Summer Fun!!!

Wow it has been a while since I have updated my blog, but to my defence we have had a very busy summer and there has not been a whole lot of spare time for me. First off I got this hair brained idea that I wanted to paint and redo my kitchen. The money had to come from somewhere so I decided to have a rummage sale. With the procedes from the sale I ran off to Lowes and Menards to pick out my paint. I thought it would be a simple job, but 4 coats on the walls and 5 coats on the cabinets and a month later I am finished with the painting. I still need to do the backsplash tile work, replace the sink and faucet, and get new curtains. But I love the results. Now you may ask yourself why there are all of those clothes on the table? It is not because I haven't put my laundry away this week, but it is due to the fact that we are leaving tomorrow for two weeks of youth camp and there are clothes, baskets, suitcases....all over right now.

Now you may ask yourself why did it take me a month to complete the painting of my kitchen and it is still not finished. The answer to that is simple. I like to run and don't stay home.

Our first advedture was Levi's camp. I forgot my camera most of the time, but here are a few snapshots. Here is Levi waiting to be dismissed on the back row of the camper section in the tabernacle. For all of you Indiana campground campers I am sure you can remember the anticipation of the banner being put up to dismiss the campers from church. This was Levi's post every night. I am sure he prayed at least once during the week. :)

Miss Millie loved the week staying in Aunt Chris's little house at the campground. She is super excited about the next few weeks at camp...she is even helping me pack. Which really means she is randomly placing items throughout our suitcases and such. Today I found Elmo panties and a few pairs of socks in with my bathroom items. When I tried to put them up she adamently told me NO!!!

After camp I tried to paint a little more but mom called one morning and said she was off Jury duty so lets go to St. Louis!! So off we went to the big city to visit with Aunt Sara, Uncle David, Judah, and Gideon.

While there we went to the City Museum!!!

Now just imagine an old warehouse filled with metal tunnels, slides, ramps, giant pencils, a train engineered by a midget, a huge whale, caves, water, and a huge 10 story slide, all surrounded by hand laid tile, and you have yourself the City Museum in St. Louis. Yes that is a bus and a ferris wheel on top of the building. The boys, Levi and Judah, would go in one hole and crawl through to randomly placed exits, the tunnels even went outside the building in some places. Yep they even have a bug exhibit.The little ones, enjoyed the many slides and ramps. The Sumo man has nothing on our little Gideon. :) "Grrr show me what you got"All of this tile on the floor has been laid by hand and is still a work in progress.

I highly recommend you make time to visit this crazy wonderful place when in St. Louis!

When we got home from St. Louis I finished painting, but got no further due to the McCoy Family Reunion (see future blogs) and a visit from our Florida cousins Mariah and Josiah. They left yesterday and we are leaving tomorrow for camp. But it is all summer fun!!!