Have you ever wanted to see a 4 year old in a dunk tank?

Here is your chance to see two of them.  

We had a super fun neighborhood party.  

It was a safety fair block party thing.  

Here is my disclaimer.  My kids were running wild all over.  This is just an odd assortment of photos.  Enjoy.

No party is complete without face paint.

 And a weird animal train thing-a-ma-jig.  

 Wow, firemen are awesome.  

 and back to the weird animal train,  chug a chug a chug.

 Ahhhhhhh attack of the killer bunny hickey.

 I take it back, no party is complete without a game of smash ball.  (or a teenager posing for the camera)

 ok, so they need to work on their snow cone eating skills.  

Notice John in the background?  He can't resist the game.  

 Now, what you have been waiting for. . . .the dunk tank. 

(I do have to apologize for my loud, irritating, and annoying voice.  Where is my mute button?)

First off:  Annie

 Second:  Jason

 Third:  Zach

 Fourth is Mia (with help of Becca)

 Fifth:  Annie again

 Sixth:  Elly with Cassi's help

 Seventh:  Beyonce

Here is a short break . . . 

 Don't you hate when you wear the same outfit as someone else to a party?

 Eighth: James

 and finally 

Ninth: Andy

And because inquiring minds want to know . . . none of my children got sick from being in that nasty brown water.  Amazing, isn't it?  

 Fun with Kim

 Yep, they got a little wet.  Wet equals cold, darn it.  

 Cute friends.  

 Oops, sorry Sammy, didn't mean to leave you out.  Cute friends.  Now we are just missing Becca.

Let's bowl, Let's bowl, Lets rock and roll!!!

 Sometimes it is hard to take all the kids out.  But I think it is important that kids get experiences.  It isn't their fault they have a lot of siblings!!!  ha ha

So we went bowling.

 Go Cass

 Elly's quite the little bowler.  

 Go baby A, Go

 The wait is killer.  

 Boo Yah!!

 Go baby B, go.

 It is completely impossible to get these babies to look at the camera together.  Little stinks.

 Little Mee Mee is rocking her long socks and bowling shoes.

 Jamie was getting the hang of bowling the right way.

 No outing is complete without a melt down or temper tantrum.  

 Daddy's college bowling class was shining through.  

 So, we won't be bowling again for a while, but dang we had fun.  

My new adventure

My friend called me last Thursday night.  She had seen an update story on a child in foster care that had touched her heart.  We are always thinking up ideas on how we can change the world.  So she called me up and told me that we needed to write a book with stories of adoption.  I said great idea, but lets do a website first.  We were very inspired and very motivated.  So we stayed up late coming up with ideas.  Then sat on the phone and computer all the next day.  This is the website.  makingbettermemories.blogspot.com  We will feature peoples "good news" stories about foster care and/or adoption with their foster placements.  I am really excited about this.  So far, it is just our stories, we are working on getting more.  We have had a lot of positive feedback.   We weren't going to have the website up so fast, but with the responses, we quickly got it up.  So, please please please email your stories to makingbettermemories@hotmail.com.  If you don't have any stories, just follow us and read all the interesting stories.     Can't wait to see you over there!!!!