Friday, August 2, 2013

miles update- 200 miles

The last 50 miles have been a little slow coming but we have made it to 200.  This next week we have some big plans for some serious bike rides so we should be able to rack up some miles to play a little catch up.  We started with a stop at Jamba Juice which is always a hit then we headed down to the museum.  They just recently changed the exhibit and J.T. has been itching to get down there.



This guitar was made from the shell of an armadillo.  Crazy!!

There were a lot of interactive screens throughout the museum.  The kids could design their own guitar or test their memory of guitar riffs that were played.



There were these guitars hanging from the ceiling, it kind of felt like a party.

I told the kids to pick their favorite guitar, Cambelle picked this one because, you guessed it, it's purple.


J.T. loved this one because it had a screen in the body.



This was Sara's favorite, I don't know if you can read the sign, but it says "Air Guitar" the case was empty.  I tried to get her to play it which was a whole lot of funny.  We settled on a cute smile and pose.

The other two were skilled in their playing of the famous guitar.


Over all we had a pretty good time.  I mean how could it be bad, I was with three of my favorite people.

Thursday, August 1, 2013

The 24th


The 24th of July this year was a little sad.  We were missing some our favorite people and we were feeling a little homeless.  We went to the parade and sat by ourselves,  Troy's mom and dad were talked about and thought about OFTEN.  

The day was overcast and continued to get cooler and cooler, at one point it started to rain so we moved our chairs under a tree.  Sara and her friend were cuddled together in one chair and a nice man took pity on them and brought them a blanket, oh to be young and cute.

The parade as always was really good.



It started with our favorite, the milk truck.  Chocolate milk and the parade go hand in hand.
















This little event was crazy, these two dogs decided they did not like each other.  It took a bit of strength on each owners part to get it under control.  They did a great job and we were back to the floats.














After the parade we usually always have a cookout at Grandma and Grandpa's.  So this year we headed down to Five Guys and let them provide the cook out.



Not  quite as good as the grilled hamburgers Grandpa would make for us, but for the next three summers it will just have to do.