Pool Parties

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It’s been a hot few weeks and we have had a lot of fun in and out of the pool. First we had a birthday party for my brother at his friend’s pool.

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It was really fun. The kids got to jump off stuff.

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We got to grill some great food.

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And after we went into a theater to watch the royals game, sing happy birthday and eat cake.

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Shortly later we had our own pool party to celebrate finding a free smoker at Tony’s pool.

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We loaded it up with treats.

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and while they smoked we relaxed

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jumped

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and swam

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Then we ate.

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The next day we took the pool party to Oceans/Worlds of fun.

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We had a blast.

Last weekend Drake had a bounce house birthday with some pools.

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We had a great time.

The last thing I can call a pool party was going back to Emilie’s pool.

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We swam some more and tried grilling pizza again.

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This time it worked perfectly.

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Not really pool party but to beat the heat and have some fun Tony, Jon and I took the canoe out.

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We paddled around and set a bunch of limb lines.

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and caught 5 catfish.

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We immediately grilled 4 of them right after catching them.

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We ate the meat right off the bones and fresh and hot it was so good.

Late that night we all climbed into hammocks and tried out hammock camping.

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I slept great but my belly was full of beer and fish so i’m not sure it was a good test. In the morning a storm rolled in early and we quickly packed up and headed out before the water got crazy.

So the 5th fish became a couple sandwiches.

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Ok we have done a bunch more not around the water since I last posted.

Fun at Bier Co

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2 bike rides to the donut store.

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Both girls got sick and had to stay home with me

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Our garden continues to rock

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We pulled out all the carrots and potatoes and planted broccoli and kale.

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And just today the kids started school.

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We had a pretty nice breakfast.

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Pumpkin had a great first day of kindergarten and is really excited about everything. She didn’t stop talking about it until there was ice cream to fill her mouth.

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