4-H Fair 2.0

We stayed on the midway all night last night and never made it to the barns to see the animals.  I had to make a trip to Greenfield to pick up Robert and I's anniversary filets for tonight anyway, so we stopped by the fair to see the animals today.

This was a bunny.  I swear it looked just like a dog though.  So funny!

The tractors were a big hit too.

4-H Fair Ride Night

We went out to the fair tonight.  It was wrist band night meaning you could buy a wrist band and ride as many rides as you wanted between 12-8.  We bought both the boys one and let them ride as much as they wanted.  They had a blast!

Emily lives just down the street from the fair now and was kind enough to let us park in her driveway and then came with us for some fun. 

This was the first ride of the night.  This picture perfectly illustrates the difference between these two boys.  Ryker is much more cautious and it always takes him a while to decide whether something new is good or bad.  Camden, however, goes at life full throttle from the very start.  I love them both fiercely and celebrate their God-created uniqueness.

Speaking of loving fiercely, how can you not love this sweet angel and her adorable laugh!?!?

Driving together.  Good grief, in about 10 years this will be a real car! 

Getting some sugar from Daddy.  :-)

It was such a fun night!

Drive-In

Going to the drive-in was on our summer fun list this year.  I hadn't been since college and Robert hadn't been since his childhood. We drove out to Shelbyville and watched How to Train Your Dragon 2.  It was a great movie and the perfect night for a drive-in.  We all really enjoyed it and would like to do it again.

Cam thought making funny faces was better than smiling.

Ryker loved the movie and was bummed we weren't staying for the second feature.  

This guy, on the other hand, fell asleep pretty early on and was ready for bed!

Sleepover

Ryker and Carson have been begging to have a sleepover for quite some time now.  I promised that if they both did great at swim lesson and VBS this week Carson could spend the night last night.  They were SO excited!  After VBS we all grabbed a bite to eat at El Jaripeo in town and then we got the boys ready for bed.  I thought since they'd had such busy weeks they wouldn't have a hard time falling asleep.  Ha!  I was wrong!  They were up talking and singing at 11:30.

When I checked on them and heard them singing their VBS song I couldn't help but take a video.

Robert had to get on them to lay down when they were still up building robots at midnight.

By 12:30 we finally had two sleeping boys.

They were up and at 'em early and ready to play this morning.  After breakfast, they played and played for most of the day before Carson headed home.  They had a blast.  For our first sleepover, it was a complete success!

Vacation Bible School

We wrapped up another fun week of Vacation Bible School tonight.  Robert and I both volunteered this year and the kids all had a great time.  We took Carson and Amelia with us and they loved it too.

I worked registration Monday night and it was my busiest and didn't allow much time for picture taking.  It clearly wore Cam out too since he fell asleep standing up between Robert's legs while he mowed before we left Tuesday night.

Walking in together.

 

Concentrating on their craft.

My cousin brought her kiddos too.  We had quite the crew.

We joked that the van was the VBS train all week.  They loved riding all together.  The boys also thought it was cool they all got to sit together in the back.  Amelia enjoyed being in the middle with Riella.  She said it was just for girls.

By Wednesday, registration and its duties slow down quite a bit and I was able to join Riella in the nursery and help out there.  Robert came by to visit for a bit too.

Worshiping with motions!  Major progress for these reserved boys.

Making birthday cards for the kids in Brazil on the last night.

Ryker did a great job during the program and sang and did the motions to every song.  He had a great week and learned so much!

I am so thankful for our church family and how much they invest in the lives of our youth.  The are the future and I am blessed to raise my kids in a church that values them so much.

Swim Lessons

For the past two weeks, Ryker has been taking swim lessons at the high school.  I had heard wonderful things about their program.  I must say that I was very impressed and will do them again next year.

The first day was rough for this guy.  He saw the water, watched Ryker take off his shirt to get and started to follow suit.  He was NOT happy when he realized he didn't get to go swimming.  I had to bring him back out in the hallway.  He finally calmed down enough to get dressed again but was very whiny the majority of the time.  Needless to say, I only took him a few more times.  Thankfully, he was much better those times.

He was excited to go every day and was asking as soon as he got up if it was time.  They didn't start until 1:15!

Carson signed up with us and these two had a great time being in class together.  They carpooled together most days and thought it was so much fun.

On the last day of lessons, they all got to jump off the big diving board.  Here he is swimming back to the side.

He really didn't like the wobbliness of the board, but liked the jumping part just fine.

Tuesdays with Spangler's

We went up to Michelle's new house today for the tour.  She's asked for help in getting it decorated so she wanted to show me what spaces she was working on and what I thought would work.  Then we hit up her neighborhood pool.

Riella all ready to go swimming.  This was her first time in a pool.

And, she loved it!

Splashed and kicked like crazy.

My little fish!

Cam and Ryker both loved it too.  Ryker was pumped to show off his newly acquired skills from swim lessons and didn't come up for air but every once in a while.