T.J. & the Exploding Thingy - 96

T.J. had this thing. I honestly don't know what it is actually called, but it was made of a rubbery plastic that made a coil onto itself and was filled with water and sparkles. Needless to say, this thing was rather slippery and tried always to get away from whomever was unfortunate enough to hold it. At some point earlier than when this picture was taken, it sprung a small leak. In an effort to stave off the leak, T.J. attempted to twist it closed... Well, it exploded all over him, so now he's covered in sparkles, but at least it was filled with water, so he dried fairly rapidly.

Reading Time - 89

T.J. and Jacque were laying in the popasan. Jacque was "reading" to T.J., while the boys were watching I Robot.

En familia 87

... or something like that.

Magic & Affection 86

T.J. performed a magic show for us after dinner...

...with Robert and Jacque being all affectionate.

Demo, Demo, Where for art thou? 85

It's been a rather tiring day. I started the day with a walk and a few pictures.

These flowers were part of a bush that looked like it couldn't support anything this beautiful.

Then, in the final stretch before getting home from my walk this morning, a dog, which I'm assuming wasn't supposed to be out of his yard, attempted to bark his way into chasing me, but I let him know who's boss and so he followed me instead.

Next on the agenda was the demo for the SCA, where Spud found out why hay won a ribbon...

Not sure what Ceyle is discussing with Kato...

and Udatai drumming on K.C.'s dumbek...

Couldn't forget the kids :D

Last, but not least...

Kinda spooky, huh?

WoF 82

We went to Worlds of Fun today. The kids had a blast, tho Robert was a little tentative about enjoying the rollercoasters. We did get him to ride on a couple tho. And guess what, no sunburns even tho it got over 90! Enjoy!






























The End

Family in Solo 79

It wasn't really a conscious effort, but that's what ended up happening tonight. I took a picture of each individual family member (other than myself, of course) at roughly the same time.

Jacque was watching a movie just before going to sleep...

Michael was trying his best *not* to get in the picture before he left to brush his teeth...

Robert was relaxing before his turn in the bathroom while a video game was going on the tv...

T.J. was trying to throw a pillow at me to keep me from taking his picture, but the video camera was too quick for him... Did I mention I like this camera? :D

And K.C. was playing Halo on his computer in the backroom.

Grandma Trip 76

St Louis Trip 73

We went to pick up the boys today, Kato, Conner, Jacque and I. On the way back, we thought it would be brilliant to stop at the St Louis Arch and attempt to ride the pill box cars to the top of the Arch. Little did we know how much of a delay there is in seating. We got there I think at roughly 3:45pm and the next tram up the Arch was 5:15... That wasn't happening, so we went through the museum before we headed home.