Visitors – Liesland

September 14, 2018October 2, 2018

Racing with Grandma Peek-a-boo

Nate’s mom, whom the girls always have fun with.

September 3, 2018October 2, 2018

This weekend, my parents, the Donleys, and the Beinkempers ( sans Will) all made the trip to Des Moines. We spent most of the weekend hanging out at our house, but enjoyed a few outings to the East Village, Ledges State Parks, and The Machine Shed.

August 9, 2018August 12, 2018

Friends

July 2, 2018July 18, 2018

Liess Clan Family Photo

May 4, 2018May 6, 2018

Hanging at the farm

Today it was back to work for me, and Susan and the kids got to spend the day enjoying the farm. The highlight was a goat hike, which is a hike, with goats.

May 2, 2018May 6, 2018

Exploring Boston

Today I took the day off work and we explored Boston.

The day started with my favorite parking spot of all time. They had special parking for trucks, up on the curb.

We headed into Boston on the T. You know I love the public transit. I don’t think we have any pictures of the way home, when we got stuck on the train for 45 minutes because of an issue with another train.

We found the Freedom Trail in Boston Common.

Susan and the littles enjoyed some time on the lawn.

We stumbled up on the Wacky Chad show, and I got to help him onto his unicycle.

We stopped for gelato and cannoli in the Italian area – I forget what it is called.

Our last two stops were the Paul Revere House. . .

and the Old North Church, where the lanterns were posted. The Trail continued, but we did not.

Back at the farm we had a lovely dinner with Adrienne and the kids enjoyed the barn swing.

May 2, 2018May 6, 2018

Egg Adventures

For breakfast this morning, we had eggs fresh from the chicken.

In a separate incident, Elliot was carrying a chicken and it ejected a soft egg, mostly onto his leg. He took it like a pro.

May 1, 2018May 5, 2018

Sturbridge -> Wright Locke Farm

Today after work we made the 90-minute drive from our stopover in Sturbridge to Wright Locke Farm, just outside of Boston. Susan’s friend, Adrienne, is the farmer there. We are boondocking for a couple of days (and also using the facilities in her house).

The farm is beautiful, with a few fields, chickens, goats, and many hiking trails. My favorite thing that we got to see is the ice house, where they would store ice for use throughout the year. I remember reading about it in Farmer Boy and it was cool to see an actual ice house.

April 28, 2018April 30, 2018

Saturday with the Foley-Murphys

After spending Friday on our own in New York, we spent Saturday with the Foley-Murphys. Susan and Andrea have been friends since second grade and John (Murph) was one of Susan’s first friends in college. They have lived in Brooklyn since graduating from college.