This year Santa just wasn't that impressive!
We Love the Zoo!
Probably the best money we have spent this year was a year membership for the Indianapolis Zoo! Not only do we enjoy going there but Rman loves seeing the animals and just being outside in general.
Shark petting!
Walking the gardens...
Partners in crime!
Flamingo Mingle!
Riding on the shark!
Harrison and Roarke!
We made many trips there this summer and are looking forward to heading back when the weather warms up!
Trick or Treat!
Forgive me as I play catch up!
Roarke was my favorite animal/fish for Halloween! You guessed it! A Great White Shark! We decided on going to Aspen Trace for trick or treating since it was a nice safe option. All the residents loved Roarke's costume and just seeing how much he has grown!
I feel blessed that I can continue the relationship with my residents and former staff members and they are able to impact Roarke's life growing up!
Happy Halloween!
Family Photos 2016
Well, there is no hiding that blogging has not been my priority lately. I'm sorry my friends. I hope that just getting an update every now and again is okay. I wish I could promise that I would update more often, but the Homestead definitely is much much MUCH more work than you might expect. And with a toddler on my hands that makes getting anything done a lot more difficult. Recently, we have been trying to get numerous things done around here before winter hits and the holidays arrive. I feel very thankful for my parents who have definitely put their fair share of work into the house and property. I think once we get past living here for the first year we might be able to feel like we have more of a handle on things.
Anyways... onto topics that put a smile on your face! This year, to save a little money we decided to take a stab at doing our own yearly family photo session. And where else? The Homestead! I feel so blessed to live somewhere I love so much and has an infinite backdrop for pictures. It was also nice that we could do them when they were convenient for us and it was much less stressful on Remington since he was in his own element and didn't have a ton of different distractions. Hope you enjoy! We definitely felt that we got a few good ones ;)
We really wanted to take some in the later fall season when the leaves changed, but with all the rain and wind we've had here our leaves just kind of fell instead of changing much. We'll save those for next year I guess. So looking forward to adding one of these to our photo gallery wall!
Anyways... onto topics that put a smile on your face! This year, to save a little money we decided to take a stab at doing our own yearly family photo session. And where else? The Homestead! I feel so blessed to live somewhere I love so much and has an infinite backdrop for pictures. It was also nice that we could do them when they were convenient for us and it was much less stressful on Remington since he was in his own element and didn't have a ton of different distractions. Hope you enjoy! We definitely felt that we got a few good ones ;)
We really wanted to take some in the later fall season when the leaves changed, but with all the rain and wind we've had here our leaves just kind of fell instead of changing much. We'll save those for next year I guess. So looking forward to adding one of these to our photo gallery wall!
Tomato Pickin'
When we moved to the Homestead my Dad brought out four tomato plants and put them in a garden area that the previous owners already had made. I had grand plans of taking care of those little plants, but all the work that needed done around the house took top priority. So those plants had to fend for themselves and that they did. They survived with the very little rain we got for a while and also the big storms that came. And guess what! They grew huge and produced a ton of tomatoes! Going out to check on them became a favorite evening activity for our family.
Daddy and R-man with a juicy tomato! Too bad this puppy was dropped and busted a few seconds after this photo was taken!
See the little R-man making his way out to the tomato patch!
Let's go Roarke! We have tomatoes to pick!
Yes we are so proud of our tomatoes!
We definitely had fun this year with our four little plants! Next year I'm wanting to tackle a much bigger garden. Tomatoes, corn, onions, potatoes, pumpkins! Oh the fun we will have!
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