Greetings all!! I hope that everyone is doing well out there! I can't believe that it's been OVER A MONTH since I last blogged. Clearly, I am not a dedicated blogger. I had hoped that I would become a dedicated blogger when I started this blog, but not so much. Even though the Legislature has been done we've been busy with non-work stuff, but that's still no excuse for my neglect to regularly blog. I'm hoping to turn over a new leaf with this blog and that's why I'm dedicating my Friday night to this update. Oh, sweet, sweet downtime at the end of the week! Let's begin where we left off, shall we?
Summer began here in Kansas hotter than it's been the past few summers (or at least to my memory). The kids finished up with school and Stuart and I recovered from the end of the session. We started to shift our focus to session debriefing, kid activities, home repairs, spring cleaning, and more wedding planning. Stuart, Ben, Caroline and Sam went to Oklahoma to visit Stuart's brother Steve and his wife Jill and their kids Allison and Kate. Stuart and I went to Kansas City for a weekend for a mini vacation, and all of us went to Alva, Oklahoma for a family reunion of Stuart's dad's side of the family. All were very good times. Added to the mix were softball games and soccer team tryouts, basketball and theater camps. Oh yeah, we also had a kid's fun run where all of the kids ran like champs!!
For Father's Day last weekend we celebrated by taking Stuart to Dave & Buster's in Kansas City. For those of you who don't have a Dave & Buster's in your area it's pretty much just an adult version of Chuck E. Cheese, except without pizza or furry animals. They have a ton of video games, Skee-Ball, etc. Stuart wanted to go there to unleash his inner gamer and of course there was no shortage of fun things for the kids to do either. Dave & Buster's has a really great casual dinning area and we had a great lunch there. The kids played (many) games of chance and won enough tickets to purchase 5-inch tall gummy bears, a furry blue and black zebra striped velcro tie, and several packs of pop rocks and Pokemon cards:) We had a wonderful day!!
We have tons of great pictures of all of our summer activities so far that I'm planning to share here. I'll start with some pictures from Father's Day.
Here's our man of the day playing a very intense and multi-rotational game of shooting skill.
Live action Skee-Ball shot. Can I just ask: is Skee-Ball a recognized childhood obsession? I used to love to play it too when I was a kid!
Here's a shot of Ben and Sam on a really cool video roller coaster "ride" that bounces and shakes and blows air at your face so that you feel like you're really on a coaster. Notice the bucket of tickets in the foreground:)
Stuart and Caroline decided to take a turn. I think they were on the scary coaster.
Such a good day!! We hope that you all had a great Father's Day and that the last month or so has been a good one. We'll keep you posted with more updates, (I've asked Stuart to make sure to keep on me about blogging) as they occur. I'll also keep posting pictures of our recent activities. Have a great weekend everyone!!
