a summer blast

so i guess i am doing most of summer is one huge post. here it is minus our trip to colorado which will get it's own glory.

celebrating daphne's 2nd birthday

the last day of school-tomato plants for the teachers

the kids got to go stay with nana and papa for a week after they were done with school and bobby and i still had to work. ben was sad to miss all the fun-but got to do some riding around when we went to retrieve the siblings :)

the summer of road trips continues with a trip to st. louis to see wonderful friends 

celebrating father's day!

the father's day photo shoot-complete with balloons (this was round 2-as the 1st ended up with ben stepping into an ant pile)

soccer tournament

a new basketball team for grant-

fun with the garden

the 4th of july parade-sitting outside of lakeview village with grandma

baseball season

nana and papa stopped by for dinner and ben suggested they play his new favorite game 'pitch' and 'hit ball'

 another evening with fun dinner guests

 finally hung the swing that nana gave the kids for christmas. pure enjoyment.

 another finally. getting siting put up on the addition of the house.

 evening with cousins.

 the fair!

evenings in the meadow after the hay has been cut

one more trip to oklahoma before the end of summer. 

there are many more which i will just keep adding to this mega post :)