Fun in the Sun - At Deanna Rose Park

We went to Deanna Rose in Overland Park, KS with Tim and Valarie and our friends, Beth and Andy Enloe and their kids. This is McKenzie and Jill posing as flowers.A cute little area around plants and vegatables and a "kiddy greenhouse"
BEAUTIFUL scenery there! (Jill, McKenzie, Claire, Cary, Brooke) Greta and Kyle remained in the strollers. :)
A little water puddle splashing time...we really didn't think they'd get all that wet...we thought wrong!

Girly Times...Fun Times

Jill and Claire found their church shoes and were playing in them...they also put on sticker earrings. Mommy - trying to catch a few winks, but interrupted by daddy snapping a picture. :)
The girls brought these masks home from a goody bag they got on "promotion Sunday". We enjoyed trying them on.
We went to a little thing at "Dr. Mike's" chiropractic office and they did our faces!
Jill was quite proud of her spider, Charlette.

Fun Times at the Lake

The Williams Family: ever-growing as we are now at 16 with one on the way (No, not me - my sister-in-law, Holly...due in January) Greta is the only one not looking as we were doing a timer picture and she thought Claire was more fun to look at. ...And standing - then she doesn't know what to do. :)
This is the top of the Bott's place. They call it "Bott's Ozark Hide-away."
Mr. Dick Bott and his sweet wife, Sherley, love children - as you can see.
Thank you, Bott's, for such a wonderful week!!!!!

"The Animals Are Coming!"

Claire had her turn...probably just once...I don't think she really enjoyed feeding the animals.
Jill became quite a pro by the end of the week!
This is Marie - little did we know she was hours away from delivering...
This is Marie's new filly, born the night before, and she was still getting used to her wobbly legs. We all were able to see most of the birth take place. What a miracle!!!

Sunny Days @ the Lake!

We had one day with lots of sunshine and warmer weather and spent the majority of it in the lake! Uncle Chad was performing the high dive. We enjoyed taking "the dingy" boat for a spin.


And later we took all the girls out for a boat ride on their guest ski boat. Greta was hilarious trying to move her head in that life jacket. The kids enjoyed this little spot in the woods up a path to their "rodeo" thing they have. It was called "Little Red Riding Hood Run" and there were lots of wooden bears, wolves, and people standing around.

...More Lake...

The four little cousins playing in the water....this was where they spent most of their time "in the actual lake". We took to girls around for a little spin the last day...Jill did the steering a little as well.
"Ring around the rosie, a pocket full of posies, ashes, ashes..." And then they would all fall down on the dock! How cute!!!
The trampoline was a BIG hit during the week.
The little kiddie pool was another place they spent a lot of "swimmy time" Maybe next year they'll be better lake fishy's.

Birthday Party #2

We had Jill's party with all of my fam down at the Lake of the Ozarks where we spent a week's vacation at some friends' area. We gathered one afternoon after swimming and all to celebrate, thus the "lake look" in many people. (that's my disclaimer, ok?) I made "dirt" cake with the gummy worms and a few cupcakes for the little ones. I think Jill loved it!
Present time! Wow! Jill got so many cool things! Thanks everybody!!!
It took 5 blows to get all 4 candles!!
And...of course, every birthday party needs a camel ride! Mr. Bott had them bring down a camel saddled up for riding. They have a "petting zoo" (more pictures later) and this camel just came back from training school. So - we got to be his guinea pigs! Oh boy - I don't think I'll ride a camel again anytime soon, though. :)