Ben at Little Heart's Football Camp.....

Ben attended his second Little Heart's Football Camp put on by the EHS Football Team this month..

Here he is (in orange shirt) running with the ball..... Teams playing a scrimmage game on the last day......Ben with his piece of the watermelon (his favorite part of camp!)....

Ben with his camp t-shirt and football....

Grades 3 and 4 teams (Ben is in the middle in back).....

Catching Up.....

I am trying to get caught up on some fun we have had so far this month so here are a couple of things we have done.

Remember our kittens that were born the night of Beau Promotion? Well here they are now (6 weeks old)... Aren't they cute? There are 5 of them (although Ali did just take 2 yesterday to her house)...The boys have named them Lady, Whiny, Cheese, Betty and Sir Sleeps ALot!

The first week of July was baseball clinic for Ben and Gabe.....

Ben giving me a big smile....

Gabe getting his turn to catch.....

Our boys still love to play with sidewalk chalk. Here are Beau and Ben making sure everyone knows who's house ours is.....

Ben adding his artwork to the cause......

Beau working hard on his artwork.....

Bob and Jane went on a trip recently and brought back some chocolates they got from Hershey PA.... Gabe attempting to eat it all!!! It did not happen....he even said that it was too much chocolate (I had to make sure he was not sick!).....

I still have plently to share....we have done alot this summer. It's been fun.

Ben & Ali's Summer Adventure.....

A few weeks ago Ben went to stay with Ali at her house in Mattoon. She took him to the local pool and afterwards she and her roommate took him to Champaign to Olive Garden. She bought a water camera and took some photos of their adventure (I have trained my kids well!).

Here is Ben going done the water slide..... Ali and Ben enjoying each other......

Ben under water....I love the bubbles!

Ben getting soaked under the water mushroom....

Ali and Ben......Don't you just LOVE Ali's sunglasses??

It was really nice of Ali to take him. He can't wait to do it again.....

$3.50 Worth of Fun!!

Last week we needed to go to Catholic Charities to try to find Ben some cleats for Little Hearts Football camp (did not want to buy new ones right now). Well we did not find any of those....but we did find rollerblades! We got 2 pairs of rollerblades and all the padding we needed for $3.50! What a deal!

Ben and Gabe got all set up to try to rollerblade and then realized that they could not go down the steps! The crawled across the porch and scooted down the steps! Trying out their "new" skates......

Watch out.....here comes Ben.....

Gabe putting all he's got into trying to go down our "hill".....

The rollerblader "dudes"....

They had a blast and keep practicing and getting better each day.....Gabe did tell me that night it was one of his best days so far this summer! Sweet :)

Fireworks and Fun......

We had a great 4th of July....We slept in, watched some movies, bought fireworks, cooked out, watched fireworks at the mall, and did our own fireworks show at our house!

Here Brian and Shakes are waiting for the fireworks to start.....

Ben and Gabe enjoying some ice cream in the back of the van before the fireworks.....We sat in the parking lot in the front of the mall. We did not want to go to far from the van since it was supposed to start raining again..... The Grand Finale.....

Ben and Gabe enjoying the fireworks....Ben decided to try to take some photos with his cell phone......

This year we decided since the boys were older we would get some different fireworks for them to set off. Here is Brian explaining them to the boys and all the "rules" with handling fireworks... Here they are watching the fireworks go off......

After the mall fireworks were over we came home to set off the rest of our own fireworks...Even Brian was getting into the action....

These fireworks were just green smoke! Real exciting......

We placed sparklers in the ground and lit them......

Beau enjoying some sparklers.... Ben among the smoke of the sparklers......

The boys were setting off some under the porch and the smoke would just linger under there....luckily our neighbors were also setting some off or they may have called the fire department.....

Gabe having some fun with sparklers too....

Beau and Ben trying to light something Beau designed in the ground. It really looks like a bonfire!

The boys thought the fireworks this year were the best.....They can't wait until next 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July!!!!

Hope everyone has a good 4th of July......hopefully we will be able to do something today since it's raining and is supposed to all day :(

Nothing says Happy 4th of July more than American Flags in Fruity Pebbles!!

Have a great day........