Funky Junk in My Trunk

Camping at Alum Creek State Park in Delaware, OH...

 

 

 

 

 

WELCOME HOME...THEY'RE BAAACKK...

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO WROTE LETTERS OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE CHILDREN WHILE IN CANADA...ESPECIALLY GRAMMA AND CARMELLA!..THANK YOU.

HERE IS A PICTURE OF THEIR WELCOME HOME COOKIE (REALLY MY BIRTHDAY COOKIE)....

MARION (OH) COUNTY FAIR + JULY 4TH ...

sparklers in the back yard.

heeereeee chickie, chickie, chickie...

Bradley being so cool with his sparker.

walking in the pig pens at the fair...just look how big John is.

trying to light a smoke bomb

bradley and blossom in the smoke bomb

same thing, but realized the grass was too wet and the bombs were not lighting back in the yard, so they came to the sidewalk.

back at the barnyard

John telling the goat where to go!

He was terrified of the carousel.  He kept saying "off" and was squeezing my neck so hard i couldnt' even stand up straight.

Bradley and Blossom kept telling him it was a lot of fun. He still wanted off.

 

at the end of the night.

a real carousel, with real miniature horses.

just walking around.

these chickens are called "fancies"...they look like they are wearing fancy hats and going to the kentucky derby.

going down the fun slide.

in the fun house

in the fun house.

same

same

Enjoy....

LETTERS TO CANADA...

Bradley and Blossom are leaving for a week long (boarding) hockey camp in Canada.  It would really mean a lot to them to get letters from friends and family...if you would like to write a little note of encouragement (I know they will be homesick), their address is below.  For a regular size #10 envelope and one to two pages inside the postage should be .72 if you go over that, the next postage is .96.  It will take a little longer to get the letters up there, so if you want to write a letter of encouragement, you should probably do it right away....Thanks.

Name of Camper

CAN/AM Hockey Camp

Maritime Hall

South Ring Rd

University of Guelph

Guelph, ON N1G 2W1

the zip code is N (one) G 2 W (one) in case you can't tell

FIRST WEEK OF JULY...COLUMBUS ZOO + 4 SHOTS

I took the children to the Columbus Zoo yesterday...

 

 

they turned into frogs!

 

 

300 lb snake.

  

 

 

 

then we went out to Wendy's for lunch.

 

John had his dr appt yesterday to get his 4 yr immunizations...he got 4 shots...didn't even cry.

but didn't want us to touch the bandaids. Daddy had to comfort him.

LAST WEEK OF JUNE

John thought it would be fun to drive the box into the puzzle and onto the floor....so we start again!

Bradley and Blossom had a lemonade stand this weekend...this is after about 2 hours....the abandoned lemonade stand.

Kite flying in the neighborhood...

sharks in Columbus?

John flying the kite.

Pull up your drawers man!

All three children and our new house.

Blossom running with the box kite.

Sharks in trees...only at our house!

Our house with the new landscaping...

Bradley, Blossom and I competed in a mini-triathlon this past weekend.  10 lap swim, two mile bike ride, and 1/2 mile run...we finished in 26:11, 26:14, 26:16, respectively.  We felt so good after we finished. Our goal next year is to do the bigger one...25 lap swim, 5 mile run, 2 mile bike ride.

Blossom catcher at he softball game.