Mini Vacay

We talked about going to the beach for a few days this summer...but it is so hot I could not talk Greg into it... so instead we went local. Sunday we headed to Grand Prairie to do a little back to school clothes shopping for Caroline, then went to dinner and off to a hotel in Mansfield.

The next morning Greg took off work (because you buy an adult ticket and get a kid ticket free on Mondays) and we went to a water park!!! The kids had a great time. Greg and I took turns going with Caroline on the bigger water slides that Eli and Elizabeth could not go on plus we all played in the pools and lazy river that all the kids could use. There was also a big slide climbing area that had a big water bucket that would dump water every 5 min or so. It was great fun until it dumped water on Elizabeth, she would not go on those slides any more.

After that she would either sit on the chairs and watch Caroline and Eli have fun, or she would play on these little bitty slides in the pool area... crazy girl! At least she was daring and went down the slide head first!

Could not get pics of the other  water slides without getting the camera wet. After we played at the water park for many hours we headed home and stopped by Braums for some ice cream time! It was a great family time.

The kids just love getting to stay in a hotel, Greg and I don't sleep well in them but the kids do. Lizzy asked if we could just go to a hotel for her next birthday and swim in the pool instead of a party... hhmm something to think about!

Land

Never a dull moment at the land. This day Elizabeth told me she did not want to bring her bathing suit that she was not going to get in the blow up pool and did not need it... well it was a very hot day... so she puts on Eli's bathing suit...

We found a spaghetti squash that was ready! Our first real pickings from our small garden this year!!! The squash has been producing in abundance this season... we should get plenty of spaghetti Squash!

Finally we have a toilet!!! Our outhouse is almost complete... at least we have a place to go to the bathroom though!

Fun in the Mud/Sun

Greg and Eli are working the tiller getting the ground ready for building a septic system.

The kids are loving going to the clubhouse pool because they can touch bottom all the way to the rope. They can swim and sit on the bottom of the pool, they can try and do hand stands. They even went off the diving board last night but I was in the pool and could not get a pic of it!! So proud of them all for going off the diving board by themselves though.

The trench is getting deeper, then we had some rain so the kids now have a very fun mud pit to play in...

Caroline built a bridge to cross over the trench and then can use it to jump in the mud pit!

Oh how fun a hammock in the shade can be... it entertains for hours!!!

That entertainment allows me to help get some things done at the land... like our well/out house being painted...

and the sink getting installed in the outhouse part of the building!!! Coming up next is the toilet!

We just finished  a very busy week of VBS at church. The kids had a blast and moms were exhausted...

Nothing ends a week of VBS better than Cow Appreciation Day at Chick Fil A... Dress like a cow and get a free meal...

These are the three cutest cows I saw

The girls found a way to make the hammock a double decker hammock... hopefully they don't break it mom:)

4th of July Fun

On our way to the parade..

waiting in the shade for the parade to start...

Finally it has started but we are in the HOT sun watching the longest parade we have ever seen!

Lizzy did not like the fire trucks honking their horns.

Nothing better after watching a 45 min parade in 90+ degree weather than cooling off in the water sprinklers.

An afternoon/evening of playing with friends, eating dinner, and...

sparklers and fire crackers with our friends!!!

Caroline getting to shoot off her first roman candle

Eli getting to shoot off his first roman candle!

It was a fun filled day of celebration with family and friends, kids of all ages had a great time!