Weekend update

What a great weekend!!!

Friday was homecoming so we went to the high school to watch Emilee in the festivities. Even though she wasn't the "crowned queen" as Rose puts it, she was AWESOME!! We were very proud to have her in our extended family! She looked wonderful!

After the crowning, we went to Lindsborg and stayed Mom and Pop Koelling. The Blakes went down too and stayed in their camper. Rose crashed on the way down there, so she didn't get to hang out with anyone. Kambren was happy to be there and was delighted with all the attention! I think David was thrilled to have a boy to FINALLY hang out with. I'm pretty sure that he and Grayson were together the majority of the time!

Saturday Tara, Kim and I took ALL the kids (the Blake kids, Hodges' kids and mine) to the Scottish Festival in McPherson. We forgot to tell Hanna (age 6) and Rose (age 5) that the Scottish men sometimes wear kilts - so you can just imagine their reaction when the saw guys walking around in skirts! It was really hot, but the kids all managed to survive and have a great time! We had a picnic lunch and watched Scottish dancers, listened to the bagpipe bands play and took in a sheepherding show. I think that was my favorite part. If only we could make our Sammy dog listen and obey like those border collies! WOW!!! The kids all had blast in the activity tent and creating spin art. Kambren's favorite was the shaved ice stand - she got her first taste of margaritas (without alcohol, of course). Kim got a great shot of her first bite!

We came home and took the kids to the park in Lindsborg. After being eaten alive by mosquitos, we had a weiny roast. Of course, Kambren had had too much outdoor activity for the day, so she was done!!! We stayed in the house while everyone else had their fun, but I did go outside for my smore. Would have been great fun, but I got in trouble for getting my marshmallow on the ground... Grumpy wasn't too happy with me!! ;)

As if this wasn't enough fun... We took all the kids (sans Kambren) to a Corn Maze! Tara and I take the kids every year at this time to the one in Ada, but we went to one about 3 miles from Kim and Duane's house this year and it was WAY better! We even talked the guys into coming with us. Poor boys didn't know what they were getting themselves into! It was hilarious watching them try to follow the map to get us out of the maze! This pumpkin patch was so much fun for the kids! They had a bunch of activities for them to do! I think the favorite was the gourd shot. They would have played forever if they had the gourds to do it!

It was a fun but tiring weekend - and we are all excited to do it again next year!! :)