Trampoline, Kids, Camera, ACTION

I just love having a trampoline. When your kids have nothing to do they can always go outside and jump out all their energy. Totally worth the cost. So, one day the girls were expending their energy on the tramp and I got some pretty good action shots. The last picture is my favorite.

We Found Out Who's Brave and Who's Not

Unfortunately, I don't have many pictures from our fabulous trip to Lagoon. But, it was so fun I thought I would blog a minute about it anyway.
I haven't taken the kids to Lagoon since Katie was about 7 and Kelsey was about 3. This experience was totally different from back then -- of course.
Anyway, Katie invited a friend and her cousin, Samantha and Samantha's friend came. Kesley invited her cousin, Madison and Aunt Tiffany came. Sooo, The teenagers went off and did their own thing while me and Tiff followed Kelsey and Madison around the park letting them do their thing.
Kelsey had told me before we even left that she was going to ride everything. I thought, "you say that now..." But I really thought when she saw some of the roller coaster rides she would be rethinking that statement.
No. She did not rethink. She got on everything she possibly could. On a few rides I asked her if she was afraid and she would say, "Yes, but I'm going to ride it anyway." I was so impressed with her bravery! I rode on a few with her but I chickened out on some she road. For instance, the ride called Wicked. I did not go but she jumped right in line and went.
She went on a ride called The Spider and came off looking a little green in the gills so we took a break, had some water, and walked around a minute so she didn't lose her lunch. After a bit, she felt better and got right back to it.
The big sister, on the other hand, was too afraid to ride on a bunch of stuff. Katie said she realized she was afraid of heights after her Lagoon trip. She still had a really good time and went on plenty of rides but wasn't nearly as fearless as her little sister.
We'll definitely have to do that again next year, it was so much fun!

These are pictures of the ride "Wicked" :

That's One Big Oryx! Really!

Tyler got fortunate enough to go on a really great Oryx hunt. He went to New Mexico which is the only free-roaming place you can find Oryx's besides Africa and I think you can find some behind fences in Texas. Anyway, he was lucky to come across this very big one. There were a lot of others he could have shot that were smaller. He really didn't know what he had but the guys that were with him told him it was outstanding. We think it will make top 10. He's very proud of it.
They are really interesting looking animals. They have a tail that looks like a horses. They are really big up front and as you can see they have spears for horns.

These are the guys that went with Tyler. Him, Tony and Tony and his brother, Matt.

One last picture. Oh, and also the meat is very, very good. Even better than elk.

July...and it's Kelsey's Birthday!

Kelsey had a great 11th birthday! I think dad is trying to steal some of the attention. No matter. It was all about Kelsey. Kelsey has come a long way from the birthdays of old when she would cover her ears and scowl rather than blow out her candles. I thought I would post this picture of Katie giving Kelsey a cantalope for her birthday. What a proud moment. Kelsey loves her cantalope! Can you hear the drum roll? Love the picture!