Wednesday evening dinners together...
This is week # 4... a nice tradition begun!
Maeve especially enjoys the garlic bread.
Martin and Evelyn enjoy each other...
Martin shares a joke, maybe. or Maybe Evelyn told HIM a joke?
Kate cooked for us... delicious!
Griffy tries to share Tim's food and then sat on his feet...
impromptu fun after dinner... a chilly but lovely evening.
John gets a fire going in the chimnea. We all moved the chairs closer- the warmth of the fire felt good.
Weee!
Lizzie and Maevey on the see saw
Hang on!
"Baseball" fun!
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More dining room progress...
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Lizzie's 4th birthday
enjoying shrimp.
more fun party decorations
Uncle Tom provides entertainment
excitement!
So excited! Anticipation!
Ryan brings the cake (Ish and Julie)
Grampy and Tim look on.
The babies play... (Maeve, Martin and Evelyn)
Martin enjoys the balloons!
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Dan and Rachael in Boston
Maeve's first ponytail!
Reading with Grampy...
Dining room foundation back-filled
The cows arrive... Lizzie is busy feeding them. She had fun with Ivy and Drew!
Martin ... (what?)
and he's off...! almost running.
Nice picture of John (Rush)
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Concrete poured...
The blossoms of the forsythia bushes are amazing this spring!
...in the early morning sun....
Daffodils galore!
... more dining room progress
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Progress with the new dining room!
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April 15th... Lizzie 'driving' on camp road with Grampy.
Martin walking... trying to run! :-)
First day of swimming... The water is so cold!
Martin and Grampy... resting
Maeve and her Mommy
More swimming... brrrrrrrr
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Our brief but fun North Conway 'Get Away'...
...adjoining room with Trudy... she brought wine!
What a view!
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Martin's first birthday (April 7th)... he has his own little cake.
Martin wonders what this is all about... Lizzie helped him blow out his candle- he looked a bit worried.
Now we know that Martin likes cake!
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Come on good weather!
Location of our soon to be new dining room!
Foundation work begins...
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Easter morning, April 8th.
What a full weekend! We celebrated Martin's first birthday with a party including an egg hunt (thanks to Mimi); then a family dinner (I didn't get any pictures) and another egg hunt! 
Dan helps John take apart the deck; getting ready for the new dining room! Lizzie (and her mother and grammy) supervises from the warmth of the kitchen,
Emily and Lizzie watching the demolition from inside!
Martin likes watching, too!
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Another egg hunt!
Lizzie was very successful as you can see!
Kate showing Maeve where to look...
The Easter bunny came to the farm AGAIN!
This time, the kids are ready since they had practice yesterday!
Happy Spring!
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All grandchildren get rides in the laundry basket when the help Grampy bring in the clothes! fun!
Dan helps John finish the roof over the feedbunk... a bad storm had taken it off last year- maybe a mini tornado(?)
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Getting ready for Martin's first birthday... Decorating is exciting!
Maeve and Lizzie welcome Martin to his birthday party- they have been decorating!
Looking out the door- getting ready to find eggs! It's cold out there!
Lizzie finds an egg!
Maeve is learning about egg hunts!
Martin is learning about egg hunts, too! Lizzie is a great teacher!
Even the big kids enjoy the seesaw!
Maeve got the idea and found a few eggs on her own!
Dan enjoying the fun!
Lizzie is cold AND excited! She found several Easter eggs in the chicken house!
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The forsythia is blooming!
Family dinner at Bugaboo Creek (Emily, Martin and Lizzie)
Tom & Char
Chris, Laurie, Maeve, John R, Stephanie, Mark, Michael, Tom...
Maddie, Kate and Lizzie
Maeve and her Daddy
Happy Spring!
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