The 4th of July at the Lake

Jack almost made it up on skis this year.

I love these!

Luke's turn, it looks like Jack is going to catch him...or get smashed.

Skipping stones.

Another try, he'll get it next year.

They all three went too, Brad still looks happy in the next picture.  This was right before I made him jump in to rescue Selah who had just gotten sucked into the water when the front of the tube went down.  She didn't like the tube so much after that, but the boys seemed to like it more!

How sweet is this?

Happy 4th of July!

Layken's Photo Shoot

Last weekend Leah and I were at our homeschooling conference and on Saturday my Mom had all of the kids.  Layken documented all of their shenanigans!

I love Jude's face in this picture.

Mom still looks okay!

Then on Father's day we went to an Iowa Cubs game and Layken took over the camera for me again while I held Tucker.

This random kid jumped in for the picture with Cubbie Bear

Jude waited patiently for an autograph.

Trouble!

Layken, you did a great job, I am only sad there are no pictures of you!

Branson Days 3 & 4

Swimming, Basketball, and Ping Pong

The game got fierce.

This was the big match between Brad and Jaysson, both with extensive ping pong experience.  Jaysson walked away the winner.

Jack and Levi kept score by holding up their hands like this, they didn't understand why Layken and I thought it was so funny.... what?

Selah and Jude washing the pool.

Jack's ping pong brackets, of course there was a tournament.

Another afternoon at Silver Dollar City, I'm glad I missed this ride, they came out soaked!

The last night we did some pirate mini golf, and it wouldn't be vacation without one of these pictures!

Trip to Branson Days 1 and 2

Last week we went to Branson with my family for a few days.  A few days was not enough, it is a really fun place for families.

 

 At the Dixie Stampede dinner show you couldn't take pictures inside of the show but Selah loved all of the Belles of the south and Jack had fun cheering on the Northern soldiers against the South.  Luke thought they were the North and South poles and got very upset when the North would win.

 We also went to the fish hatchery, Tucker just woke up from a nap.

 Then on to Silver Dollar City!

This is the log ride that Selah went down with Brad, Jaysson, Layken, and Ainsley.

 This next picture is blurry but it shows Selah with a smile still on her face!

 Did they like it?

 Luke even got to ride a train, here is him and Jude waiting for it to come.

 

All aboard!

After our busy days we spent the night swimming and playing ping pong, I will post days 3 and 4 next.