team photo

Great season boys!

ice age

The boys had a great time chiseling away at blocks of ice to uncover the hidden dinosaurs!

capitol tour

 

 

 

butler county fair

My dad loves the fair!  He still tells the story of his 4-H pig Mable winning the purple ribbon and having her piglets at the fair.  When they moved into town my grandparents lived just a few blocks from the fairgrounds so we would go there in the summer as well.  The boys participated in the frog portion of the frog and turtle races this year.

You could bring your own animal or chose one that was provided, so the boys just adopted one from the tank.  Shockingly, Joseph named it "Brownie".

 

The rules were simple, you place the frog on the starting pad, touch it to get it hopping and then measure the distance of the first three hops.  You could use any form of motivation but touch after getting it started.

Gus was ready to cheer on his brothers!

On your marks, get set...

Brownie was not much of a competitor, Leo almost squashed him trying to get the frog to jump, but he survived and is living out his remaining time in a creek bed somewhere.

Miniature golf was a greater success, a hole in one for everyone!

 

The dunk tank was manned by local celebrities, so my cousin Alan (the mayor) took a turn.  His son Clayton happily succeeded in dunking him!

Spin art to benefit the high school art program.

 

 

A fun day at the fair!

totus tuus

I have great memories of my time teaching the program in Kansas and Colorado, so I was extra excited for Joseph and Sam to participate this year.  The grand finale of the summer catechetical program is a water fight and making of an ice cream sundae on the head of a teacher.  I also have vivid memories of my hair turning pink with strawberry syrup streaks! 

Not to be left out of the action, here is Leo threatening our assistant pastor.

Joseph and his teacher Katie, one of my former students and now a Newman Center exec.!

 

vbs

Leo's first day of "school" at Vacation Bible School!

two months

Faces to remember:

 

 

t-riffic

Batter up!

Score!

Double trouble-Joseph and Collin independently decided to sport their purple and orange :)

fun friday

We weighed in our collected goods, and came home with a few baked goods as a thank you!

We celebrated National French Fry Day (which are actually Belgian in origin) at Wendy's for lunch.  It was even a Fry-day :)

Then off to the Children's Museum!

 

 

 

css is us

Our friend Andrea organized a summer food drive for the local pantry.  Here are the kids posing with their collection!

naturalists

We spent a morning out at Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center.

With the "Artist Discovery Pack" in tow, we explored the trails and identified plants and insects.

Joseph was a great guide!

On the way home Leo discovered a hitchhiking tick, luckily we were able to pull over and set it free!

sunday in the park

Conquering the climbing wall with Autumn's boyfriend David.

Crazy-cool climbing structure.

Heidi and Notre's fan club!

My name is Gus, I like to fuss...

just kidding! Happy baby!

Walking the dogs.

Pre-departure photo at Chipolte.

Thanks for a fun weekend!