Catching Up

I am so sorry I have been off the blog lately. Partly due to laziness and frustrations with the computer. So it is now time to catch up on what we have been doing this summer. Father's Day Scott was on call for the first part of the day then after he got home from the hospital we had some friends over to grill. The kids and I got Scott a bike for Father's Day. A few weeks after we moved to Columbus Scott's two mountain bikes were stolen off our patio so it was about time I got a replacement for him. He is looking forward to riding his bike to work. We are going to get a couple trailers so we can go on bike rides as a family. Can't wait!!
To take break from the heat the kids and I made water balloons (Thanks Tamera). The balloons were really tough to break open. Genevieve discovered if she bit it they would pop. Grisham just tried trowing the balloon over and over until it popped:)
Fourth of July came around so fast this summer. This was the first time Scott has had the holiday of in four years so we wanted to do something fun. Scott is a HUGE fan of smoked meat. Last Father's Day I got him a little smoker but that bit the dust a few weeks ago so we got a bigger smoker, hopefully it will last longer. He started the smoker a little before 8am and the meat was on before 9. He was so worried that the meat would not turn out right. It cooked for over 9 hours. It was a labor of love. Not only was the smoker HOT but it was stinkin hot outside. Scot was constantly going out to check the meat and the temperature. Who knew it was that complicated to smoke meat. Apparently it is...Anyway some friends come over to help us consume the monstrous amount of meat. Our neighbors grand kids are in town for the summer so they have been spending some time over here playing. Gavin is a kindred spirit. Dirt+water=fun!! After dinner Scott got out the "fireworks" that we bought at Sam's club. They were all smoke bombs of sort. Except for the little poppers that you throw on the ground. A little after eight we packed up and went to the Hilliard fireworks. We were going to get close to the park but the traffic was a you know what and decided to park along the street. Great view and it didn't take long to get home. All three kids were exhausted. When we got home the neighbors were out shooting their own fireworks, of course Grisham perked right up and wanted to join. Now way, Man!! Mommy was ready for bed. It was a long day of fun:)