pond fun!

i don't know if i've ever shared that i grew up on a farm.  not a real farm, like corn and cows (although we have had other people rent our land from us to house their cows), but 62 acres of land in the country. a farm.  over the years, we had sheep, goats, chickens, a couple of horses (for a very short time), dogs, and a countless number of cats.  at one time, it was 14. 14.  on this farm are two ponds.  one of them was already there, and my parents put in our swimming pond a few years later.  it has a peninsula, and a dock, and we spent so many hours in it... and somehow, as i've gotten older, i haven't so much been into the whole pond thing.  part of it has to do with the fact that the sand guy didn't dump the right kind of sand a couple of summers ago, it's more like gravel and it's ended up more mud, less sand where you can touch.  slimy.  however, as the boys are getting older, i've been told a few times by my mom and dad that i can't pass my irrational fears onto them.  even though it's not a fear (eyes rolling), i'm letting it go and not thinking about the algae and ginormo catfish in there..  the boys got in for the first time last weekend and had a blast!! the first of many times, i'm sure..

finn with mimi

liam having a blast with poppy!