4th of July Fails

 The boys gave innertubing off the back of the boat a rating of 10 out of 10 for fun. 

 I think their fails and falls should score solid 7s.

(While my screaming is definitely a 10)

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Though this one might get a 9.5

"A place for fun, a place for knowledge"

Two of our kids are still gone.

This is the one piece of communication I've gotten with this one.  (That's 5 meters, so 16 feet).

And apparently this one hasn't been fired...yet.

But it does look like he's killing it at the talent show.

So we grabbed up 2 more kids and headed off to Galveston for 4th of July weekend.

It finally rained...so we made them go learn things.

We went to the Bryan Museum to learn about Texas history.  

Which you know Jason and I enjoyed since other people heard me squeal "Jason! Did you see the exhibit on the Chicken Ranch!"  

And then we went to the offshore energy museum.  Which everyone very much enjoyed.

And I will say, having Jason as a tour guide to explain everything does make it much more interesting.

Ridiculous

 Chloe is all of us dealing with this ridiculous heat. 

Clearly someone is not pleased about not going to Colorado this summer.

Dive Camp

 We dropped Kyle off at dive camp on Sunday. 

We got to Austin a little early so we could have lunch and I could give the campus tour.

We ate hamburgers in the location that used to be a Taco Cabana. 

Things have definitely changed around town (I literally had no idea where we were at times) but campus looks pretty much the same.

We made the Kyle requested stop at "Ms. Shelley's turtle pond".

And Reed requested to see what the inside of a library looked like, where Jason and I saw this and got nostalgic for our old homeland. 

We got Kyle unpacked in his dorm, and here's hoping he'll have a fun week on campus.

21

 Jason and I celebrated our 21st anniversary last week.

It was definitely a calmer celebration than last year, but we still had fun.

We only took 1 picture, which was this dinner selfie. 

But I did take a picture of my flowers.  They smell so good they make the whole house smell like a florist.

And my traditional "Chloe as the size comparison" photo. 

Some Not Near as Exciting Pre Father's Day Excitement

 Last week Jason and I had two perfect storm nights where all the kids were gone.

JR: camp counseling

Kyle: MawMaw and PawPaw's fishing (without getting hooked)

And Reed: pole vault camp

So it was cheers to us!

Some Pre Father's Day Excitement

 We were out Saturday night around 8:30 when Jason said, "that's Kyle face timing me".  It was Kyle showing Jason how he'd hooked his leg with his fishhook and asking him how could he get it out. 

While Jason was still on the phone with Kyle explaining the reasons he probably wasn't going to be able to get it out by himself, I called my mom and in my calmest voice said, "Go down to the pond, pick up Kyle and take him to the emergency room, he's hooked his leg."

He wasn't hurt enough that he couldn't Snap it out immediately. 

They made it to the emergency room

And my mom kept us updated. 

And they finished up around 10:30.

After getting Kyle some dinner they made it home about midnight.  He got a tetanus shot and a round of antibiotics, and has decided that maybe he'll stick to fly fishing.