Megan's birthday

Just a very quick post about Megan's birthday last week. . .we'd planned a party for her and her friends in a nearby park, but it was a washout (literally, a swamp) after last week's torrential rains. So we held the party in our house, instead. Fourteen kids under the age of 7 (plus parents). The house held up fine, our cats hid for hours, but everyone had a great time. Ken even cleaned the garage so we could have a pinata for the kids.

Mary and I are off in a few minutes to the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield (also a washout. . .the campgrounds are closed for the first time in festival history after flooding earlier this week). The festival still will happen, but there will be no camping on site. People are scattered all over the county, which cuts down on the ambiance quite a bit. It will be a muddy adventure! Megan and Ken will stay behind this time around, because Megan has plans in her social agenda, including her school's carnival tonight, and a birthday party tomorrow.

I will post more when we get back, including some party shots. Until then, here's a shot of Mary with Megan, shortly after Megan received a Fancy Nancy Posh Puppy from Mary for her birthday:

Megan also received a camera from her parents, so she's a likely contributor to this site in the future.

Busy day. . .

Another quick post with unedited photos. . .

At the beginning of a busy Saturday, Megan and Mary constructed

football goalposts during their usual Home Depot trip today. . .

Here's Mary with her goalposts. . .

Then Mary went to her gymnastics class (that's Mary, second in line)

Then we braved a cool, misty evening to attend the Royals game.
Mary kept her ears plugged against any fireworks that erupted
when the Royals got a home run. The Royals won 3-1 over the
Cleveland Indians. Here are some more photos. . .

Mary and Megan with Slugger, the KC Royals' mascot.

Leaving the stadium as the rain began picking up
in the bottom of the seventh inning

KU football pep rally

As usual, we attended the annual Jayhawk football pep rally at Corinth Square late last month. But after the Jayhawks' unprecedented victory in the Orange Bowl, this year's rally was absolutely mobbed. At least we got our hot dog dinners, and the girls got to meet the KU cheerleaders and Crimson Girls. . .

Mary with Ken

The rally was so mobbed we opted to leave early,
even before the KU band played and Coach Mangino arrived.
So we went for ice cream, instead.