A K girl celebration

For K's birthday celebration we

........had Dunkin for breakfast.

........took her new flowers.

...........released 7 balloons (wow! she would have been 7!)

.........spent some time with her.

I'm not sure how he sits like that.  He sat there and read while Daddy and I just sat and talked.

............went "put-put" (or putt-putt or mini-golf)

Blowing his ball in.  Daddy was the only one honest in his scoring.
And he still won!

............had our Indiana family over for Olive Garden: soup, salad, and breadsticks--extra tomatoes and extra croutons.  We walked out of OG with 6 bags and a gallon of lemonade.  I still have a salad left over; not sure how good it is........     Sadly, I did not get any pictures of the bags, the food, or the people.  Just know there are a lot of people that loved her--here and other places as well.

It was a good day.

Played a little corn hole too.  It was beautiful weather!

Conner Prairie

Since I haven't come up with a cute-sie little name for my posts, they will just be named according to what will be in the post.  You are welcome.

Conner Prairie is a "living history museum" where some of the staff dress, act, and speak as if in the time period they portray. Conner Prairie is known as an "Interactive History Park." Families of today engage, explore and discover what it was like to live and play in Indiana’s past. 

Friends were able to get the kiddos in free so I just had to pay.  It's a really neat place.  There is a village, an Indian camp, and a Civil War experience.  Plus many other things that we just didn't have time to see.

There were goats, baby sheep, and a cow just wandering around.

Trying to walk on stilts.

They pumped water  to water the doctor's garden.  He paid them a 1/2 cent each.

I tell you: she can sleep anywhere!

Training to be union soldiers.

Not sure KEB knows what to do with a gun.

Patriotic Challenge

Sounds glamorous, right?

This is what we looked like when we were done.

Check out the details and more pictures here.  It might not have been the best organized, but it was tons of fun!  I'd definitely do it again!

This has absolutely nothing to do with the mud run except that it happened on the same day.  And C wanted me to take a before and after picture of it just like the before and after above.  It was our dinner. A very yummy steak dinner with pesto.  The "arranged" food was C's doing.  Crazy kid.

Since we've been home.......

Daddy and I were able to attend a meeting for a mission board of sorts out of our church.  Daddy recorded the sessions; I was his assistant.  It was amazing to hear their passion.

http://www.worldviewonline.net/main.html

The boys attended a Reds baseball game over in Cincinnati with our youth pastor and his son.  Reds won 4-2!

The day after this game, so the first Sunday we were back, VBS started.  This year's theme was Kingdom Chronicles.

I also started my "job" that week too.

Wait.  I'm not quite sure who/what that is.

Father's Day was in there somewhere.  So was C's baseball pool party.  Oh and I got a filling 'fixed.'  C also went to day camp at Uncle J and Aunt T's church (I have no pictures of that!)  Daddy and I were able to go to brunch one of those days that he was at day camp.  One week we had E's step-sister H.  She and C were in M and T's (Green Socks) wedding.  I assembled another Dei Gratia (I love that ministry!)

We also went to an Indianapolis Indians baseball game with a large group from church.

It was July 1.  We were wearing sweatshirts.  Crazy Indiana weather.

July 4 we went to some friends house and were able to do some shooting.  While we were in PA, GiGi gave Daddy 2 guns that were my grandpa's.  Daddy was able to test them out and give them a good cleaning.

And there I will leave you.  I will TRY to update every week.  I'm going to pick a day and a cute name.  Any suggestions?

Happy birthday, K girl!

Today she would have been 7!  So hard to believe!  I wonder what she would have been like.  We are headed to DD for breakfast--it's what she always picked.  Although--funny thing-- I don't think she really, truly liked DD.  But we will eat one for her anyway.  I bet her donuts today are the best!  Tonight we will have most of our "Indiana family" over for dinner--catered Olive Garden.  With extra croutons and extra tomatoes.

We miss you Kalei girl and can't wait to celebrate with you again!