Category: Family pictures
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4th of July Weekend and the final days of Grandparent’s camp
Kennan starts the 4th of July Week with a big catch off of Grand Isle. The children returned to the corn field for another harvest. The variety of sweet corn is named “simple irresistible” and it is truly delicious. They also harvested more raspberries and blackberries and checked out the pumpkins which are still getting…
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Harvesting the corn, Zip line, puff paint, map puzzles, birds and pumpkins
Today, we checked the corn. Our harvest date is supposed to be June 28th, but we were hoping to find some corn that would be good for dinner. The campers found two blackberries and enough raspberries to eat with dessert. Even in the heat, everyone wanted to try the zip line and the ninja rope.…
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Fishing, Alligators, Golf Camp, and last day of school in DC
Ferriday, Louisiana pond supplied a bass weighting 3.5 pounds and another (pictured below) weighting 4 pounds in a total of three casts. Then no bites for the rest of the morning. As usual, the alligators were out in full force today. This is the Norwood, Louisiana Pond at sunrise. Golf Camp is in full swing.…
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Definitely watching LSU game tonight- no farm today!
Kellye, Kennan, Fritz and Trip are all at the game tonight! Fritz is cooking!
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HAPPY FATHER’s DAY
Ike and Preston fishing Clayton and Edward fishing Dr. Lee and Ella Clare, Camille, and Everett are relaxing in Lee’s Father’s Day gift, but Fishing is also planned. Fritz and Kennan at the Game; Kelly and Trip will meet them in Omaha. Geaux LSU! Gretchen, Andy, Eloise, and Caroline Hail still on ground when guys…
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Storm of STORMS!
We thought last week was bad with wind that blew down the corn, but today beat that storm. The hail was terrible and lasted fifteen minutes. We received over an inch of rain in less than 30 minutes. We thought the storm was going to miss us. Be carful what you wish for! We said…
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Bass Fishing, Crawfishing, and of course, Father’s Day
Robby, Craig and Bruce went crawfishing in Louisiana. Well, it looks like Robby went crawfishing and Craig and Bruce watched! The traps were baited yesterday and placed in the crawfish pond. The little boat Robby is pushing has a tray where the crawfish are dumped from the crawfish trap. Do you see the purple sack…
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No Laughing Matter! And Baby Bluebirds have feathers (corn, pumpkins, flowers, goats and fishing.
Well, YES it IS a laughing matter or just call it Southern Engineering. That is exactly what it looks like. (You may have to enlarge the picture to see all the string.) We borrowed large poles from Jackie and Bobby and strung up the wind-blown corn with string. We only worked on the three worst…
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More Saltwater Fishing, Big Blackberries, Raspberries, Possible Tornado, Watermelon and Goats
The second day of fishing at Grand Isle was even better than the first. Clayton’s fish is almost bigger than he is. Below is a slideshow of Grand Isle beach pictures including a group effort sand castle. Note the tiny crab that Gretchen is holding. Slideshow below: The bird netting at the farm worked and…
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Goats, Fishing, Flowers, Pumpkin pollination, and Bats
Fool seems to like wearing the Pit Vipers (sunglasses). The last slide is Quinn holding Camo (Ghost). Camo is still not crazy about being held. Bass fishing in Florida- all catch and release- Things got better as the trip progressed! Flip through the pictures below. The last one is 4.8 pounds. Flip through the pictures…