fun with the cousins!

henry and chloee on the ferris wheel at world's of fun.
charlie and kacie.

mommy and lucy.

charlie x's 2, jack and lucy with snoopy.

so much fun on the mini detanator.

aunt nanci and kacie.

henry driving a taxi.

lucy driving.

charlie driving grandma and grandpa.

after a long day, headed to stroud's to refuel with some good fried chicken, mashed potatoes and cinnamon rolls!

cousins by the pond at stroud's.

more fun in the sun the next day at the new waterpark-schlitterbahn.

kacie 8, henry 7, jack 4, charlie 5, chloee 12, lucy 3.

the berry patch

tying on buckets to collect blueberries.
heading to the fields.

beautiful berries!

wow-great picking!

charlie couldn't wait to sample some.

love that each summer we can head to the berry patch in south kansas city, mo.

i could pick blueberries all day! it is so relaxing and i love being out in the sun finding the biggest, juiciest berries i can find. it's kind of addictive.

outdoor education laboratory

mom and henry-love this one!

off to explore-henry shows us around the camp on friday when families can join the campers for a cookout.

keeping the smoke out of his eyes-charlie finds a new use for goggles.

snakes!

exploring the creek.

one happy camper!

missouri town 1855

laughing at some animal antics!

the guest house-hotel.

blacksmith shop.

the general store (yes, there was candy back then).

one room school house.

who knew the 1800's were so much fun?! even without airconditioning on a hot summer day the kids ran from one building to the next to learn about life in 1855 missouri.

summer at the zoo

the cheetahs are henry's favorite!

brothers

feeding the lorikeets.

toady #1

i think at this point we are on toady #4, but here are pics of the original. they love creating a "habitat" for them with leaves, grass, water and bugs.