So much to tell....

4th of July weekend of full of fun and relaxation with good friends. We of course were involved with the Olde Glory Days parade. I must admit now that I don't "have" to do it and be in charge of a float I enjoy it much more :) The girl's choose to be with By Grace this year so Kayla learned a dance, Emily handed out candy, I carried the banner and Tim drove the truck. We later went to Tim and Kathy's for the annual fish fry. Tim makes the best catfish. It sprinkled off and on all day but we had a good time hanging out with friends. Kayla did play kickball with the boys and feel down and hurt her wrist. not a good thing with the tournament the next week but she is ok. The next night we drove back into town to watch the fireworks. We meet Karen, Sandy, Richard and Jen and sat in the street outside of Bob and Deena's. It was a great place to watch the show.

We then started into tournament week, we easily beat the first team we had to play. The next team was a Windsor team which we had played before and lost by one. We knew it could easily go either way. Well, the girls came out strong and we stomped that team and made it to the east side championship. We then had to play the Warrensburg Green Hornets, a team that slaughtered us twice before at the beginning of the season. After coming out strong against Windsor we thought we would have a chance against Warrensburg. The girls came out a did a phenomenal job and we beat the Green Hornets in extra time. We won the east side. We then went to the east/west championship and played Centerview. We knew Rick Schimidli's team and won for the last several years and we were hoping to keep it close. The girl's did better than that and actually held them. We again went into overtime but ended up losing 7-6. It was a fabulous game! They all received really cool medals.

Next Saturday is the All Star game and then we will be done with softball for the year.

The fair is also going on and Kayla did well. Her fleece blanket and memory board are going to state. She also entered her water lily picture in the Fine Arts and got 3rd place.

Mission Clinton has also been this week. I have gone a couple of days and helped with FAITH. Kayla has gone almost everyday and worked with FAITH, painting the caboose, backyard vbs, etc. Tim went and weedeated tonight.

As if we didn't have enough to do we have also been having swimming lessons in Wbg. The girl's are all doing great and are learning new things.While they swim, Susan and I do laps in the lazy river.

Summer is half over......

Camp

This week Kayla and I went to 4-H camp and we had a blast! The weather was beautiful this year and was in the upper 80's/low 90's. Kayla had severla friends with her including Taylor, Kennedy, Hannah, Whitney and Alyssa. It turned out that Alyss'a sister MacKayla was there counselor and they loved that. The theme this year was blast off and they had really cool evening programs. The first night there were several guys there with very expensive telescopes and we were able to see yellow and blue stars, rings on Saturn and the international space station went by as we were out there. The next night the Springfield zoo came and they had a golden eagle and a bald eagle with them that were beautiful.

Of course it is always fun for me to see my old friends again and cook in the kitchen. I love camp and it gives just a taste of the fun I use to have with all the kids.

Emily went with grandma to Branson for a few days while we were at camp. She was able to go to Silver Dollar City and see her cousins and hang out with them. She was ready to come home but I think she had fun too.