day 243 - mascara

My daughter decided to try putting on some mascara today. Doesn't she know she to young :0

day 242 - boat

Time to put the boat away and head home. We had a good time camping, hanging out on the beach & going for cruises in the boat.

day 241 - campfire

The kids really wanted to have a campfire so on our second night we got one going. Here they are still working on it. They roasted marshmallows for the first time too.

day 240 - beach

We took all the kids camping for the first time this year. We had tents and are hoping to eventually upgrade to a pop trailer. Here's the oldest hanging out at the beach :-)

day 234 - Anniversary & birthday bash

My in-laws celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary, my mother-in-laws 70th birthday and my father-in-laws 77th birthday. We also tossed in my daughter's 3rd & son's 1st birthday too. Lunch and then dessert.

day 230 - beekeeping class part 2

My son and daughter went to part two of their beekeeping class today. They weren't to interested in the lecture part of it but they did like watching the bees go in & out of their hives and making beeswax candles.

day 225 - last day

Today was the last day of sports camp. Playing some games, here's soccer.

day 224 - sports camp

Day 4 of sports camp. One of today's sports was lacrosse. He liked this one & did fairly well with it.

day 223 - sports camp

Day 3 of sports camp for #2. One of the sports today was football. I liked that they had smaller footballs for the youngsters.

day 10 - sports camp

Day 2 of sports camp. Learning about badminton.

day 221 - playground fun

My 2 middle children playing at a playground after #2's sports camp.

day 219 - yard project #2

My husbands second yard project he decided to do this year is make a trail for the kids around the perimeter of our yard for the kids to ride their bikes on. Here him & my eldest son are dumping stone onto the trail.

day 213 -Chimpunk release

My oldest son had been at his grandparents house & my FIL had trapped a chipmunk. My son decided the chipmunk should come to our house & be released. Oh yay! ;) Hard to see but he's about halfway up the hill.