The Grimes Family

Clara Margaret

I sort of forgot about six month pictures but here are her seven month

She is trying to crawl

We headed to Ohio for a trip while Craig took his class on a trip out West to see rocks in their natural setting. We also went house hunting and found a house. The kids got to ride tractors and four wheelers and feed the animals on the farm. They also got to play with their cousins,

A long trip but very successful.

Here are the pictures...

We found a random playground that looked as if it had been set up and then abandoned on our drive to Ohio.

Clara doesn't eat 'baby' food but instead has taken to whatever we are eating

even though she has no teeth.

She was mesmerized by the lamb.

I got bored one day and took some photos of Clara.

She learned how to clap on the trip

Kiddos

Dangerous Blackberries

Normally picking blackberries are dangerous only by being pricked by a thorn. We upped it and added the danger of alligators. A friend took us to her 'secret' blackberry picking spot along one of the lakes at the refuge where the alligators live.

It wasn't much of a success, only because to have good results our husbands should be present to help either pick berries or watch the children so they don't get eaten by a gator. Or better yet, go without kids. Anyway, I came home with about 2 cups of wild blackberries that I hope to turn into jam with our strawberries that grew this year.