I do remember that we had a very nice visit from Grandma and Grandpa Meinhart right around Father's Day. Grandma came up for about 7 days and stayed long enough to help put up strawberries. We took the kids during the week and they did pretty well. Marie actually did some picking. Joey was interested in it for a few minutes and then got a little bored. He was much happier looking around for rocks and other boy-ish things. I'm sure Stevie will be a bigger help next year. :)
After leaving the patch, we stopped at the park to have a picnic. We've done this the last couple of years, so it appears that we are starting a tradition. Later on, Marie and Joey got to help prep the berries for putting into the freezer.
We were able to celebrate Father's Day with both Jon and Grandpa Meinhart. Marie and Joey had made special cards (with tools on them!) for Jon and had gotten a kick out of wrapping (and unwrapping) the presents. Then they got to learn all about Purple Martins from one of Grandpa's gifts.
They other "fun" thing that went on while Grandma and Grandpa were here was the Hamburg Family Funfest. This annual event happens to be about 1 1/2 miles away from our house. For one weekend a year, they have carnival rides and games, car shows, a petting zoo, concerts, fireworks, etc. We certainly didn't take advantage of ALL that was going on, but the kids enjoyed the rides and petting zoo for a couple of hours. It did take them a little while to warm up to the goats, but they eventually got close enough to actually pet them thanks to Aunt Sarah!
Other than that, I think June consisted of a lot of playing outside (and inside), planting the garden, going back to work (Peg), a visit from the Mitzels (and trip to the outlets), and getting ready for our shut-down week road-trip. Stay tuned...
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