Bull riding, Memorial weekend, BBQ, and balloons

It's been a little more than a week since I last posted. Last week and this past Memorial weekend were super busy and went by way too fast. Tuesday evening I picked Mom and Dad up from the airport. Mom was returning from her trip to FL to visit Bethany and Braden. Bethany had some dental surgery done so Mom went to help her with Braden while she recovered. And Dad returned from Qatar for good :) He starts a new job at Whiteman AFB next week, so the comapny he was working for in Qatar let him out of his extended contract a little early.
On Wednesday we went to the library for a special puppet show and storytime, then had a fun playdate with several of our friends, followed by lunch at McDonald's and playing in their in-door (much welcomed air-conditioned) play area. The kids took great naps when we got home and then we were off that evening to Crazy Horse saloon in Pleasant Hill to watch some bull riding. I got lots of awesome pictures and Hollie had a blast chasing the sheep around the arena :)



The rest of the week is sort of a blur of cleaning house and shopping. We spent the day friday getting ready for Saturdays BBQ. And Friday evening Uncle Rick came over to help Dennis build the forms for the concrete to be poured for a new shed which they did on Saturday morning. The rest of the day Saturday we smoked ribs and hung out with the family :) Oh the guys also moved the swingset and put another slide on. Then later that evening we drove out to Gardner, KS to see the hot air balloon festival. We just caught the tail end of it, but it was pretty cool and at a really nice park so hopefully we can go next year and spend a little more time out there.
Sunday we spent the day at home being lazy and playing outside with the kiddos. And yesterday (Mon) we went shopping for outside toys for the kids to play with this summer. Overall a fun and productive weekend!



Here are some random pictures of the kids playing outside.