Yesterday Kassie released the last of my 2020 monarchs...

Our 4-year-old granddaughter Lucy is playing her first season of soccer this fall.

Our 2 colonies of honeybees have worked hard this summer.

A simple summer childhood pleasure,...

The twins, Kassie and Kelsey (2nd-graders) are both playing flag football this year.

My favorite feature of our Wayne County property is the creek that runs through it.

The month of August is a blur.

Shenandoah Youth Football is underway, with my 5th-grade grandson Kaden playing for the Packers with my son/his daddy Kristoffer coaching the Packers as well as being President of the league this year.

Our oldest grandson Karter is playing 7th grade football for Shenandoah Middle School.

We saw this sign outside an Outer Banks restaurant...so true.  In fact, I might change "ALL YEAR" to "FOREVER"!