This Game.

I HATE this game. Princess Monopoly. Ick.















But look at how happy it makes them.............















Until the END. See if you look above BLUE is dominating the game. Blue just happens to be Calvin and myself - in the end some castles were thrown and tears shed, isn't that how every game of Monolopy should end??

Window Washers.

I asked the boys to clean my windows, they were happy to help!! Not really, but they didn't really have a choice now did they...

Is there something on my face?? Koolaid? Dirt?

Maybe we'll clean that next!

I think you missed a spot.....

Thanks for the help boys!!

Jump Jump.

Strawberry shortcake, cherry on top, how many boyfriends do you got?

One

Two

Three

Four

Five........

of us jumping rope on a beautiful Minnesota summer night!


Cal is just getting the hang of it....

I will never get the hang of it....

These two did pretty well....

She didn't want her picture taken...cuz she is THAT good!!

Water Fight.

The other night they brought out the hose and had a water fight, well then it turned into an argument as to who got to have the hose. Problem solved. Calvin you can have it for 5 minutes, then it is Ellery's turn...

HE..................................

trapped his sister in the 'man shed'.

SHE.............................................













wanted to clean the patio off.

THEY....................................................


























are my favorites!

Forest City Stockade.

Calvin & I thought we were being funny. Grandma yelled for us to stop so she could take our picture. So we stopped...and she took our picture. Nice bums huh.











Ellery was so excited to go see the school house, she has recenlty visited it on a school field trip and she it was her favorite.






Grandma, Ellery, Hannah and Calvin did the egg toss. Grandma and Ellery's egg just wouldn't break...until it hit the door of the school house.. CRACK. Game over.












We ate:

Rock Candy
Apple Cider
Ice Cream
Fry Bread
Buffalo Sandwich
Root Beer Floots

YUM.

Buffalo Sandy.

Hannah is not much of a meat eater. She cuts her brats in half the long way. Steak must be WELL DONE. She put a thin slice of ham on a huge bun. She just recently started eating pork chops, she was very surprised that she like them.

So you can bet this Buffalo Sandwich that Jerod is shoving into her face is out of the question.

Later in the day (we were at the Forest City Stockade) we found her wandering around looking like this....

Jerod said she looked like she was on opiates. Secretly I think she went and ate a Buffalo Sandwich.

Cherry Cherry.

The boy had cherries last night for the first time. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.