4th of July

There were some serious games of cornhole.  I think everyone got involved at some point.

Sparklers with the Barlows

He looks thrilled, haha

She was happy tho!!

These girls think they need to do everything together.

 

There was a lot of food, but it was all good stuff!

Bentley and George came running every time it was their turn.

Nanny loved being there with all of us.  She came outside to watch all the action.

Damon gets intense when he plays, but he can't just sit and watch when he get frustrated!

They sure thought they were cool!

This girl had a great time celebrating the 4th!

It was very different having the 4th on a Sunday, but these two were excited to see one another.

Star hair for this grumpy uncooperative little girl.

She got star hair too!

The hand kills me every time!!

The bounce house is always a hit!

Sparklers are always a hit!

This girl was so fun to watch.  She was so intense and got super excited!

Outdoor Movie & More

We had popsicles before the movie started waiting for it to get dark. 

We never miss an occasion to play football with the Payne's.

Bentley needed some extra support from Brek, haha

It was dark enough; we didn't need the kids up until 11pm

What's a movie without popcorn?!?

It finally got dark enough.

Found a large and forgotten zucchini in the Barlow's garden.

"It's heavy!"

Mackenzie discovered she liked to mark on herself.

Nanny watching while we moved boxes out of the moving truck.

Or maybe she was directing.

Kyler built a lot of different safes out of Legos this summer.  He made this one for all of his money.  He also built a lot of vending machines that were pretty cool.

The drawing got a little intense one night while we thought she was asleep.  She had it everywhere.  I love how she's hiding her face in shame, haha

Mackenzie had her teeth cleaned for the first time and did amazing!  Her and Bentley both started really young and did a great job.  It's really weird how much our kids enjoy going to the dentist.

Crazy June

Radley turned 8!!!

Oma, Papa Dude, and Zadi moved to Wellington.  It's still weird, a good weird, that they live in the same town as us!

There were extra kids at our house all summer long.  This was a very usual appearance!

Kelli put both these babies to sleep during Come Follow Me, or it might have been my lesson that did it.

I love that they fell asleep holding hands

Caught the girls like this one day.  Bentley was doing Mackenzie's hair.

They caught me taking pictures.

I hope they always get along like this.

One of the fun activities at the library.  This girl put on a great show with all of her hand puppets.

 

Paris Texas

The kids, especially the boys were super excited to go see the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Texas. On our way home we stopped by to take a look. In the car the kids could see the destination on the GPS and thought for sure they would be able to see it from far away. They were all pretty disappointed when we finally arrived. Their expectations were way too high! Although the tower did indeed look similar in structure to the real Eiffel tower, the magnitude and detail were most definitely missing!  They still enjoyed walking around and taking pictures.

The Barney's were with us too!

Gotta make it 'Texan' with the cowboy hat.

Yes, my boys climbed on it, beginning with Damon.

Nope, we can't get pictures without the kids, haha.

She wanted a picture by herself!

This kid was super bummed about the tower.  He picked France for his country last summer and gets excited about all things French.  He assured me when he makes it in the NFL, he'll take me to the real thing in Paris, FRANCE!

It looks big compared to Mackenzie!