Backyard Water Park

Looking for something fun for the kids to do, Kevin set up a little "water park" in our backyard. Actually you would probably call it a redneck water park. You'll see why. Enjoy the photos!

Hose water...nothing tastes quite like it!

She was loving the power she had with this hose!

Jack's face tells how they felt about it after a while..

Here is the redneck part...improvised water slide.

Fourth of July Festivities

To be honest, the fourth of July isn't very fun for someone who goes to bed before it even gets dark. And I'm talking about Caroline, here...not Kevin or me. So, we decided to head out to an indoor play place this morning and let Caroline play a bit, appropriately dressed for the fourth of July, of course.

After we got home and successfully avoided having Caroline nap in her own room, errrr...I mean realized that Caroline was not going to take a nap, we called up Nick and the kids and headed for an afternoon of swimming. Here the three kids are after swimming was done. Caroline is certainly a fan of Sprite, as you can see here. She doesn't get it much - although probably more than she should - so she loves it when she can swig on a bottle of it!

She was so tired after swimming, she went to sleep almost immediately when we got into the car to leave. Still a fan of the Sprite, even in her sleep!

The last stop of the day was probably more for mom and dad than for Caroline:

Hope your fourth was a happy one!

Father's Day

We had a delayed Father's Day celebration for Grandpa since Nick and the kids were out of town on the actual day. We all had dinner at our house during the week. Jack was super excited because his Paw-Paw in Kansas taught him a checkers "trick" that was unbeatable. He couldn't wait to play Grandpa in checkers.
No lie, the game did go on for a very long time. While it was happening, Caroline couldn't stand not to be a part of things. You can see here:

and here:

and probably even here:

That she is hatching a plan. She is still too young to hide her devious ways, thank goodness.

Here she is in her victory!

After the big game, we had dinner. It was a great night!