June

Hello! Everybody is enjoying a beautiful summer, I hope! We've finally been getting some nice weather - Scott has finally been able to get some haying done and the beans are finally growing! Thank goodness!

Jacob has been busy with all sorts of adventures since I've posted last. Fair preperation is in full swing, we hear updates on the garden every day, and he continues to beg anybody who will listen to take him fishing.

Most mornings Jacob and I head to the farm to "teck on" his pigs. This year he has two barrows - Leonard and Sheldon (do you watch The Big Bang Theory?) and three gilts - Penny, Charlotte, and Matilda. He picked up right where he left off last year and jumped right in with the pigs. He and I "walk" them a few times a week which basically consists of Jacob chasing them while they

stretch their legs!

Jacob is extremely interested in the garden. Scott and I haven't planted peas in years since all we ever do is pick and eat them while we're out in the garden, but this year Scott suggested that we grow some for Jacob. He loves them! We picked a full ice cream pail of them yesterday and each time someone walked through our door he showed them our peas and made them eat some. He's so proud. Every day when we get back from the farm we walk to the garden and see what is "coming up" (to him that phrase includes sprouting, flowering, and just plain finding more peas). His enthusiasm can make anybody excited about anything!

Fishing has continued in Jacob's summer agenda. He's gone out a few more times with Scott and some friends and then with Scott, Kendall, and I as well. Again, he's so excited about the entire experience, as you'll see from the video below. If you've taken Jacob fishing once, you'll not hear the end! He will beg you every minute that he sees you from then on! He loves it so much that we have to pretend that we are fishing with him every day. He's obsessed!

I have more pictures coming from a few other fun things we did in June like going to the Train Museum with Grandma and Grandpa Rankin and also of Jacob flying his kite. Hopefully it won't take me another month to get those up!

Thanks for checking in! God bless! Scott, Kim, and Jacob

Sheldon and Leonard

Matilda and Charlotte

Matilda and Charlotte again.
Charlotte likes to take breaks while we try to walk them outside.

Penny - always finding something to chew on.

Jacob and Charlotte



Jacob feeding his cats - Cherry, Blueduck, and Joe Mauer

Loons!

Ryan helping Jacob.
Our friends are so great with him!

Brandon and Jacob catching a fish. Hilarious!

And he's out!