Payton

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Part 1 of Payton's 4H Project:

He chose a camping/cabin theme for his Construction Set project for 4H this year.  This is "Part 1" and the cabin will soon follow!

I had a little too much fun playing with the "move blur" feature in Photoshop!

Same Dog, I Promise!

Can you believe that this is the same dog as the previous post???  He looks 20 lbs lighter and years and years younger!

SMILE!

Isn't he just the cutest?  He's going in for a hair cut tomorrow so I thought I'd post a before picture of him. Hopefully I can get a good after pic too!

Lego-Mania

The kids and I met Sunshine and her kids in Indianapolis Friday after work.  We were planning on going to a park and just playing the afternoon away, but the weather thought otherwise.  We ended up at the Mall for a while and dug up some fun there.

We visited the Lego store.... need I say more than "Lego?"  I think Payton would have stayed in the store for the entire night!  He was completely amazed and awestruck!  He does have a project to work on for 4-H so immediately his creative mind went into gear.

While we were there they had a "fast build" contest.  The person who could build the most lego men within 1 minute and 30 seconds got to keep 3 of the men he/she created.  Would you believe that Payton won?  He was so excited!  Everyone who participated in the "fast build" got to keep one, so all the kids happy!

Payton and Justyce check out the Digital Box.  It was pretty neat!  Can you see them on the screen?  And even a bit of me in the background.  The coloring on these pictures is crazy!  Too much yellow and red in the Lego store :)

Completely awestruck I tell you, completely!

The race is on!

Payton is excited that he won the "Fast Build" contest!  

Having Fun!

Did some one say "High Ropes?"

Riley is back form her second year of attending the DYFI summer camp.  She loved it!  She has such a great time here and loves being with a great group of people who are all experiencing the same things as her.

This year she completed the High Ropes course!!!  H-I-G-H--R-O-P-E-S!  As in the tops of the trees.  62 feet off the ground.  Wearing a harness.  Can't touch the ground.  Those High Ropes.  We are so proud of her for doing this!  She said that she cried a lot while up there, but finished even though she was very afraid... Go Girl!  I couldn't begin to attempt this course, I couldn't even do the zip line a few weeks ago!  Once again, I'm a chicken.  Riley, we are so proud of you for not being like your Momma! :)

Check out the DYFI's website HERE.  There are tons of pictures from camp this summer plus a lot of good information about the Diabetes Youth Foundation of Indiana!

Dr. Riggs and Riley

I think Riley has pictures from the High Ropes course on her camera.  I will post a few in the next few days.

Happy 96th Birthday, Granny!

Today Granny turned 96!  Yes, I said 96!  Pretty neat, huh?!  We had her birthday party at the park again this year and thank goodness it was a lot cooler today than last year!  There was a nice breeze and the rain held off.

The Birthday Girl!  Kathryn Elizabeth White.

A little fun was had with her cake... she didn't want the candles to actually say 96, so they say 54 instead!
The icing still said 96.  Since we had a 9, 6, 5, and 4 we tried to talk her into being 9, 654!  Didn't work though. 

This knife is not usually for cake cutting.  It is a watermelon knife, but worked well for cutting her large cake!

Here we go again, the annual Payton v. Dustin battle!  They are having a lot of fun, but it looks like Dustin is winning!

Still having fun!

Part of the gang

This is becoming a yearly event too... hanging Payton's shoes by the rafters!  See HERE for last year's pics.

What you cannot see in this picture is Dustin is holding Payton down so Riley can pour a bottle of cold
water on him.  Notice that her hair is wet.... he got her first and now she is getting even!

Run Payton, Run!

Family Camp 2011 and the Zip Line!!!

In May, we attended the DYF of Indiana's Family Camp weekend.  It was a lot of fun.  It's neat to see how relaxed Riley is there and how much she enjoys being at the campground.  Payton loves it too.  He has a blast every time he is out there!

The whole group + counselors (except for Kyle who is taking the picture and his mom who is holding the ladder) 

Aren't we cute???

And now for the Best part of this year's Family Camp... The Zip Line!  As I've said before, I'm a chicken and did not try it, but the rest of my family did and LOVED it!

At the campfire, Riley and Payton helped lead one of their favorite camp songs: Fudgie the Whale!  Read the lyrics then look at the pictures.  It's fun to see what pictures go with what lyrics!

FUDGIE THE WHALE

I’m a great big mammal

I’m a great big whale

I got a chocolate wig

And a chocolate tail

I bought my car today

Because it was on sale

And when they call for me 

They call for FUDGIE The WHALE!

FUDGIE

FUDGIE

Fudgie the whale

...And a chocolate tail...

FUDGIE.....

...FUDGIE...

End of School Celebration

After the last day of school, Riley wanted to celebrate.  I took her and a friend to the pool while Jon took Payton to see Thor.  It was fun.  This is actually our 5th summer living in Hamilton County, and I've never been to one of the park pools, so it was good to try something different.  The best part was their cheap prices from 5-7pm!

Riley holding our friends' new pet baby deer, Benelli.

Janae having fun at the diving board.

Riley, you look like you've lost your legs!

This is Riley's first time going off of a diving board that isn't normal (low) height.

I have NO idea who this is, but I was so intrigued by watching the diving team practice.  How amazing!

Janae doing a toe touch!

Again, NO clue as to who these people are, just amazed that someone would even climb to the
top of these platforms, let alone dive/jump off of them!  Yes, I'm a chicken... bock bock bock!