Waving in the Bath

Kinley has recently decided that she is too big for the toddle bath. She is a crazy 

There are a few short videos of Kinley waving: one of her new tricks.

Silverwood

Mason and Cooper both read for over 10 hours during the last school year and earned themselves one free admission ticket to Silverwood. As August approached, and we still had not used their tickets, we figured we better do so soon. Ethan earned a ticket as well. We decided to all go together, figuring the boys would have more fun together than having to hang out with only their boring old parents all day.

The day that worked best for Jeff to take off was on Kinley's first birthday. Grandma and Grandpa Borders came and got her and Shiloh at 9:30am. The girls got to hang out with them all day and enjoyed their time with them. We were gone all day, well past the time Kinley was in bed, so we didn't get to spend much time with her on her birthday. Hopefully if later in life she hears that her own parents and brothers didn't even spend her first birthday with her she will find it in her to forgive us.

We stopped at Cafe Rio before heading over. I personally like Costa Vita better, but Michelle loves Cafe Rio, so we all sucked it up for her sake.

Waiting for a snack.

My good lookin' brother, Jared

Aren't we cute? No? Come on...

Ethan, Michelle, and Jared (middle) and Mason and me waiting to go on Timber Terror.

Ready to go! 

On the Timber Terror.

We did it! Mason was not a fan and did not want to go on any more roller coasters. Cooper was roarin' for more.

Going on the kiddie style panic plunge

As you can see from this video, Mason is not a fan of heights, but by the end he was smiling.

When we got in the car to leave, Mason said he had a great day, but was sad that he didn't get to spend it with Kinley on her birthday.

SIX!

I can't believe he used to be this small.

 One Year

 Two Years

 Three Years

 Four Years

Five Years

Six Years

Singing to the birthday boy.

Cooper got roller skates for his birthday. I wonder how long it will take him to get the hang of them?

Summer cub scout happenings

In May I was called to be the Den leader for the Wolves. That works out perfectly for me as Mason became a Wolf in July. We were able to go on some fun field trips over the summer. Mason got to go to day camp for three days and I was able to join him one of those days. 

In June we went to the Waste to Energy plant. We got to wear some really stylish hats and glasses. It was pretty neat to see how all our garbage is processed and burned. There are also large tubes filled with water that run under the large (4 story) furnace where the garbage is burned. The steam from the boiling water in the tubes is turned into energy. The whole facility is run of the energy created by the steam and the extra energy is sold to our local utility company at a cheaper rate, which (they say) those savings are then passed on to us, the customers.

Day camp:

 launching water rockets=FUN!

Using a bow and arrow=MANLY!