August

August was filled with days at the lake, playing outdoors, gardening, playing with pets, lazy days, video game marathons, boy scout camp and the month wrapped up with an air show. A couple of kids took a comic drawing class, we invited friends over for lake days, lots of time was spent in the pool and lots of ood veggies were eaten as the gardens started to produce.

Below: Tristan little island on the beach.


the beach is always fun.






Bobby held a weed picking contest which kept the kids busy,forawhile anyway.






Mid month it was time to pack for Boy Scout camp. that is not a task to be taken lightly.


I think Colin and Tristan were nervous at first.


Then they realized boy Scout camp isn't all that different than cub scout camp. They got right into the familiar routine of playing games, lining up for pictures,


swim tests,




which Tristan didn't fully pass the first time("I had a hard guy watching me this time!") but he passed the following morning,


Finding where they would eat meals,


setting up in a tent,


then having a GREAT week until it was time for:

Family to pick them up again!


Also in August: Flower enjoys his favorite game: Happy Pets.


The boys make swords and bows and arrows out of sticks,then act out battles.



The gardens get better and better!













and produce lots of good things to eat.


Snuggles well,we tried to release him,


but he wouldn't go.


he lived with us for a few months until he passed away.


The end of the month brought the air show, which the Boy scouts were attending and helping to run as part of the BSA 100 year birthday.

Colin and Tristan attended the whole weekend with the scouts. Bobby, Hayley and I attended on the final day. Trevor opted out since he knew it would be loud and crowded. The air show was fantastic,but also very,very hot.














In the photo below I think you can actually see the sun beaming down. It was for sure over 100 degrees on that hot tarmac.


We tried to keep the kids hydrated.


both boys slept through portions of the show,somehow.It was so loud but they were exhausted from the day before and had already seen the show.


Air shows are very hard to photograph and i got toomany pictures like this one below:


It was exciting to see the many sleek, aerodynamic, stealth looking planes performing tricks. It was even better to see the Blue Angels transportation "Fat Albert" performing aerial tricks.


It just doesn't look like it should be able to do sky gymnastics!

Although all the acts were great the Blue Angels were much anticipated and put on a great show.


They do one sneaky fly by where you don't even know they're coming and then BAM, WHOOSH right over your head! I jumped, it was scary!


it was along, hot, day and at the end when others could leave our boy scouts had to pick up trash as they had done the day before. I really just wanted to go home but figured if the boys can do it after having been here for 2 days then I can too and we helped them with the trash duty.







Finally it was time to go home from the air show and that also was the end of August! Fall had arrived all too soon.