R2-D2

The boys found a craft book at the library and wanted to make an R2-D2 pencil holder. Done and done.

Perot

On Monday we ordered our tickets to the Perot and then about 3 hours later I got a text from his den leader saying they were having cub scouts at 1pm on Wednesday to go to a videogame museum. The boys were up for going to the Perot for a couple of hours, eating their lunch on our drive to the church to drop off Blake. 

We were the first in the line so we got everything done super fast.

At track practice I was talking with one of the moms and she asked if we had a Perot membership. She told us that they redid one of the exhibits. Then we were driving home and a friend called....she  told me the same thing, so we were pumped about seeing it. It didn't disappoint. It was super fun. You can see how long you can hang.

Dylan had a blast with this.

Virtual reality. They said it was super cool, but I didn't get much detail. I know it involved digging for dinosaur bones.

This is reversed, which was really hard for my brain to process. I am so used to looking into a mirror a certain way.

You can be a dino dancing...the kids even did some break dancing. They loved it!

We saw everything we wanted, got in the car and drove back to our city. We dropped off Blake at the church. His leader asked me if I would be fine if they stopped and got an ice cream. I told her that was fine, but that they have free slurpees at 7-eleven so that might be a better option. On our way home from dropping Blake off, Dylan and I got a slurpee. We have plans to go to another 7-eleven after dinner. That's right.

Jake

If you ask Dylan who his best friend is, he will list several. But if you ask him who he really wants in his class next year, he will tell you Jake. I finally connected with his mom last week and he came over yesterday to swim and play. Dylan was counting down the days. (And so was Jake). We know Jake's family because his older brother was in Blake's kinder class, although they aren't best buddies. But his mom is involved in cub scouts so I see her at all the roundtables, etc. Well, not anymore. Anyway, they swam for 2 1/2 hours, then had a snack, then jumped on the trampoline and then played upstairs. They all got along so well and I was able to get some training done that I needed to do for work. Score!

After he left, we ate dinner and then went to our last track practice. We have regionals on Friday.

Homework Assignment Completed

At the last trip to Blake's ortho, he told Blake that he had his homework assignment was to get his wiggly tooth out before his next appointment. There is about 12 weeks in between appointments. Blake wiggled it every night, but it hadn't come out. We have an appointment scheduled for the 16th so we told him that we would pull it if it wasn't out a week before his appointment because the ortho said if it wasn't out, then he was sending us to his dentist to have it pulled. I'm not paying for that. On Sunday we got everything ready to pull his tooth. Aaron asked Blake who he wanted to pull his tooth. He picked me. Really?! I'm not a fan of blood and the such, but off we went. We tried pliers, but that wire from his braces was kind of in the way so we did what we could with that and then I ended up pulling it out with my fingers with the help of gauze to grasp it. He was so happy and also excited that he could normally again...it has been months. The next day I was looking at the empty spot and the adult tooth is already come in so it was clearly time for that tooth to come out.

Largemouth Bass

Friday we went shopping. Yicks. The kids were on board because we had to buy them new shoes and Aaron new shoes. The kids completed their library reading program, so we used a free meal for lunch. 

We then went to Cabella's, which the kids totally love. They saw several largemouth Bass fish, so we had to take a picture and send it to my folks.


The next day we did a home depot project. We haven't done one in awhile because of sports. Then we did other stuff around the house. We took the kids on a date, well, we call it , island adventure. I t ook Blake  to Chipotle because we had a free meal there and then we went and got him so new church pants. These kids are growing!

Heard Museum

July 5th--we all slept in a little, then we headed over to the Heard. We had a fun hike and even though we got there early, it was hot. Go figure.

We only saw one turtle.

After the Heard we headed over to Snug, which is downtown McKinney and has some really yummy breakfast food and lunch food. Blake and I got an omelet because we both approve of breakfast anytime during the day. We then came home swam and watched a movie.

July 4th

July 4th--Aaron had this whole week off, so we did lots of catching up and lots of playing. He found his earphones from school. I found him doing his school work...he has his own way of making homework "fun".

Then he noticed me taking a picture of him so this was his look.

That night we met up with the Neumann's and the Richard's and  headed over to the soccer fields for fireworks. We have never done fireworks with our kids because they don't start until 9:45, which is late. We were playing and then the Anderson's pulled up, so we had a big party. 

The fireworks were fun and we all had fun chatting since everyone had recently got back from a trip.

Kansas City Day 5

Sunday morning we woke up and ate breakfast, packed up and cleaned up. Trevor and Carter were flying out that morning, so it was them and then us and Adam and family. We went with Adam and  family to church where we saw the sister missionaries who gave us our tour at Independence the day before...30 minutes away.

We then said our good byes and headed home. While traveling through Oklahoma, we hit a bad storm. But even with that (because we were only in it for about 10 minutes) we made great timing..we got home in about 7 hours. The house we stayed in was closer to our house in Texas  and closer to a faster route home.

We had a fun time seeing everyone. I didn't do a great job taking pictures, but at least I got a couple. Thank you to those who could come. Our boys love spending time with their cousins and it is nice to catch up with everyone. We will see what next summer has in store. 

Kansas City Day 4

Saturday morning we had breakfast and then headed to Liberty Jail. We had been previously, but it was fun to go again.

Here are the cousins. Carter, Skye (she is Meesa's relative who has been living with them for awhile...we like her), Dylan, Blake, Mia, Keeley, Zoey, Avry, and Sam. Let me tell you, Sam loves, loves baseball. He is so stinkin cute.

We then headed over to Independence and had the tour. Here is one of the first Book of Mormon.

We then went to a BBQ place, which was tasty, but took forever! Then we headed back to the house.

Aren't the cousins cute?

After track practice earlier that week Blake said that he wanted to race his uncles in KC, so we all went over to the park that was right by the house. Almost everyone got in on the fun.

Grandpa raced against the grandkids and pulled a hamstring. Poor guy. 

Meesa and crew which included Amy and Gregg were leaving early Sunday morning because Meesa's parents arrived a day early in Denver so they needed to get there early than anticipated. We visited with everyone again late Saturday night. 

Kansas City Day 3

Friday morning we ate breakfast and headed to the park. The kids had a great time and there was a nice breeze and some shade that made a park trip doable. It was about the same temperature in KC as it was in Texas, but it was so humid.

Then we headed back to the house, ate and then took off to an Escape Room. We made it out. We rock! It was a lot of fun.

We headed back to the house and then just hung out. The kids played in the house.

Kansas City Day 2

We woke up and got ready, got the car packed and headed down to the slides right when it opened so we could save our spot. The kids got right to the slides. Last year Dylan didn't want to do all of the slides, but this year he was all over them. They would go over and over and over and over. Yep, they loved it and they could stay there all day. We were the last ones of our group ready to go.

We had so much fun, but it was time to head over to  Costco to pick food up for the rest of our trip and dinner for that night. After our Costco run, we went to our house. We rented a really big house for all of us to share. We would put the kids to bed and then the adults would hang out and talk. It should be no surprise that I never lasted very long.