Liz and Karston Come to Visit. We Take Them to Museums

 Liz and Karston came to visit at the end of the Summer. While they were here we went to the museum on post. Even though the weather was not great, Karston enjoyed running around the airplanes and helicopters.

Isabella was about to be eaten by a sharkopter, luckily she was able to move away since the sharkopter was not moving too fast

 Aiden had some quality time with dad while Liz and Bella ran behind Karston and I just walked around taking pictures

Did I mention that Karston did a lot of running around?

Karston managed to get inside a helicopter, Aiden was very upset because we were "breaking the law" there was a sign that said no one was allowed inside the crafts and he pointed it out to us a few times

Aiden was fascinated with the guns much to Jared's delight

  We also went to a car museum, where the kids had some fun looking at old cars and motorcycles...

...and to the science adventure center (a children museum of science) were the kids kept me running from one place to another so I couldn't take too many pictures...

working together to lift up a car

At the children's Adventure Center we had lots of fun, but we split up as soon as we walked in since our children had different interests so I'm assuming Karston had fun. There were a few dinosaurs and bees, and a circulation water table, simulation heart climbing thing, dance revolution type game, etc. 











...and we went to the local museum, but I took no pictures there I think, since I couldn't find any in my phone or camera...(we must be the most boring people since all we can plan are trips to museums) I am glad we had fireworks (roman candles), and sparklers, mostly to show Liz that we like to live dangerously.

Better Late Than Never. 2012 Summer part 2

 I was just reminded last weekend that I never posted the part 2 of my summer. Well here it is...This summer we finished our wall, and the fire pit is almost completely done (some pictures of it will follow)

 The kids have continued to practice Tae kwon do. They are now high-level yellow and are doing great.

Here is our beloved fire pit. We put down crush gravel, and got everything ready for the pavers, which we put down a few weeks later. We decided to enjoy it by having our first BBQ. Hot dogs and s'mores, delicious!

Aiden loves "his" mallet so much he even took it to his room to play with it.

Isabella is roasting the hotdogs. They had a subtle smoky flavor.

And then came the fireworks! Actually this was not on the 4th of July but much later, when Liz and Karston came to visit we lighted sparklers and played. It was fun, and we took some neat pictures!

 We were very glad that Liz and Karston came to visit us. It was fun to see him try to do everything that Aiden was doing. Aiden was so flattered that he decided to like Karston since playing with him was now fun (the last time there was a little jealousy)

...we let them play with fire too

The ring of fire!

We all tried to make a ring of fire, except Jared, he was just lighting the sparklers

...And of course the occasional ghosts that showed up playing behind the children

This summer, we had to say goodbye to our kitty. Sadly, he was sick with a very rare and aggressive cancer. Those were some very sad weeks but life goes on, and life is now again back to normal, although we miss him.