Happy Labor Day
Berkley turned one on Saturday!
Girl dug right in!!
And didn’t stop for a breath until it was gone
I wish I could say this was the first time she’s had this much sugar…but our youth know the way to a Hough kids’ heart is through sugar, so she’s scored herself some great desserts at cookouts this summer! One lucky girl!!
Just for fun, we looked at the other two kids’ 1st birthday pictures. Wow, they are all so different from each other! We praise God that He made them all so different! We love all these little dudes!
Becks has at least, what, 6 teeth? Berks has 2.
I’m looking forward to racing cyclocross this fall with an actual cross bike. In fact I’m so ready for it that I set up a course for Beckham in the garage to practice. Check out the video below.
Today while riding our bikes Laura hit the side of a curb at enough of a speed to flip her buggy with Sadie Piper in it completely over. I took this picture a few minutes later once SP was back in and feeling a little better. It was nasty to watch, she wasn’t buckled in so she flew right out of it and it landed upside down on top of her.
If you look to the right of the picture you can see the angle is a little tough with that curb. That is Mur-len in the background across from Mid-America.
On a completely unrelated note, could someone please explain to me why they say women are bad drivers?
We get to go to this picnic every year, but this year we got to go as a family with kids in school! Beckham doesn’t start pre-k for two more weeks, but this was a blast!!
How stinkin’ cool is that? Yes, he “roared” a lot the rest of the day…
SP was a princess. When she was finished, the artist told me, “I tried to get as much paint on her face as possible!” Our Sadie Piper isn’t the best at sitting still…
Is it the shirt that makes her look so old? Or the eyes?
Julia was a mermaid! She had blue sparkly lips!!
So I’m minding my own business when I look out the window to see this:
I’m pretty sure SP stripped to pee in the grass, and Becks is in a boat with oars.
There’s really no place we’ve ever been to cooler than Paradise Park. How come no one told us about this place sooner?? The Barrs are our only real friends? They treated us to the best family day we’ve ever had!! Brandon and Lauren showed us the ropes and helped with the kids. I recommend taking them with you! 
There’s a crazy lot of pictures, I know, but this place was overwhelming!! The fun kept coming!
Here’s Becks with the Batman they got him with tickets at the end of the day. Brandon and Lauren got most of them, Becks reaped the benefits.
They have bumper cars!! We weren’t sure what to expect from Beckham (he was RIGHT at the line to be tall enough to ride alone)…he was a mad man!
He’s “roaring” here
I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a more genuine smile from that boy! Go kart time!
In a tee pee
Cool outside playground too!
This is Lauren getting stuck in the tires!!
You can fish! It’s magnetic and super fun! I love Lauren’s face! She must have caught a big one!
Then there’s the play areas inside. This one was a house. We ate dinner.
Cool chairs! Very Kansas!
There’s a little grocery store! Kids get a cart, pick out what they want and then check out!!
Beckham of course was very meticulous, checked out every item!
I think SP tried to barter with Brian the Cashier.
There’s a kitchen where they cook and eat a snack! They had the best little sinks (and toilets!!) so they all wash up before and after cooking.
The theme that week was clowns. So they made “Pie in the Face” (banana pudding, cool whip and chocolate chips!)
And the craft was a clown hat!
There’s also rooms of just stuff every kid dreams of! This one is full of foam stuff you climb on, jump over, move around, hop through…apparently pass out on?
Nope, nope, he’s ok!
And in case you are wondering why their faces are painted, it’s cause they have face painting that you get to do yourself!!! Lions all around!
Berkley wasn’t a fan, but she was stinkin’ cute as a baby lion once Lauren finished!
Oh, and a water table room! Berkley did love this room! So did Brian and Lauren!
This is us checking out the outside…we were shocked at every room we went into and then we discovered there’s an outside too?? Where do we even start???
Right when we got there, we found a ball room. Our kids have never played in a ball pit before cause they don’t exist cause they are gross. But in this one, if you hit the bulls eye, it sucks the ball up, cleans it and drops it back in, so it’s constantly being cleaned. Brilliant.
Thanks Barrs for a GREAT day!!
This was the inaugural jr high camp. Let’s just say it’s a redo!
Me and Hat
When we stopped to get gas, I met Taylor Lautner. His real name was Devon. He was nice, and hates looking like Jacob. This picture took much coaxing, and much perseverance. I wasn’t letting this one go without a picture!!
Also at the marina Brian went inside to pay and a worker came out and said to me, “Your dad’s inside and needs the registration; this is your dad’s boat, right?” I almost peed my pants laughing so hard!
Speaking of peeing pants, I sat in water and it looked like I did!
“Mess with your neighbor”
Wouldn’t be summer camp without jr highers duct taped to trees…
Cause I NEVER would have thought of this….
Quite the wedgie. He said it was worth it!
