84 degrees and sunny. The only day of the summer so far to take a trip to Kershaw Beach. We had a blast. Robert chose to sleep in and hang out with a friend at home. Jack, Tim, Molly and Mom packed a lunch, some buckets and off we went to play in the sand in swim in the Lake. It was a great time!
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For Molly's 11th Birthday she REALLY wanted her room redone in a more teenage style. (Okay when did 11 become a teenager???). Anyway... she wanted a daybed. We went shopping at many furniture stores and found out that the nice daybeds are any where from $500 to $1,000 . NOT. So her wonderful father was easily convinced that he could make one for her instead for MUCH less. He did and it came out absolutely beautiful. It is hard to see from the picture the gorgeous detail of the bead board and how sturdy it is. The chair is from a garage sale (thanks Heather.) and since the squirrels were digging it way too much on the front porch we added a terrific pillow and put it in Molly's room. The quilt Molly picked out from Target and we matched the wall paint to the quilt. The wall paint is called "Mint Whisper". It is such a great color! Molly also painted the three paintings above her daybed. I have one more set of curtains for the small window that aren't quite finished...but she now has a desk in her room and since we put the full size bed in Jack and Tim's room she has much more space to hang out. When Molly goes to college I decided I like her room and will be sleeping in there on the nights daddy snores.
It's a very exciting day at the Marshall Marks household. Jack is so proud that he has become the "father" to sextuplets. Yes, that's right, between yesterday and today all six wren eggs have hatched. When Jack last checked the nest yesterday afternoon there was only one, very bald, very small (obviously a preemie) baby chick...but today all six are there and thriving. The mother and father wren are nearby and none to happy that we are peaking in on the new arrivals. As you can see from the photos, the mother bird sometimes flies out of the bird house when Jack opens the top. They feed the baby birds mostly insects. Congratulations Jack... another successful year of bird hatchings!
Every year we go camping with friends. In the spring we go to Watkins Glen KOA. There is so much to do there, from swimming, to miniature golf, hiking in the woods, etc. My friend Karen and I are happy to sit and read all weekend long. The boys like to cook and we are thrilled to eat their creations. We went for a hike and the boys had a blast (including the big boys). Hanging out by the fire day and night just talking with friends makes for the best holiday weekend!
