Plowing Match

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Next weekend we will be hosting the New Brunswick Provincial plowing competition. They were here today setting up and measuring plow plots.

Back to School

Carrie went back to school yesterday. Grade 9. High school. All grown up. Just 9 years ago we had 5 kids getting on the bus..Tanya in grade 12 , Stacy in grade 10, Jesse in grade 8, Victoria in grade 6 and Carrie just starting kindergarten. Now just Carrie. Anyone notice a sad moment here?

Family Reunion

We had our family reunion last weekend here at the farm. I'd like to thank Peter & May for answering the call for pictures and sending me some, and May for her excellent photography. In attendance were Grandma & her sister Joan; Joan's sons Chris & Joyce, Gordon & Shari, and her daughter Linda & Keith; Chris's son Sandy & his girlfriend Erica; Sheila & Art; Dan, Nick & his girlfriend Karine; Mike & his girlfriend Elaine; Bruce & Sarah; Tanya, Emma, Madilyn & Sarah; Stacy, Gilbert, Kara & Bradford; Carrie; Peter & May; and our cousin Anne & Doran. (32 to save you from counting!)
We had a BBQ, drank some beer & wine, had a corn boil , bonfires and went for a nice drive on the Kingston peninsula, then out to Welsford to Mount Hope cemetery where Grandma and Joan's grandparents are buried, into Saint John and visited Fernhill cemetery where Grandpa is buried as well as Grandma's & Joan's parents and many other relatives on the Bayard side.


Great pic of one of the bonfires!

Nick, Mike & Peter played us some tunes.

A reunion would not be complete without Carrie jumping the string fire!

And we have a new Gator driver this year!

Barley & Straw

foseekWe got most of our grain combined this past weekend. Our neighbour Everett came over with his combine and put on quite a show for the city folk that arrived for the reunion. I got one load of grain in my dump trailer , and then Jeff (who happened to be getting married that afternoon) brought over his truck and we loaded that. After a brief honeymoon, he delivered the grain to another farmer the next day. Carrie, and then Carrie and her friend Beth helped me bale the straw and stack it in the barn.

Girl gone Wild

Here is a pic of Emma just before she took off with Art's motorcycle. Yeesh, they start early. And in case you were wondering who put her up to it, check out the second picture. Who else!

Happy Birthday T J

As of Saturday, August 23rd, this cool looking dude in the shades is finally as old as his wife. Which I hear is closer to 50 than 0! Too bad you didn't make it to the reunion, but I hear you had a great time anyways. Happy belated birthday.

Happy Birthday Tanya

Little Tan Tan turns 26 today! Have a good day Tanya!!

Happy Birthday Grandma

Grandma turns 80 today. On Sunday we had a small party for her at a cottage that our good friends Lloyd and Gloria let us use, overlooking the beautiful Bay of Fundy, out near Duck Pond beach. We saw fog. But a good time was had by all. We had a barbecue, and walked down to the beach. Stacy made Grandma a cake, and Grandma managed to get all the candles blown out.

Great Blue Heron

I was quietly working away up at the shed today, preparing for a new concrete floor, when I noticed I was being watched by a bird. He was watching me pretty closely and never moved so I decided to get my camera. I think I have mentioned before that I should have a cell phone with a camera. He was camera shy and tried to sneak away, but I got a few pictures before he decided to use his wings.

Buddy

This is Buddy, a rabbit Carrie adopted after the school tours. She had to redo his cage because he kept chewing through the plastic mesh we had on it. Maybe we should get a female and start breeding rabbits and send them up to Glassville? And speaking of nuts, this sweet looking heifer is really nuts.

Bulldozing

We had a dozer in for a few days doing some land forming and leveling. He did quite a job getting a new field that we had cleared ready for tile drainage. He also land formed behind our other house and it looks very good. It is nice to have a bulldozer around every so often.

New Barn, New Truck

Stacy & Gilbert, Kara & Bradford in front of their new red truck and their new red barn. I guess red is ok, as long as the tractors stay green.

Cooling off in the pool

Sarah & Carrie enjoy the pool on one of the hot afternoons we had this past week. Hot and humid!

The corn is growing

David went back to Ottawa this morning, after helping us hay. He worked hard while he was here and we will miss him. The corn was about a foot high when he got here 4 weeks ago. It may have been dry, but the corn likes the heat. The barley is not doing too badly either!

Brigitte came to visit!

We had the pleasure of a visit with Brigitte and her two children, Oscar and Xavier. They stayed with us Monday and Tuesday night, we drank some wine(not the kids), and reminisced about old times. Brigitte remembers, among other things, Tanya's first day of kindergarten. In case anyone is interested, here is a picture of us in 1987, when Brigitte, Sari, and Gloria were Canada World Youth participants, and we were a host family. Tanya stayed to visit with her, and Stacy came over and made cherry pie. Emma and Madilyn played well with Oscar and Xavier, and Carrie kept busy looking after everyone.

Back from Boot Camp

Saturday we picked up Carrie at the Saint John Ferry Terminal, after she had spent 2 weeks in basic training with her cadet flight at CFB Greenwood in Nova Scotia. She had a great time and was even up in the air in a glider. here is the picture of the Princess of Acadia coming in with all the cadets aboard, and one of her and her best friend Jessica, who is a sea cadet. She went to the CFB Shearwater in Halifax. Funny thing, in this information age, both friends joined cadets without the other's knowledge, and both ended up on the ferry heading to their respective camps as a total surprise to each other.