2019 IS GETTING AWAY FROM ME!

We had a very busy and fun summer. I haven't posted since June! We went on a lot of day trips with the kids (Sant's Village, hiking, train rides, Boston etc.), but many of the pictures didn't make it to this post.

Sam is so courageous! He loves the river and jumps in any chance he gets.

In January Mom passed away at the age of 95, but we had her Celebration of Life in July, so that everyone could attend.

 Mom would have loved it. All the siblings, all the husbands and wives....

 ....most of the grandchildren....

and 7 of the great-grandchildren came to honor our parents.

Cousins and friends also came. We even had a circus tent! There were tears, but laughing abounded and fun times were had by all.

Our BIG project his year was to get a new roof on the house. It was past due!!!

We had a fun night at NATIONAL NIGHT OUT!

The Bubble Pit is always our favorite.

The entire community comes out!

No baths tonight!

These guys started 5th grade and Kindergarten! OMG!

This guy turned 6!!!!

We added 2 new pets to our home. Meet Pirana and Bubbles the goldfish.

Sam is playing soccer this year.

We added a wider driveway to the family home that I grew up in. My siblings and I still own this and we rent to out on AirBnB.

All in all the last few months have been amazing!

Welcome to fall everyone!

CLARK'S TRADING POST

We have our own local fun spot, CLARK'S TRADING POST!
The best loved black bears on the planet. They are raised from cubs and live much longer than those in the wild.

They are only open from Memorial Day to Labor Day.

Old time photos.

Segway rides.

Climbing wall.

Water slide.

Bumper boats.

A THING OF BEAUTY!

These are the two oil tanks, original to the house, that are in our basement. The line coming into the house, the legs and the line to the furnace that goes under the slab are no longer up to code. The tank on the left is also rusted out on top.

You can see the basement stairs that they are going to have to use to get these old tanks out and the new one in.

These blue oil drums will hold the oil until they put in the new tank.

Here is the new tank just coming off the truck.

It's very heavy.

Is it going to fit?

It made it in the door.

It made it all the way down the stairs.

Now to get the second tank out.

The new tank is installed with the new line going overhead not under the slab. This should be good for 25-30 years.

I can now read the fill level too! The old one didn't work at all.

So happy to have this done!