Lazy Kayaking

Uncle Mark thinks he is ready for some rapids out west.  I am thinking the only rapids he needs to see is the ripples in the water from the neighbor's fountain!  He is getting pretty good managing the kayak but no way would I let him loose in some rapids!

No Name Burger

That's what i'm calling this thing because I think he made this up himself!  We went to Scotty's Brewhouse  for dinner and I guess he was REALLY hungry!  You can't see, but it has an egg on top of 3 huge patties smothered in cheese...I'm getting heartburn just looking at the picture.  Thank God he couldn't eat it all, he was regretting what he did eat.  Scotty's is becoming our new Friday night thing.  I just wish their service was faster...love the food though!

Sideline

Today he is but a spectator, watching Zach play baseball.  

2 Minutes of Silence

They think they are cute

Splish Splash!

Took the kids swimming at my Dad's today.  This was our first trip over there and everyone seemed to have fun.  They swam for most of the day and then played soccer in the yard while Jeff and I talked with Dad and Sherri.  Hoping to get another chance to do it again before summer is over.  Jayke has an extremely busy schedule this summer though so I don't know if it will happen.  He will be going to Georgia in July for 10 days with his dad.  He also had soccer camp, has a Pacer's basketball camp coming up and a Taylor basketball camp where he, Zach, and Seth will all stay for the week.  After that he has just a couple of days until school starts!  Short busy summer!!

Splash House!

Oma took Jayke and his friend, Zack, to Splash House today.  It is a water park in Marion, IN and this was Jayke's second trip.  Oma got a picture of the floating down the lazy river.  She had threatened him that she was going to wear a bathing suit and get in too but the weather saved him and it was too chilly for her.  There's always next summer!

Relay and Bark for Life

(Note the photo bomber in the background)

This year we only made a quick stop off at Relay For Life.  We stayed long enough to help serve some BBQ and let the kids play and visit some of the other booths, like the face painting.  Emily got to meet up with Kaylee and the boys got to hang out with Perrin.  Kaylee and Perrin's mom works with us and also will baby sit from time to time if we need someone to stay at the house with the kids.

Mid-West metal raised over $12,000.00 through our Bark For Life event, which we were the hosts, and Relay for Life of Delaware County . Bark for Life is a cancer walk for survivors with their dogs although, we did have someone register and walk their goat as well.  We weren't able to attend this event due to a soccer tournament but I'm hoping my schedule works out to be able to go next year.

We were the number one fundraising team at Relay and our co-workers presented a check to the American Cancer Society at the event. (We weren't there for this but below is a picture of our team).  You can see pictures in The Star Press from the Bark for Life here.  

We left Relay early so that we could take the kids to the Drive Inn Theatre!  There is still one left in nearby Winchester and we made the drive out to watch a couple of movies.  We had the kids in chairs behind the car watching their movie while we were inside the van watching the other screen.  None of the kids had ever been so it was something fun and new that we could all do and all enjoy.  I'm hoping to go back again before the summer is over.  You can't beat paying $26 for 6 people to watch four different movies (2 on each screen) AND you can bring your own food and drinks!

Summertime Means Camps...Lots of Camps...

Some shots from Jayke's soccer camp this year.  Emily was there too since she is now playing rec so they got to go to camp together.  By the end of the summer Jayke will have gotten to go to three camps and all three with at least one of the Rawlings kids.  

Another parent from our travel teams took these pictures for me.

At the end of camp they get to run down the line and do a dance move or whatever they choose.  My kid is not real big on these kinds of things so fives for everyone is all he managed.

Academy No More

This is what the vehicle looks like on the way to a tournament now.  At least one of them looks excited to be going. We have two rooms in a hotel near the tournament location.  The kids will get to swim tonight when we get back from the games.

 Jayke's team won their first game, 10-0, yesteray.  He is showing us the score as we have a celebratory dinner at Famous Dave's last night.

After the great start we had it all went down hill.  We tied one and lost two more for the weekend.  This was their last game together in the academy. As a team they were pretty successful and played well together.   Time to get focused for tryouts in a few days.  

Indy Eleven Day at DCFC

Our soccer club arranged for a couple of players from the Indy Eleven soccer team to come meet our players this afternoon.  They signed autographs and posed for pictures.  Here Jayke gets Pedro Mendes' autograph on his soccer ball.  The team has also arranged a night with the Indy Eleven where our players will get to go on the field as escorts.  We have tickets for that coming up in September!