We got back this week from vacation. Went to Tan-Tar-A in MO. It was a blast. The first night in the motel we woke up in the middle of the night to pounding on our door. Turns out it was Steven. He was standing there, crying and holding his blanket and pillow. He had been sleep walking and went out of the room. He woke up on his way back to the room and was crying because we had not answered the door. SCARY! He does not normally sleep walk. We started barring the door at night, not to keep out any burglars but to keep the kids IN!

Following are some pictures of our times in the boat. Yes, I did get on the tube and NO, I am not posting any pictures of it.

Daddy on the tube


Michelle


Steven


We got up at 6AM to drive the boat to the dam before the larger boats were out. It was a really nice ride. On the way back we were looking for an open gas station and found one but ran out of gas about 50 feet from the dock. The kids rowed the boat up to the dock for us.



Tan-Tar-A has a lot of hills so Mike and Steven found a way taking elevators to get around that made it easier. They called it out "Super Secret Passageway". The fireworks over the water were beautiful and over all we had a great time!

Hobo Breakfast

At summer camp the kids learned how to make a Hobo Breakfast. They wanted to try it at home. Was fun but took a long time.

Our toilet broke. To flush it, you had to reach in the back and pull on the lever. Steven rigged up a way to flush it easier. We enjoyed it for several weeks before Mike broke down and fixed it.

We had a large dead tree branch hanging down so the kids were jumping off the chair and swinging on it to break it off. Steven actually got it down.

I've been tagged by Joy:

Favorite person: Mike
Favorite food: Chocolate
Quirks about me: Being the sane, ballanced, level headed person that I am, I don't have any quirks! Ha (maybe stretching the truth?)
Any regrets in life? The people that I have hurt
How would the person who loves you the most describe you in ten words or less? That is a good question. That I am a chocolate nut.
What can you NOT live without? Chocolate
Favorite blog: Amy's, Paula's & Karma's (not necessarly in that order). Amy updates often and I feel as though I am getting to experience Cooper growing up with them. Paula & Karma's wacky sense of humor that always gives me a lift.
Something you can't get enough of: Chocolate
Worst job you ever had: A waitress in a "questionable" bar, I only made it 2 nights. It was before I knew the Lord as my savior.
What job would you pay not to have? Pastor
If you could be a fly on the wall anywhere, where would it be? White House
Favorite Bible verse: Joshua 24:15b As for me and my house we will serve the Lord.
Guilty pleasure: Too much Chocolate
Got any confessions: Late night chocolate
If you had $1000 to spend on YOURSELF, what would you spend it on? Chocolate, but I would only spend $5.00 because I am cheap and hate shopping.
Favorite thing about your house: The hidden chocolate.
Least favorite thing: Being without chocolate.
One thing you are bad at: Saying NO.
If you could change one thing about your current circumstances, what would it be? That I would have more chocolate and a clean house.
Who would you like to meet someday? Mr. Hershey
Who is your real life hero? Mike when he brings me chocolate after a hard day.
What is the hardest part of your job? Not eating chocolate and being consistent with my kids when I feel bad.
When are you most relaxed? Eating chocolate after a massage and on vacations which I am so ready for.
What stresses you out? My kids and not eating chocolate.
Favorite quote: "Don't eat it" by my brother Mark
Why do you blog? So my family and friends can keep up with the Fosters. We are spread out in several different states.
Who are you tagging? Paula

Our Garden

Michelle and Steven are harvesting our first radishes.

We have cucumbers, corn, watermelon, cantaloupe, tomatoes, carrots, and

onions (thanks to Grandma).

Hopefully if it's not too late we want to add lettuce.

This is what their radishes looked like.

Thanks to the Belsans, we went to the car show at the Zoo on Fathers Day. We wondered where the Carlson's were????? I just looked at Karma's blog and realized that Chicken Pox took presidence over the car show.

We had a nice Fathers Day.

Michelle took some pictures of the elephants. She was getting really bored with all the "cars".

Steven noticed that this tire was almost as big as he was.