4th of July!

Our favorite day of the year!  Megan, Mom, and I walked the 5k in the morning before the parade.  It was Megan's first full 5K.    She needed a little encouragement towards the end, but she did great.
The Usual Suspects were all in attendance at our house for the 4th of  July festivities.  There were no firework mishaps this year.  Whew.
On the boys' birthday, Dwight and Shirley came over along with Carter and Kylie for the boys' birthday party/supper. Teenagers!!!  Can't believe it.

 Happy 13th  Birthday, boys!

 Megan learned how to play the Happy Birthday song on her ukulele

 This is some type of yellow finch that Jonathan is really excited about.

 lighting the snakes

 photobombed by Zoe!

 smoke bombs...always a favorite

A new shed

Our shed was destroyed in a little storm that blew through town a few weeks ago.  Sustained winds of 60 mph with gusts over 80 was just too much for it.  The wind blew our shed, ripping it off the platform foundation it was attached to, over the fence and into our neighbor's yard.  We used a little family teamwork to put up the new shed.

I didn't snap a picture of the finished product....

swimming

Missy dropped the boys off a few weeks ago while she took Josie to camp.  It was a sunny day, so we spent some time in the pool, of course.

 Megan and Jonathan waited on the front steps for the boys to be dropped off.

 Jack, Eric, Megan

 Sam needed to rest for a bit.  Some of the swimming got a little rough for him.  He said he just wanted to swim like he does in Makoti :-).  We got him back in the pool.