How times have changed...

Some of the boys...taking it easy!

The boys played a little b-ball. After watching this, my guess is they were all pretty sore the next day! They haven't done this in quite a while! :-)

Of course, the bubbles rarely make it too far past the machine...they all like to stand close to catch them!

More kid pix...

It's amazing how we can spend so much money on toys, and yet they would rather play with rocks and sticks outside! :-)

We had a cookout at Derrick and Angie's this afternoon, which was long overdue. Angie and I had been planning this for a few months I think, so we were all finally able to commit. It is always fun to get the kids together to basically watch them interact and see what major events will take place. Surprisingly, there were no major issues for the day and everyone seemed to get along great. We have all agreed that so much has changed recently. Just a few years ago, these cookouts would have been quite a bit different. First of all, we wouldn't be up every five seconds chasing the kids around, but even more so, we wouldn't have even thought about leaving at 9:00 for bed time! :-) I didn't get a great shot of baby Chase (Dan and Christine's), but he was there as well, even though you won't see any pictures of him. I brought our bubble machine and of course, that was a big hit!!