Kristen Goes Kayaking

In the last of Kristen's Outdoor Summer Adventures, she and Russell went Kayaking on the Arkansas river. 

She didn't like the learning how to part very much.


But the being out on the water part? She loved.

Russell had a good time, too!

Lawrence, Part 2: Megan's Birthday!

Megan asked to go shopping with Caitlyn for her birthday. So, Marie and I tagged along. And then no one took pictures. I did manage to snap a picture of the bookstore we popped in to.

 and Megan bought herself a bookshelf. And put it together herself.

We did have a few other presents for her to unwrap. To a very captive audience:

Birthday math!

Happy birthday!

Lawrence, Part 1: Cousins!

We decided to make a little weekend trip up to Lawrence to see Megan for her birthday, and to hang out with Baden and Mary. We really enjoyed seeing cousins!

Kristen and Eliza are good friends:

They really liked playing games on Alison's tablet. Oh, and MEGAN!

Marie, Kristen, and Henry hiding from The Monster Alison:

Kristen's miffed that Sophie's in this picture because she knocked the first fort that they built down.

They're "wading" in the pond.

We all really adored Henry.

This picture says "Stop taking my picture. I hate it."

Watching Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Russell doing his unique "this little piggy" en-masse.

It was a delightful weekend!

From the Garden

All this:

(I am SO done with cucumbers)

Turned into this:

Why yes, Russell, I do want a picture taken when I'm sweaty and tired.

And a huge sense of accomplishment. There are still peaches to be done (probably Monday or Tuesday) and more tomatoes and peppers ripening, too. Ah, summertime.

Full Moon Night Hike

Kristen really liked the night hike we did last year, so Russell took her on another one on the last day of the month. It was a full moon (a blue moon, as Kristen proudly announced when they got home), and they saw deer, frogs, and lots of spiders. Not too many pictures, being dark and all.

They had a great time, though!

An Evening at the Zoo

At the beginning of summer, Russell noticed that every Tuesday in July, the zoo was offering free (if you went and picked up passes) admission in the evening. Since it's been forever and a day since we've been to the zoo, we figured it'd be nice to (make everyone) go.

We gave Kristen the run of the camera, so we got a lot of animal pictures.

But there were people, too.

It was a good trip.