The Goats

Acorn, Turnip, and Apple

End of April

Cousins Nick and Asa

The boys had a lemonade stand over the weekend - and made a decent amount of money. They advertised that half of the proceeds would go to "Race for Life".

Asa caught this sunny in the Codorus Creek. He's warming up for Minnesota in June.

New Mower

The Smith family has a new tractor! We decided it was a good idea to just bite the bullet and get a new tractor. We were having so many troubles with the old one; like the belts constantly falling off, one of the three blades not even working, extremely high noise level of the mower, and just one headache after another with the dang thing - it was nickel-and-diming us to death; and it was just frustrating. Our field grass had grown so tall and dense that it took a few mowings to get it to look good. Now it looks great and we can actually hang out over there, which we hadn't done yet this year. We even took the goats over to browse (with great difficulty because of their skittish nature), and Asa has been able to go fishing. The grass was literally taller than him. Once the grass began to grow, it was out of control in no time. John is very happy with his new tractor and is finding all kinds of things and places to mow.

Envirothon Victory!

Jake's Envirothon Team, the Environmentalists, ranked as gold medalists - earning them a blue ribbon in this year's York County Envirothon this past Tuesday. Jake and his team have been studying most of the school year to compete against other 3rd and 4th graders in York County.

The Envirothon is a nationwide program that encourages our kids to learn more about our natural environment through competitive events. Senior High Envirothons are held throughout North America and Canada. York County is one of the few places to offer the Envirothon competitions beginning in the third grade.

John took this photo of just a portion of the crowd of teams and some parents during the awards ceremony at the end the all day event.

Jake and one of his teammates both crossing fingers and arms in hopes of victory.