Pictures from Kerrville Visit

Linda sent pictures from Kenneth and Evelyn's visit to Kerrville when Lisa and Haley were visiting. So cute! The one with Evelyn and Haley sleeping on the couch cracks me up.

Ultra-Violent Light

Kenneth and Evelyn participated in a week-long camp called Camp Invention a couple of weeks ago. Each day had a different theme...to sum it up it involved a lot of problem-solving and team work and the kids had a good experience. We'll probably sign up again next summer. School starts again on Tuesday and they're on the edge of their seats waiting to meet their teacher. We stopped by the school to read the teacher list so they know the names of the teachers but both teachers are new to the school so they don't know what to expect. Evelyn said that she hoped her teacher wasn't grouchy and crabby (always a good thing to avoid).

At one point this week, I tuned into a conversation Kenneth and Evelyn were having because it was about damaging light rays. Don't know how they got there. Evelyn said that the sunlight was the most damaging light but Kenneth was trying to convince her that "ultra-violent" light was the worst. I made sure they knew that the correct term was "ultraviolet" and that it is in sunlight. I had the same problem as a kid with the word "curve" and "curb"--I thought a curb was called a curve because it is curved--I recall being mocked by a couple of classmates for saying the wrong thing during a 2nd grade field trip to the Houston zoo. Random memories.

Jumping My Appetite

On the way home from Rudy's BBQ on Friday night, we were driving with the windows down. A loud motorcyclist drove up next to us and revved his motor (on purpose) in a loud, rough manner, causing us all to jump. Evelyn summed it up the best: "That jumped my appetite!" I think she was creating her own take on 'lost my stomach,' but who knows for sure. It made us laugh though.

Getting Through August

This weekend, we plan to take the kids to Schlitterbahn -- probably over Sunday and Monday. They've been looking forward to it all summer. We've been doing our best to take it easy this summer, and particularly this month. The heat is ridiculous. We made it out to Kerrville last weekend to see Merle and Linda. Linda's daughter Lisa and her new baby, Haley, were visiting from California as well. Evelyn is excited that she has another girl cousin and was so happy to meet her. Haley is very cute and has 3-inch long hair (she's only 2 months old) that stands straight up, despite attempts at mitigation. I'll do my best to take some good photos this weekend...