, dogs, cats, kittens and guinea pigs). We also spent a lot of time with their kids, as they are close in age to Anne & Woody's girls. Rachel (and Archie and I) loved it all.
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