Weekend Recap

We had a rather eventful July 4th weekend that kept both the kids and parents entertained.

 

 Sparklers Friday night

Kari fetches the paper each morning.  Saturday she took some time to sit in the garage in her camp chair and check out the local headlines.

Saturday ended up being a rather warm day, so we broke out the little plastic pool for our back yard. While this certainly isn't the Elks, it is a quick cool-off remedy for the hot summer days.

Kari and Bryce both enjoyed jumping up and falling on their bums in the nearly 8 inches of water. The evening's activities involved more outdoor water fun at the Clawsons. Along with two other couples and their kids, the Clawsons and Kecklers had a nice time in Nolan's back yard.

In fact, Kari and Taylor threw enough water outside the pool it made for a mini-mud puddle. Let's just say the water didn't look overly inviting in the kiddy pool after an hour.

Sunday was supposed to serve as a day of BBQ fun at the Grays. Allan and Kevin were planning on smoking nearly 25 pounds of different meat (from a shoulder, to baby backs to brisket). However, late Saturday evening some torrential downpours invaded the Gray compound and left their lengthy gravel driveway unusable.

Allan was able to form a different path to their house and we took advantage of it. We dined on delicious eats and had great company (the rest of Allan's family from Texas was here, along with the Dowells, Smiths and Al V.).

But perhaps the memory of this July 4th was made with the introduction to Tony Dowell's Argo. This vehicle is hard to describe accurately, but picture a 4 wheeler on steroids. It will make its way through anything, including the newly featured Lake Gray. Kevin took great pleasure in giving rides to and fro in the Argo, which actually doubles as a boat if the wheels can't grip the ground.




 This video will give you an idea of the fun we had.

On our nation's birthday, we spent a good portion of the day at the Elks with many friends. Holly's friend Pam made the trek from Indy and was a huge help with the kids. Swimming, bouncy castles, candy jar guessing, rolling down hills and plenty of fireworks were a part of our time outdoors.

This week we get to introduce Holly to what it feels like to turn 36. Saturday we'll get to spend time with the Williams family, which will be stopping in Indianapolis for a short overnight stay before heading to Cincinnati. Kari can't wait to see her cousins, while we're just hopeful Bryce will throw things and hit others for 24 hours instead of us.

Have a wonderful week!