Kiddie Park

We have made it to the Kiddie Park several times this summer. We always have lots of fun!

 The Little Dipper Roller Coaster.....Kayla is in the 3rd row with her dad.

 The roller coaster is Austin's favorite ride at the Kiddie Park.

 Kayla really likes the swings.

 This year Austin is able to manuever the bumper cars on his own.

 While Kayla rides on the little cars.

 Enjoying the rocking ship together

 Austin with his cousin Tyler on the carosel

 Kayla with her cousin Rachel on the boats.....this ride moves so slow but for some reason this is also one of Kayla's favorite rides.

 Riding the ferris wheel is always fun.

 Yummy rainbow snowcones.

 Austin actually took this pic of me and Craig together.

 Kayla and Kambria hanging out in line.

Austin and Braxton (school friend) also enjoying the kiddie park together.

 Riding on the turtle coaster with cousins

Such easy, cheap, and great entertainment......and these kids LOVE it!!!

Tulsa Color Run

 On Saturday, June 23rd, we headed down to Tulsa to run
 in The Color Run aka The Happiest 5K on The Planet.

 Here we are looking pretty happy......and clean (but not for long).

 There are so many participants running so every 10 minutes they let 1,000 runners begin.....the run started at 8:00 am. but we didn't get running until about 9:00 a.m.

After every kilometer there is a Color Zone where you get splattered with COLOR.

1 K Color Zone = yellow

2 K Color Zone = green

3 K Color Zone = blue

4 K Color Zone = pink

Then after passing the finish line the participants gather together for the 5 K Color Zone. On the count of 3 everyone releases their color packets into the air.  

And here is the end result

I always wondered what I would look like as a blond (luckily it all washed out pretty easy).

Colorific!!!

It was super fun doing getting to do this run with my sister-in-laws.

Summer Fun

The summer is passing fast!! Besides spending lots of time in the water (more on that later), here are some of the fun things we have done during the month of June.

 We went to Sunfest and the kids enjoyed getting up close and personal with some reptiles.

 Yes.....that is a yellow snake.

 Even Kayla got brave enough to touch the alligator.

 Puzzle time on a sunday evening....glad these kids are friends (most of the time).

 We went to KidsFest at Woolaroc when my sister and brother were in town. The kids enjoyed the petting zoo. This baby cow wasn't scared of the kids at all and was licking their hands.

 Looking at the baby chicks.

 Craig and my brother Brandon shooting hoops

 The kids LOVED the inflatable slides

 Batter up!

 Nice hit!!

 Homerun!!!

 Digging for hidden treasures.

 And you can't go to Woolaroc and not feed this buffalo

(It is a statue that you feed trash to......so funny).

 My niece, Jessica, spent the week in town for Grandma's week. We went Go-Karting together and had a great time! 

 Last year Kayla was not a fan of this activity but enjoyed herself this time.

 Watch out for this pre-teen driver.

Me and my (not so) little-man!

We also took a day to go down to Stillwater for a couple reasons. Craig, my dad, and my brother Brandon wanted to play Stillwater's frisbee golf course which is a good one. We also stopped to eat dinner at the famous Eskimo Joes!!

The kids are also taking a gymnastic class twice a week for the summer and they love it!! It is a great way to get out some of their energy plus they are learning new things: rolls, kartwheels, headstands, balance beam, trampoline, parallel bars, uneven bars, still rings, and jumping into the foam pit (probably their favorite). For their spotlight on parent day, Austin performed a tri-pod in front of everyone and Kayla performed a forward roll. They finished with a "tada" pose and received a medal.

No More Training Wheels

Austin has been asking about taking off the training wheels on his bike for weeks. Well we finally took them off and on June 8th we decided to see how Austin would do without them.

 Figuring that Austin would probably fall down a lot on the first try, Craig had him practice in the backyard. But Austin suprised us as he went from one side of the yard to the other without even falling!!

 So the next day, Austin practiced on the street and did great.....still no falls!!

So the next day, Craig and Austin rode their bikes over to Craig's mom's house which is a couple miles away. Austin once again mastered that challenge with no falls.

I certainly did not expect that this learning milestone would come so easy......good job Austin!

Kayla is a pretty good bike rider herself.....and looking cute as always.