2015 :: week 29

July 12

Anthony was asked to play the music in Sacrament Meeting on Sunday while our organist was out of town visiting her new grandson. He did a great job, but I much prefer having him sit with us.

July 13

We fed the missionaries dinner Monday night. We had a BBQ and while the meat was cooking Will brought his basketball hoop into the TV room to play with the missionaries.


July 14

Will was oddly excited about watching the MLB All-Star Game Tuesday night. After a evening trip to the pool we settled in and watched a few innings. It was fun watching Lorenzo Cain and Salvador Perez bat against Madison Bumgarner, even though the announcers gleefully brought up some disappointing World Series Game 7 memories.



July 15

For the third year in a row we went to a Cherry Bomb concert at Park Place in Leawood. Cherry Bomb is a local cover band that plays music from the 70s to today. We first went with our friends the Throssells in 2013 and had a fun evening, so it has become a tradition. Lauren and Anthony had fun dancing together even though it was so very hot and humid. I sat on our picnic blanket and ate crushed ice until the sun went behind the clouds.

July 16

Thursday morning my friend Holly told me she and her kids were going to check out a park we'd heard another friend talk about at book club. The kids and I headed to Grandview and had a pleasant morning visiting and playing at Valley Park for just under two hours.



July 17

We met some friends from church at a nearby pool Friday morning. Most of our ward friends live in Lenexa and have Lenexa pool passes, which means we don't go to the same pools. Will had fun playing with his friend Jack. In this picture Jack is jumping forward and Will is jumping backwards.



July 18

Saturday morning we finally got around to going to the blueberry patch. I had wanted to go Friday night but we were all too grumpy. It actually worked out for the best because it rained in the night, was much cooler Saturday morning, and we were all in better moods. There was a great crop of berries this year and we had a fun time picking before it got too hot.