County Fair

We went to the Meade County Fair! We met up with my friend Nita and her family. The girls enjoyed hanging out with their teenage friend Savannah. She was nice enough to let them tag along with her and her friends for a couple of hours riding rides.

We had fried corn on the cob-yum, and fresh made potato chips and lemonade.

To top it off we were there for the truck and tractor pull. Thousands of dollars invested to modify farm equipment-very redneck....Lots of national champions pullers were there-who knew there was such a thing! (of course who knew that there is also a national cow chip throwing championship.....) Gotta love the county fair!

Music in the Park

One of my favorite things about summer has always been music in the parks. Growing up in Portland, I always took advantage of going to Water Front Park to hear new up and coming music be it jazz, blues, or the ever poplar grunge music. And in Colorado we had tons of free music festivals around the city during the summer. My girls love music and I feel it is a good way to get them out and have fun at the same time.

This last week we went to a Pops in the Park. We heard a selection of music from John Williams which included Indiana Jones, Jaws, Star Wars and lots of other popular show tunes. The girls had fun-we went with neighbors and then met up with some friends of ours from church.

If you have the chance, check out your local area for FREE summer concerts!

Beauty & The Beast

Kali was lucky enough to be busy the whole summer with the Youth Theatre production of Beauty and the Beast. They held tryouts in the Spring, and started rehearsing as soon as school got out. Most of the days were long, up to 8 hours a day as the play got closer.

She has lots of fun and made some good friends. This is something she said she wants to do each summer! (She is the tiny one in the bright yellow dress.....)

4th of July Fun

This year we went to our good friends the Bowers unofficial annual 4th of July Party. The girls had a blast running around with their friends from church playing volleyball, feeding the horses and setting off fireworks.

We had a potluck and I made vegan sloppy joes, which everyone liked-hahaha they had NO MEAT!

But most people couldn't even tell the difference.

Their house is awesome and has a view of our area for the fireworks. The kids were a bit to close to the launching pad for my taste, but I guess that's what you get when men are in charge. Oh well, nobody got seriously hurt.

Someone brought glow necklaces for the kids and that was almost as much fun watching them running around in the dark as the fireworks!

We'll be back next year for sure!