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Iron’s Fruit Farm

We spent this morning at Iron’s Fruit Farm. It’s a yearly tradition we always look forward to. The kids liked looking at the animals ~ llamas, goats, horses, pigs, ducks, rabbits ~ and getting in a fire engine, going on a hayride, picking out a pumpkin, and of course buying cider donuts, cider, apples, and…

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Thomas came back!

In what has become a yearly tradition, we recently spent a morning downtown with Thomas the Tank Engine. We didn’t ride the train this year but did get our picture with him and enjoyed all the festivities of the day. Some events were the bounce house, a magician, a musician, train activities, tattoos, putt-putt, and…

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Labor Day Weekend

We were graciously allowed to spend this past weekend at a little cabin on Diamond Lake in Indiana.  We were told it was a relaxing, peaceful, restful place and we were not disappointed.  Weekend activities included fishing, swimming, boating (row boat and paddle boat), cooking s’mores, laying in the hammock, going on a walk, playing…

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Caesar’s Creek

A few weeks ago we went to Caesar’s Creek with our good friend Rachael and her kids Sam and Sarah.  The kids loved playing in the sand and ventured into the water some too even though it wasn’t the hottest day ever.  Rachael took these pictures and I just got them from her so I…

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