Fun in July

 Bullfrog hunting round 2... We needed to catch a couple more frogs for a couple more kids to race the next day.

Below, Silas, Eric, EP, Sarah, Jenny, Lindsee, Phoebe, and Will.

Fourth of July was full of small town fun.  We started the morning watching the parade and collecting a lot of candy that was thrown.  Next Silas and Phoebe participated in the Fishing Derby.  Silas won this contest easily by catching 34 fish in less than 45 minutes!

After that was the much anticipated FROG RACES!  All our kids had great Bull Frogs and lots of laughs.  After that some of the kids particpated in raft races at the pool.  Later in the afternoon we enjoyed water fights, swimming, good food, and fireworks with family.

We went to the new Minions The Rise Of Gru movie.  It was hilarious!

We took a group shopping trip to Sam's.

Phoebe and Haylee played in a softball tournament with their summer team.

We attended an end of season swimming party for all the local softball and baseball team.  Seven girls from Phoebe's team were there to swim.

Will has been loving our dog, Jessee.  He can't wait to have a dog of his own.

We went to Rock River Rapids with a group of friends on what might have been the hottest day of our Kansas summer so far.

We took a little family trip to Branson.  We spent four days visiting sights, shopping, eating, going to shows, walking around Silver Dollar City, seeing the Newsboys in concert, and sweating.  The Kansas heat followed us to Missouri.

We went shopping one day with Mom and Dad.  All of us got some new clothes and then did a little modeling of the new clothes back at home....

We helped celebrate Dad's 73rd birthday at the end of July.  He wanted to play lots of games, spend time with his family, and eat yummy food.

He opened all his cards and gifts from his kids and grandkids.

Lindsee, Phoebe, and Sarah, helped Mom make a pumpkin cake for Dad.

We spilt into two teams and started playing some of the outdoor games on Dad's list of games that he wanted to play.  We started with a game he made up a few years ago... The winning team is pictured below.

Below, the winners of Bocce Ball....

Below, the winners of Cornhole....

Below, the winners of the Domino game "Chickenfoot".

We helped make homemade ice cream.

And, Dad blew out the candles on his pumpkin cake!  Happy birthday, Dad!