Yeah Huh

Truman is big into saying "yeah huh" right now instead of yes. It's cute and gramatically incorrect.

Cast off, time for summer fun!

Photo courtesy of grandma Pat.

Goodbye cast!

Today Amelia got her cast taken off. She did great. Went through getting it cut off without crying once. When it was time to go get xrays, she walked right in and put her arm up on the table like she'd done it a hundred times. Sorry I didn't get more pictures, but it's hard to document and hold a little girl on your lap at the same time.

Tonight Travis took the kids swimming. Amelia was very glad to get to swim and take a bath and not have to worry about getting her cast wet.

Goodbye cast!

We are building a fence!

Last Thursday posts and quikcrete was delivered to our driveway for the beginning of our fence building project. Travis, Ray and Dad worked hard thursday and friday night and a good portion of Saturday getting all of the posts in.

 Before:

 The first post going in...

Fire. Hot dogs, Marshmallows

This evening we went out to Ray and Patts to burn limbs.

Front Yard Fishing

For Father's Day I bought Travis (really, the kids) fishing poles. Spiderman for Truman and Disney Princesses for Amelia. Last night Travis and Ray helped them learn to cast.

Father's Day and Dad's Birthday Party

Sunday afternoon Ashley and Tanner's families came up to Mom and Dad's to celebrate Father's Day and Dad's birthday. We swam, ate supper, played.

German chocolate cheesecake.

Paying in Forward in Oklahoma

Last Saturday, a group of us went to Oklahoma to help in the OKC area after the tornadoes and flooding they've had recently. We worked with Samaritan's Purse and helped a local farmer/rancher to clean up after some flooding. We cleared branches and flood debris and rebuilt his fence.

 Around noon a storm rolled in, so we took a lunch break. It was a nice break in the rain.

Our team leader Jim.

 At the end of each volunteer job, Samaritan's purse gives a Bible to who was being helped.

 After we finished working, we went into Moore to see some of the tornado damage. We drove around a bit. It was eerie, heartbreaking, quiet.