And even more random fun.

One of the first days of summer vacation the kids built this fort. They said it was the entrance to their "Mom Free Zone." Conveniently the laundry room was located in their Mom Free Zone so I couldn't do laundry that day. Shucks! 

We have had the pleasure of some visitors this summer. We have 2 families of turkeys that come through our yard and they have 9 little babies. Oh, they are so cute! Unfortunately, they like the strawberries in our garden so they jump on the pots and pick at them. We have enjoyed having them so we haven't chased them out yet.

 Can you see the babies up in the pots?

One of our first swim days this summer T had forgotten that he could swim with his floaties on. It took him a little bit to warm up to trusting the floaties again but once he did, he was all over the pool. 

Just chillin'

He feel asleep on the way home and I thought it was just too cute. 

I love how he had his feet crossed.

Evan had Twilight Camp for the first time this summer. Twilight Camp is a daily camp for boy scouts. They get to go up everyday and do different activities. He had a great time. Kurt was signed up to help on Monday. It was 105*. I was signed up to help on Tuesday. It was 105*.  Hot doesn't begin to describe it. I was also assigned to help on Wednesday and luckily the temps dropped and there was a breeze. So much better.

One of the stations was to make a sword and shield. Boy did the boys have fun fighting each other. I am so grateful to the leaders who organized events like this. Wow. I wouldn't want to be in charge of all this. They did a great job!

More Random Fun

One night the boys had trouble falling asleep. Before I went to bed I decided to go in and check on them. When I opened the door, it hit something. Turned out they decided to sleep close to the door. Silly boys.

When I came home from my surgery, Evan brought in this lego creation for me. Can you read it?

It says "I love you." What a sweet little boy! 

Once upon a time there was a family who was always on time to church but one Sunday they just could not get out the door. No matter how hard the mom tried, something kept happening to delay their departure. She finally got everyone in the car and ready to go and discovered this:

One more clean up and they were ready to go. Of course, by this point, they were late but at least they made it.

Just before the end of school I got to go with Evan on a field trip to a hamburger farm. The hamburger farm is a pumpkin patch, that for the warm months, teaches kids about all the ingredients that go into making hamburgers. They get to ride in a train out to the fields and learn about growing lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers to make pickles, taking care of cows (to make cheese, not the meat), etc. When Evan's teacher took her class last year, the little train derailed and they were on the news. We were hoping that Mrs. Nethercut wasn't cursed with trains derailing when she was on them. Luckily, there were no train derailments this year! 

Here is Evan and you can see his teacher too.

Learning about the importance of bees.

Learning how to milk a {fake} cow.