4th of July

The fourth of July tradition is for the Davis family to come over for a pool party, followed by a big meal, the boys (and big boys) shooting fire works, and finally, a private fireworks show from the 9th green of the country club.

The day began with the typical pool play

Papa and Mitzy came to visit I'm SURE Kev is not sucking it in :)

The event would not be complete without the annual "human pyramid"-- can mighty Jeff hold all 7 children this year?

Step 1: Practice Step 2: he's got 6 of them

Step 3: lifting all 7 Step 4: the Finale

Family Vacation- Creation Science Museum- Part 1

The Creation Science Museum is a journey through history-- from Creation to the Flood-- from a Biblical perspective. The grounds consist of a museum and planetarium and a beautiful botanical garden surrounded by a lake.

We ate out back overlooking the lake, with a great view of the botanical gardens.

The museum is based on creation science and demonstrates how the Bible is true history.

There was a replica of Noah's ark.

Matthew is having a conversation with Paul -- wonder what they were discussing?

Family Vaction-- the Beginning

The first park Dad and the boys camped in (Jellystone park) had a lot of fun things to do!

Sioux Falls, SD has beautiful waterfalls in the center of town.

June Family Vacation

The next few entries are going to be from our June Family Vacation!

Jeff and the boys started out on their own, tent camping through SD and MN until they met up with me (Mom) in Minneapolis, MN, after my Target Category Mgmt meeting.

From there, we went through WI (spent the night in Madison), IL (Sears tower), OH (drove through Cincinnati) and KY (Creation Science museum).

Below are all the state signs we passed.

Summer Garden

Jeff Spent a lot of time putting in our summer garden. We had a bountiful crop of tomatoes! We had such a large harvest of cucumbers the boys made a road-side stand and sold them!