The LONG short week

With Monday being a holiday, one would think that this would have been a very short week, but it seemed like the longest week ever! We had a ton of stuff going on! I love summer and all the activities, but this week was ridiculous! The kids had a ton of ball games. Quincy was very excited to get to play catcher....however after telling the umpire to go get the ball - I am not sure how much she will be playing in that position!
Madison spent the week at State Band camp sponsored by the Lions club. She said that it was a lot of fun, but a BUNCH of work. She made some friends, and learned a lot! I have to say that I was amazed by this camp. She was there for 5 days....in that time they learned 14 songs for a concert on Saturday. There were 197 kids from all across the state....to me to bring this many kids together and get them focused enough in 5 days to learn this many songs is amazing....and they sounded AWESOME! That is not all - they also learned ensemble songs for a second concert as well as some jazz numbers that they performed as well! Totally amazing! Madison said that the 10 hours a day that they practiced tended to feel a little bit long, but I am telling you it was amazing to hear them play together!

Ball games, ball games, more ball games. The kids are having fun, and are all on pretty good teams this year. Cameron has decided that he bats better if he wears this "sleeve" - not sure what the secret is to the sleeve but he has been hitting really well!

Harper has learned that the best place to be at the ball park is at the concession stand....she was digging for money in Madison's purse. Instead of stopping her, Mallory took her picture! :)

Cameron attended 'Beekeeper Fun Day' on Saturday. Jim reported that it was steaming hot, and almost miserable because of the sun beating down on them with no shade, but he also said he learned a lot! Cam even took part in the live swarm demonstration, and this video shows him with bees crawling on his hand....he stuck his hand in a swarm of bees and then carried a few around with him! My BRAVE boy! Cam may be having a little too much fun with this project!

Colin attended basketball camp this week. He seemed to enjoy it, although he is not the most fond of playing basketball, anything beats staying home! We shared rides with a friend of his. The friend got hurt on the last day of the camp, and I was absolutely sure he really was hurt because the kid was so stinking quiet on the way home. This is a kid who normally never stops talking!

Jim, Colin, Cam and Quincy are now fishing because Cabellas has turned a 2.2 million dollar fish loose somewhere in Kansas and they really want to catch that fish! Quincy is convinced he is in the Overbrook fishing lake! He could be! Quincy and Cameron have been night crawler hunting every evening, and had a huge bucket full of bait so if they catch the big money fish, it will be with free bait!