The Hood

Well, we are in the throws of meeting all of the new neighbors.  Our building has 8 apartments in it and there are now 26 kids in building.  Plus 16 from the building right next to us who are always in front of our building.  WOW!  It is a little overwhelming at times.  I am going to take a picture of the front yard in all its glory and post it tomorrow... for now, here are some from a grill out session we had last week.  Also there are a few pictures of the kids from Worlds of Fun when we chaperoned the youth group last week...  we got to see Mercy Me in concert... that is the picture of my big head with the band in the back ground.  They are a Christian Rock band and are one of my favorites!

Zoo Pictures

Some of our good friends from pilot training live on the other side of KC from us so we met up half way at the Kansas City zoo...  hot, hot, hot... but we had a great time.  Here are the pictures!

zoo

We went to the zoo today!  I will post pictures tomorrow!  Right now, i am sunburned, tired and dehydrated... but tomorrow!!!  I will give the real story!  :-)

Is anybody out there?

I am just wondering if anyone really reads this?

Thirteen Teenagers

Russ and I chaperoned 13 teenagers to World's of Fun Amusement Park.  We survived.  Our children almost did not.  Boy were they troopers!  We dragged their little selves all over the park, Emma got to ride some rides that Leo was too little to go on, which made for some drama... but a trip to the candy store helped!

So 5:00 rolls and after being at the park since 10am in 97 degree heat, Emma and Leo were begging to go home.  Did we take them home?  No, because the kids we were chaperoning were from our church Youth Group and there was a Mercy Me concert that night at the park and that was the main reason we were there!  So our poor tired wrung out children trooped along even longer and last until 9pm!  I was so proud of them!  The concert was fantastic!  I love Mercy Me!  David Crowder Band and Hawk Nelson opened up for them.  

The teens were great with our kids.  They all obeyed, no trouble makers no drama so the whole day went great.  Now today is a do nothing day!

Summer Camp

Well, the kiddos are in day camp all this week!  Yeah!  Break for Mommy!  Complete with field trips on a bus and everything!  SCARY for Mommy!  So far so good.  When I picked up Leo yesterday he was playing with a neighborhood kid also at the camp.  I asked him how long he had gotten to play with Owen, Leo gives me an incredulous look and then says... "Mom, you know I don't know time stuff yet, how am I supposed to know?"  hmmm... I guess that sass means he is ready for Kindergarten?

Still trying to figure out how to add pictures... here goes

Finally back to a routine, back to running and some form of a schedule.  The kiddos started baseball camp yesterday and really like it.  Emma is rethinking dance, begs not to go every time, but then loves it when I pick her up.  I think she begs not to go because she sees all the kids at the park when we go...  We had a fantastic vacation at Innsbrook.  The kids went horseback riding, fishing, swimming in the lake and in the pool.  A whole lot of downtime which we needed... and also which is why I terribly need to get back into some semblance of a routine.  Let's see if I can add some pictures...

I am an aunt again

Leo Michael has a new little Leo to play with.  Leo Paul Frederick Krumpe is here.

I am attempting to figure out how to put pictures etc. on this site... I will figure it out again eventually.