August Fun!

The end of July/beginning of August brought us to our longest road trip this summer

We drove to TEXAS...

Cam had training to do in Abilene, so the kids and I obviously gluttons for punishment

stowed away.

We were dropped off at My sisters house in Frisco.

Then every 2-3 days we would drive to my Parents house in Paris 1.5 hours away...wait 2 days drive back to Frisco....wait 3 days drive back to Paris...wait 3 days drive back to Frisco...wait 1 day and drive back to SD.

Despite all the driving we wouldn't have traded staying home for anything. Seeing

so many cousins (we saw 13 of their 19 cousins, the other ones we just saw a few weeks before) is always worth the drive. Plus my kids are amazing travelers.

THANK YOU PERSON WHO INVENTED IN CAR DVD PLAYERS!

While in Texas we did lots of swimming,

(TAUGHT CREED HOW TO SWIM!!)

went to the Dallas Children's museum which by the way was totally awesome, saw movies, and hung out with some of our favorite people in the whole wide world...

The Children's Museum..

Callan spent most of the time climbing into the sorting bins for all the

food they would harvest at the farm.

My boys making their grandparents proud milking that cow...it really squirted out water, yuck...

I think I need to move them to a farm they would love it!

What cute lil' cowboys
They loved the insect area where they could dress up in an abundance of costumes and play in different insect habitats. Here they are ants trapped in the spiders web..

Grandma and Cal swimming at my brothers pool...

Helping Grandpa mow the lawn....boy was it hot!!!

Mack and 2 of the 3 cousins his age Kelsey and Eliza

Creed and 1 of the 2 cousins his age Katiana

swimming at my sisters pool...My kids would wake up get in the pool...eat lunch get in the pool...before bed get into the pool... They loved having a pool at their fingertips.

On our way driving to Texas we stopped in OKC and I am so glad we did. The memorial

is such a wonderful tribute and the spirit there is so strong.
The Oklahoma City Memorial Park

The rows and rows of chairs were such a somber sight, the children's chairs

were especially heart wrenching.

As a way to leave your impression on the memorial site you are allowed to wet your hands in the reflective pool and make hand prints on the wall.