Day Trip to Arcadia

Last Friday, we took a day trip to Arcardia, Ok. It is located near Edmond and is the home of two very unique sites. One of them is this round red barn. Here are some pics we took:


From the road:

Some friends of ours went w/ us. Here are all of the kids standing in front:

This is an old carriage that was inside. Silas wanted to get in it. When I told him no, he kept watching me to see if I was looking so he could sneak up in it.

A neat little replica of the barn:

Someone had made a bunch of these cars made out of cans:

This is a picture of the roof of the barn:

All of the kids standing in the middle of the loft:

The other place we visited was Pops. It is a gas station/burger joint that has over 500 different kinds of pop. You can purchase any soda and they will make a shake or float for you. You can check it out at: http://www.pops66.com/. There is a 60 foot tall pop bottle outside that is all lit up at night.

The kids standing in front of the bottle:

The whole gang waiting to eat:

The boys decided to get their own table:

Nicolas was so tired:

Here are some random shots of all of the bottles of pop:

Henry enjoying his handmade shake:

One of the fun bottles we found.

If you get the chance to go, do it. The kids had a lot of fun!

Tweens

Our homeschool group, Alliance Homeschoolers, started having activities for the "tweens" in the group. They are children from 8-11 who are too old for the little kid activities, but too young for the teenage activities. So, their first get together was a lesson on cake decorating and there were 14 kids that showed up. Sammy, Lizzy and Sadie were able to participate and came home w/ these yummy delights!



Here is what Sadie created:



Lizzy's cake:

And, Sammys creation:

I thought they did a great job for their first time. And, we had lots of dessert for the next week!

They are looking forward to their next get together.

4th of July

I couldn't resist posting this picture of Henry and his cousin Lance from the 4th.

Bass Pro

Yesterday, I took the kids to Bass Pro. They are offering free workshops for kids on topics such as camping, shooting, animal detection, etc. The kids did the workshop on archery. They listened to a presentation about different types of bows, the parts of the bow, how to shoot and safety. They then went on a scavenger hunt in the store to answer questions about the presentation. Once they found the answers to the questions, they received an archery pin and a coupon for a free kid's meal. They had hay bales set up outside of Bass Pro for the kids to practice shooting. We had a lot of fun and we may go back on Thursday for the camping workshop.

Listening to the presentation

Writing their answers for the scavenger hunt

Silas had to get on everyone of these

Uncle Eric will have to take Sadie deer hunting now :)

Their pin and coupon

A Boat Named Sadie Mae

The kids and I were on our way to mom and dad's last week to swim. This boat was in front of us. I didn't get a clear picture (because I was trying to drive, too :)), but the name of it is Sadie Mae!

Our Neighborhood Bike Parade

Our Neighborhood always puts together a bike parade for the kids during the 4th of July weekend. It rained on us, but the kids still had a great time. Here are some of our pics:

Henry decorated his scooter for the parade

This is Sarah, Sadie's friend.

We tried stringing some red, white and blue popcorn for necklaces, but it just didn't work out.

Rebekah and Lizzy stringing popcorn

Not too many children showed up for the parade because of the rain

We had two fire trucks escorting us through the neighborhood. Silas stayed behind because he was scared of the sirens.

Sam

Handing out necklaces and pencils to all of the kids

The kids and their super cool 4th of July glasses!

After the parade, the firemen turn the hose on for the kids to play in the water.

Sadie having fun

Silas

The girls were soaked!

And, so was the baby!

The prizes that the kids won at the parade. Because there weren't that many that showed, all of the kids ending up getting a prize! They had a great time!

Just chillin'

Men in the Kitchen

These boys will make some lucky lady happy someday! :) Sammy was teaching Henry how to load the dishwasher. They make a great team!