New House

There was construction going on at my house Friday night

Check out the "hot" construction worker

cut out a door

 add a couple windows

and "POOF"  you have a box house

 you would be amazed all the "things" you can put in a box house

Little Miss had fun all weekend and this week playing in her house

I have great memories making and playing in houses made of boxes

My dad had a hardware store - he would bring home washer/dryer/refrigerator boxes

they would be scattered all over our deck

we would also drag all types of things into our houses

I have enjoyed reliving experiences/memories I experienced as a child
it is good to go back to those days
I know now,  how spoiled we were with the neighbors we had and all the fun we had

I am glad my daughter also able to have some of these wonderful experiences in her childhood

Graduation

Kassade graduated in May from Maize South High School

YEA!

We had a small family party for her at the house

Just a few of the decorations - surprised her with one of her favorites

- Emperor's Grill - for lunch

 Making the bunting was my favorite

I did it in colors that she would like and possibly want to use later

the dinning room looked "naked" when it took it down

 Family picture

 Russ and Kassade after graduation

I didn't get any pictures during the ceremony

(had my old camera and the zoom doesn't focus anymore)

Such cute girls!

We are very proud of Kassade and all that she has accomplished

It is hard to believe that she is now off to college

I know she will enjoy being on her own but yet not too far from us

Hope to see you around more

Come August I better start keeping the fridge full 

Riverfest

At the Riverfest, the Wichita Children's Theater presented

"Chicken Little"

We thought London might enjoy this play

Kassade and Kerry also decided to join us

London was full of questions about the play - she wasn't sure what to expect

I didn't get too many pictures because 

my camera battery was low (how could this be??)

It was cute and kept London's attention

They had some singing and dancing and cute costumes

London normally doesn't like people dressed up in costumes

She surprised us by running up to Lucy Goosey and Henny Penny

giving them hugs and wanting her picture taken

these two also wanted to get into the action

Braving the heat and wind we took off  to find some good food

Which wasn't too hard - we had more than we could eat

 London's new friend

(so sad they aren't in focus - darn that new camera)

Neat fountain at the Hyatt - someone just had to get their feet in it

Kassade did join London in the fountain but my camera battery died

So I missed some good pictures of them together

It was a good evening - pretty laid back - no drama

It was really nice to spend some with Kassade and Kerry

Glad they joined us

Weekend at Grandma Brown's House

We went to Russ' mother's house this weekend in Garnett

It was a good weekend with many little activities

Russ and London having a little fun with water

I was talking with Sherrie out on the porch

We heard a big "SPLASH"

London came running over to us - wanting us to watch her

this is what we saw . . . 

"Again Daddy"

Racing

Garnett's North Lake has been used as a road race for Grand Prix.  Today they use it for shifter-kart racing.  This weekend they were hosting a race.   Russ went out watch and snapped a few pictures.  We were told that on the straight away, some of the cars can get up to 130 mph.

Some history:  The first event was sanctioned by the Kansas City Region SCCA in 1958, and the Lake Garnett Grand Prix became a fixture on the road race circuit in the early '60s, bringing a number of well-known drivers of the era. Perhaps surprisingly, in view of its remote, rural location, the races attracted numerous spectators (up to 50,000) to the small community. Difficulties of crowd control (the spectators rioted in 1963) and increasing safety concerns (the narrowness of the track, particularly over the dam, and the proximity to the lake) led to its demise as a sports car track in 1972.

Fried Chicken

Russ' mom told him next time he came to Garnett she would make him a Birthday meal

He wanted her wonderful fried chicken and all the trimmings to go with it

Russ learned how to cut up a chicken

Mmmmmm  good ole fried chicken

It was a great meal - Jay and Barb joined us

As you can tell - Russ is the favorite child (at least he thinks so)