Derek is 30!

June 25th was Derek's 30th birthday. We went to a St. Joseph Mustangs ballgame on Thursday with some our friends. But the real party was the previous Saturday. Derek and his friend Greg Baumann have close birthdays so Megan and I planned a shindig for them. We had our friends and family over to Greg's parents farm to celebrate. There was a bit of rain earlier in the day but it stopped and was nice for their party. For Father's Day we went to the Royals-Cardinals game in KC with Cory and Allison Schweizer. It was fun and HOT! I did not take any pictures because we would all be sweaty.

Keeping Cool

Who doesn't like a Popsicle on a hot day? But they are strictly outside food at our house, this strawberry Popsicle made my front porch look like a murder scene!

Our friends Allison, Cole and Cooper Schweizer came up on Thursday for some fun in the water! Here are Wyatt and Cooper enjoying the sprinkler. I figured out Wyatt didn't mind the sprinkler if it was turned on at half strength.

More sprinkler fun and they loved playing in the little plastic pool. Once we were done, Woodie the dog likes to get in the pool and drink.

Here are Wyatt and Cole banging on the table and screaming! Poor little Cooper had a hard time sleeping. Wyatt kept wanting to give him a hug and picking him up out of the car seat. Thanks for coming up Allison, we had a great time!

The weather is all over the place!

Last week I was at FFA Camp at the Lake Of the Ozarks, we had a great time! The weather started off hot, then rain and then cool nights the rest of the week. Before I left Wyatt and I had fun in the hot sun! I have a sprinkler to water the grass and thought Wyatt would like to play in it.

Watching the sprinkler and not really liking it. Look at that big gut on Wyatt!

After trying out the sprinkler and freaking out, we were happy to play on the front porch with his chalk. I bought this old table and chairs at a flea market last fall and Wyatt loves it! I hit the Savannah garage sales and bought several cars to play with outside; Wyatt likes to sit at the table and line up all the cars.

Sunday night (6-7-09) there was a big storm that went through Oregon, Savannah and over to Gallatin where Lake Viking got softball sized hail for 20 minutes! There was also a tornado warning so we headed to our cellar. Wyatt thought it was a blast, but I hate that place! All the spiders and bugs! We always find at least one snake down there, but this time it was frogs. No tornado, no hail damage at our house, but Oregon was not as lucky....

This is the roof of my greenhouse at school. Those large holes are as big as a softball! The whole roof was riddled with hail damage. Many cars in Oregon lost windows or suffered other hail damage. You know its bad when the Weather Channel Vortex 2 team was broadcasting live from Oregon, MO! There were a bunch of tornado chasers in Holt and Andrew county on Sunday night but the only tornado was over by Maysville. Here is a news report from a Kansas City station... http://www.fox4kc.com/wdaf-storm-damage-story-6809,0,4777098.story