Misc. Fun with friends & family

All Jim's siblings & Mom Fruth

(Standing: Janet, Jo, Judy, Jean, Jerri, Mike, Jim

Kneeling: DeeDee, Juliet, Mom, John & Jennifer)

Cousin David, Sam & Mike
Sam setting up the net.

Adrien, Jennifer,Tyler, Jim, Ronna & John

David, Sam, Mike, Sarah & Abby

The big canoe trip down the Eel River

Swimmin' in the muddy river.

John, Ronna & Abby

Sam, David & Mike

Mike with the essential equipment.

Yep, we got a ride to the put in spot in the back of Cliff's pick 'em up truck.

At the Miami County, IN fair. That's Cousin Tyler's light oak cabinet. Some of Grandpa Fruth lives on in that young man!

Playing with a snapper (who was also a pretty good jumper!) That's our friend Josh.

Nope, not ours. While waiting for Jim to wrap up his day at a branch in St Louis, we visited a pet store and me this little sweetie pie.

Trouble with a capital "T"!

Josh Parker, Mike, Will Schultze, Sam & Jim.

Spent a day at Great Wolf Lodge with some friends from church.

Thanks for the FUN time Maggie!

Camp!

Alaina

Sam & Sarah getting ready to get some counselors wet! (those are water balloons!)

6.10.9

Will Schultze made the return trip (from Indiana to KC) with us. We enjoyed a few days with him before his folks and the Harbour Shores teens came thru town and picked him up for camp. (You'll see those pics later)

Will on the hi wire bike

Enjoying the illusion room at a science center in KC. Where did your legs go boys?

At Fritz's where the meal is delivered by electric trains.

Girls' Trip to Indiana

Sue and Sarah took a quick trip to Indiana this weekend. We arrived Thursday night and Jodi, Sully and Stephen Schwartz met us at the airport. Friday morning, after a delicious breakfast, (thanks Stephen!) we headed to Spencer's for the annual strawberry picking. 30 pounds of strawberries later and with a huge batch of rhubarb in tow, we made our way home to begin the Strawberry Rhubarb pie production line. It's become an annual tradition and since Sue is our photographer and her hands were in the berries, we have no pics of the activity, but lots of fun memories!


The Schwartzes were planning on delivering a crib to Brad & Laura's place Saturday, so we rode along! I think we even may have kept the visit a surprise. It was great to see Brad and Laura and their new homestead. Jodi was kind enough to run us by Grandma Fruth's place. We were able to visit with Grandma and Aunt Judy for a short while.

It was a special treat to be able to visit Colleen, Matt and Sarah Jacobs! Sarah is 2 weeks old and just perfect. It was a bittersweet thing to be able to hold her and at the same time realize that the next time we'll hold her she'll be so much bigger! What a blessing the Jacobs are to us!

Memorial Day Weekend

This weekend our neighborhood pool opened. As the custom goes, our kids "had" to be the first in. So we waited outside the gate until 9:58am. Jim had Sam put the key in at that point. At 9:59am, Michael turned the key and opened the gate. At 10am our three and two neighbor girls who were with us lined up alongside the pool's edge and gave the countdown to jump in. Michael and one of the neighbor girls didn't make the jump. (Were they waiting to see if the other three outlived the SHOCK of their bodies being submerged in the cold water?!!?) They all eventually made it in the pool...which was freezing. Jim and I were content to read our books and avoid the frigid water. No pics...my camera battery was dead.

We hit up a couple picnics this weekend and took in a movie. On Monday it was overcast and chilly, so we decided to head to the ballpark and watch the Royals play. They Royals didn't do so well, if it weren't for a run in the 8th inning, they would've been skunked! We were able to enjoy the day despite the outcome of the game. The battery was charged by then, enjoy the pics.

Lady Liberty never looked so good!
Notice the background. This is a little field within the stadium gates where kids can play a little ball during the game. There's an entire "fun zone" for kids and it was packed during the game yesterday. Does anyone watch the game anymore?

Jim and Sarah...Jim is thinking "My boys' games are more exciting than this one!!"

Deanna Rose Homestead

Yesterday we went to a neat local place....Deanna Rose. We went with the Woods...friends from church. A great way for us all to celebrate the arrival of SUMMER BREAK! The kids mined for precious gems, rode some ponies, fished, bottle fed some little goats and we all got to go on a horse drawn wagon ride. It was a great way to spend the afternoon.

Slideshow

Okay, if you see the slideshow above this post, you'll see some shots from vacation. If you double clik on the slideshow, it should take you to our web album where you can see bigger prints. (Sorry, I've not yet figured out how to make the slideshow bigger!)

Enjoy!