Family Fun Evening

Back in May when it was a little cooler, we had a fun evening hanging out, and I took lots of pictures!

It started with some scootering...




The flowers, at the time, were just starting to get good too!









And then we decided to have a campfire in the back yard...


What is it about fire that draws people to just sit and stare...



I love this picture of Max... his smile and sweaty head...



And then we made up courses to run for time...

Zoey went first...



Those are targets and clay pigeons in the background... We technically don't live in the city, so we can shoot in our backyard! These were set up for our Cinco de Mayo get together.

And next went Max...



And Ross, serious and competitive...



I expect nothing less.

And then me, and this picture totally looks like I am posing, right? I am actually running (trying to go fast) but while keeping my flip flops on... I think I came in last.



And then the team race...


Way to lean into the turn, kids.



Max is keeping Ross in check on the turn there.


And then, more FIRE!










This one looks like a dancing figure, I think.


As it started to get dark, we made pictures with flashlights. I really needed a tripod, for these shots, but you can still get the idea...



I told Ross to do something sweet, like a heart...


And then he went and took the G rating off my blog...


your mother would be so proud (Hi Bette!)

And, moving on...


and then it got dark and the crazy bugs came out...


the end

May Soccer!

Just some pictures from their last soccer games.

The only action shots I got were throw ins!






Max's biggest fan!


The Goalie!


and this is just a random picture that I liked from later in the day.

July's Ten on the Tenth

Hello July...

loving the slow pace of summer and sleeping in a little bit. Zoey always comes downstairs after she wakes up and snuggles up a little bit...


This morning while the kids played I continued on my cleaning/organizing mission. It is very slow going with kids around to entertain, but I don't mind when things are out of place for a while.


Max is still recovering from being pretty sick over the weekend. Here he is sporting the tye-died shirt Zoey and I made him the other day, bed head and all...poor guy, still has the sick look about him.



Because of Max not feeling 100%, Zoey has had to lay low a little. She is bored. We've tried to craft a little to keep her entertained. She is making a purse out of magazine paper here.



And we are slowing checking things off our "Summer Fun List"...



Today we headed to Sonic Happy Hour for slushes!


And since our Sonic is right by the base, we dropped an Iced Tea off for Ross!



I had to run into Jo-Ann's on the way home. Max spotted some puppy fabric and had to give it a hug!



We had to run to a soccer meeting for Zoey, which I forgot to take a picture of (it was boring anyway) and then we hit Red Robin for dinner...





i hope you had a good day!

Ten on the Tenth for June

Well, I did take my ten pictures on the tenth for June, but never posted them, so here they are... We were in the middle of a vacation, the 10th landed us in Denver, after taking three days to drive out.

Ross trying to sleep more even though the kids were up and still on Ohio time... Zoey is saying, "Dad, are you up? Are you up, dad?"


Watching a little movie...


And some time spent in Barnes and Noble. Max finds a book right away and just sits where ever he is!


One of our mandatory stops while in Denver, REI. We actually tortured our kids on this trip... while in California, we went to any REI we were near, since we don't have them in Ohio. HAHAHAHAHAHA


Ross was helping his parents for a bit, so I went out behind their new house with the kids to walk along a bike path. Just a snap of Zoey...


We also saw these huge dandelion-looking things!!



And then I tried for some portrait shots, I like this one...


And I will post more later.

One of the reasons we road tripped out to Denver, was to haul back a bunch of stuff (both his old stuff and some new-to him stuff). Here he is with Zoey, checking out a bunch of old tools...


And the day got better when I was driving down the road and discovered one of my favorites!


Preparing for Max's 8th! birthday the following day!

Ole! Cinco de Mayo

We had our annual (its two years in a row, so that makes it annual, right?) Cinco de Mayo Fiesta again this year! Always fun... Here is everyone...



And some people look like they could be on an old western wanted poster... these were so funny too!

Love Language

Ross was writing sweet things on the chalk board the other evening. They were cute things, like "you are the icing on my cupcake, you are the peanut butter to my jelly..." You get the idea. And it was very sweet. And then I saw this part added...




Apparently we all have our love language... and this gun reference, definitely not mine. The macaroni and cheese at least speaks to my inner foodie...

more flowers...