The Gold Medalist Max

How many people get to wear a gold medal. Well Max got to yesterday. Lloy Ball was in town signing autographs and showing off his gold medal.

Bike Parade

Max, Oliver and Autym were in the Woodburn Days bike parade. Max got second place for best costume and Oliver got 1st place for best theme. Max didn't make it down the parade route. Right before the parade was suppose to start Max said, "I don't feel good." He was pale as a ghost and he said his eyes looked funny. He was about to pass out. We stripped down his clothes and mom poured water over him to cool him off.

4-H fair

The boys had a good time at the 4-H fair. They really liked seeing their projects at the fair. Dakota built a lego castle, Max built a race car and Oliver painted a giant rock.

4-H Winner

We had 4-H judging this weekend. Autym entered 9 projects in this years fair. She did very well for her first year of 4-H. She got state fair entries on her food preservation, basic crafts and her drawstring bag. She also received an honor class on her scrapbooking pages. The rest of her projects all got blue ribbons. Way to go Autym!

Crazy Summer

It has been a busy summer. The boys are both playing on all-star baseball teams. Last night they even had a practice game against each other. They both claim that they won but nobody kept score so we may never know. 4-H projects go in on Saturday and Sunday we have been pretty busy getting our projects done.

Max's new friend

Max is an animal lover. We caught a little guarder snake in the yard. We put it in a big bucket and Max built it a little habitat. He even did some research on the internet so he knew what snakes ate. At first the snake was pretty angry and kept striking out at anyone who came close to him. After a little while the snake calmed down and Max was able to pet it without any trouble. We kept him about 4 days and then I told Max he should let him go back to his family.

Oliver turned 3 years old

Oliver had a great time at his birthday party. He had a Lightning McQueen birthday cake. The weather was good and our guests got to enjoy the nice weather outside and swim in the pool.

Dakota's right of passage

Dakota is officially a big boy now. He has started to help mow the lawn. I was a little nervous but he drives really slow and only mows the backyard so there is no chance he can drive into the ditch.

Paiges Crossing

Aunt Kris's company picnic was at Paiges Crossing so she invited us along. We had a great time. We did a lot of fun things. Dakota's favorite thing was the go-carts. Oliver liked the inflatable jumpy things the best. Max's favorite thing was the kid games and getting prizes. The sure did have fun riding the rides. On the way home Oliver asked if we could go back to the party.

Swimming

We have been spending a lot of time in the pool. The boys are having fun jumping in and swimming to the bottom. Max is swimming with no floatie arms this year. It took Oliver a little bit but he is back jumping in with his floatie suit.