Out on the Town

Psst....this is Top Secret

I've been hiding cupcakes in here so my mommy can't find them. Now I can run around, grab a few nibbles and keep myself under the radar. I really don't want my mommy to know.

Can you guess which one I am?

Wordless Wednesday

this is what happens....

...when I forget to put the food behind locked doors.

( and he (not sure which one) only had about 15 minutes to do this when I was get ready to go away yesterday. He's a sneaky one.)

Celebrating the 4th

After Mike finally got finished working on the 4th, we went out to celebrate as a family. We started off with a cookout at Brent & Kerri's house. The boys loved jumping on the trampoline and playing in their giant sandbox. After stuffing ourselves with much delecious food, we headed over to the Overisel Fireworks. As always there was plenty for the boys to do; face painting, hayrides, sparkles, wheelbarrow baseball and much more. It was great!!!!!

Austin choose a whale

Lucas wanted balloons

and Brendan, a flag. (I think that's a pretty bad excuse for an American Flag)

The boys waiting for their turn on the hayride.

Mike keeping Connor away from the oncoming tractor.

Not the best family photo - but it's the memories, right?

Austin hiding from the camera
Connor Connor waiting patiently for the fireworks to begin.

after about 40 minutes of fireworks, we left so we didn't get home after midnight. I found out later that fireworks went on for another 20 minutes. Now that's a show!!!!!!

Thanks to Mr. Broekhuis for his love of his community and fireworks.

Wordless Wednesday

Small group Pool Party

Last night Josh and Jamie were so kind and invited our small group over to the pool. The kids had a blast. It was a great time for all; lots of great food, laughter from the kiddos and good conversation for the adults. Thanks again for having us over!!!!! My kids will be talking about it for the next couple weeks. :)

Austin and Joy.
Lucas wasn't so fond of the water, but that's no different than last year. But he still had fun.

Brendan, Drew, Austin and Chase. What a foursome!!!!!


Adorable Stella

Connor
(more pics)

Slip N Slide - a bit of relief from the 90 degree weather

Brendan making a big splash. He didn't really like it, cause he got so much water in his eyes. So he thought his googles were a must until the dog got them and now the googles need to be fixed.

Luc

Austin

Connor had a blast with the slip n slide. He kept cutting in line and making his brothers all mad at him.

Sports Camp "The Armor of God" aka VBS

This past week, we had Sports Camp at our church; that our church's verison of VBS. This year's theme was "The Armor of God." The boys had tons of fun, even if it was the hottest week of the year so far. I would like to give a shout out to fellow blogger Sonny for all the hard work and time that she put into Sports Camp again this year. The boys are still talking about it.

The stage for large group.

The twins holding the team banner

Highlights of the week:

1. Firetruck came and sprayed everyone with the fire hose

2. Slip and slide baseball

3 Tattoos

4. Singing

(more pictures can be seen here.)

Today's weather forecast

Will be bone chilly....

.... if you follow what clothes* Connor put on this morning.

I almost fell over from heat exhaustion when I saw Connor come downstair this morning.

(*long sleeve shirt, sweater, and jeans)