Annevar Tradition/Father's Day

Of course when June rolls around so does our annual Annevar weekend.  

It's definitely one of my favorite times with my family.

Waiting for the parade to start.

We decided to head back to GI to relax a little prior to going back that evening for some more fun.  This was the same weekend our AC was out so we decided to avoid going home and head to Fuji instead.  This was the first time for the kids.  I was definitely nervous as my kids are somewhat picky eaters, but Landon LOVED it!  However, notice what Avery got....chicken nuggets and french fries.  

That evening we headed back to Ravenna for more fun.  Luckily my aunt opened up her kitchen for us so that my grandma could join us and have a cool place to hang out.  We enjoyed the nice cool AC as well in between rides.

Who needs a carnival when we have free cart rides 

Lucky duck 

All three of her ducks said PRIZE so she was able to pick out anything she wanted.

My family kept up the bingo tradition as well.  I was too busy chasing my kids around that I didn't even play one single game.  :(  

Maybe next year!

Poor Kurtis is such a good daddy.  He ended up taking Landon on lots of rides.  However, when it came to the Twirly Bird, the Twirly Bird won.  He was so sick and was out for the night.  Luckily he could relax at my aunts.  

Grandma then had to take over!

Jersey day for Father's Day at church

For Father's Day we headed out to my parent's house for lunch after church.  

My entire mom's family was able to join us and even grandma.

That evening we left the kids at my parents' house as I had to work that next day and daycare was closed.  Landon was so excited to slumber party with grandma and grandpa without daddy and I there.  These were the fun pictures they sent us.

June Photo Dump

Wow, June snuck away from me and July is doing the same.  I took a ton of random pictures in the month of June.

Getting a little sassy with our pose.

A day at the park wouldn't be complete without a train ride.

Woo hoo she actually wants to wear her swim suit this year!  

Mommy and me date at Paradise.

We walked to Howard Elementary down the street several times this summer for their free summer lunch program. The kids actually enjoyed it and it was great for Landon to experience prior to starting school this fall.  

Playdate at the park

After we were done playing the kids of course wanted to go see all the geese and ducks.  However, as soon as we got over there they all got out of the water and started following us.  It was actually a little creepy how many and how fast they moved in on us.  We ended up sitting on the ledge out of their way as they continued to quack at us.

A trip to Aurora to spend time with the family.

Then of course a trip to my Aunt's Kitchen for doughnut day!  The funny thing is that morning when we got there she was swamped, so I jumped in and started serving coffee and waiting tables.  Needless to say I earned our breakfast that morning.

I went to a Wildtree meal prep awhile back and loved it, so I decided to do another one with my friends.  Here were everyone's kits.

One afternoon we all got together at Mikki's house and prepped our meals.  

This time around I did the grill set.  I walked away with 12 meals!  

Our first trip to Big Red Treats.  Only my daughter would get just a bowl of m&m's!  

Making mud streams

Paisley, Grace and Jadyn all played t-ball against each other one night.  Landon couldn't wait to go watch.

With my position I'm slowly learning all of these "random" tasks that I'm in charge of.  I found out that it was my job and the principals to go through all of the new inventory.  Needless to say there were boxes upon boxes to go through; it was a little overwhelming but after 4 hours we got it tackled.  

Two days after we had our air conditioner inspected it completely went out.  After the inspection we decided to start looking into estimates to be prepared for the day it did go out, but that Sunday it continued to run and run and run...and blowing warm air.  We weren't quite yet ready for it to happen just yet.  We ended up shutting it off completely and got several estimates around town. Kurtis did have a friend in Albion that gave us a $2000 less estimate than everyone else we asked, so we decided to go with him.  The only bad thing about that was, he was about two weeks out.  :(  So, we did our best to survive some of the hottest days in June. We spend a lot of time at the library, a day trip to Scott's house, a trip to Kearney, spent time at Stolley Park School and luckily the last week it was out I was at curriculum work all week and the kids were at daycare so we just had the nights to deal with. Needless to say I complained A LOT and by day 14 with no air....I was DONE.  

We spent a lot of time in the basement.  We even had a family slumber party down there every night to stay cool.  Landon started calling them underwear parties!  The last couple days were the hardest as our basement was also starting to warm up and it even took a toll on Kurtis.  

Lots of fans!  

Underwear party!  

I was soooo excited to see the new unit put in and the old one ready to go.  We ended up replacing them both as they were both 32 years old and the heater was actually older than the AC. We'll hope we don't have to go through that again anytime soon.  Definitely makes you thankful for what you do have.

Vacation Bible School

Landon was excited to go to Vacation Bible School at Peace Lutheran this summer. Our church isn't having one due to construction, so I'm thankful he was still able to participate in one.  I'm also thankful they posted pictures each day so I could personally see all the fun he was having (and of course pics for the blog)

My past student Aubrey was one of his group leaders.

He was so proud of his face painting!  

Thursday evening they had a family fun night with a concert.  Landon was excited to sing and be part of the God Squad.  We also enjoyed hot dogs, cotton candy and music!  

That evening we got home around 9:30 after delivering thirty-one bags so we decided to stay up and catch fireflies!  It's summer so you can do that!