Rory and His Girls

Rory's taken the girls on various dates over the past few months.

He and Madelyn went on a progressive dinner bike ride. It was her first solo long bike ride and she did awesome. They ended up riding about 6.5 miles!

They had bruschetta first.

And then rode over to a pizza joint. The little girl in the background is a friend from Madelyn's kindergarten class who is now in her first grade class.

Last stop was cobbler at the park. Madelyn had enough energy left over to run all over the park.

Taking a break on the way home.

Madelyn and I went on a Mommy daughter date so Rory took Lily on a Daddy daughter date to the frog pond. The frogs are nearly as big as her.

They stopped and got refreshments on the way home.

Day at the zoo with Dad.

He also took the girls to Nation Day of the Cowboy.

What a great Dad!!

Topeka Zoo

We took the girls to the Topeka zoo a few weeks ago and it wasn't too hot! 

They found some soft flowers and much fun was had.

Lily loved the tire swing.

Madelyn had fun with the trikes. 

June had fun with her tongue.

We are a goooood lookin family!

Sweet Lily

We took a rest on some giant dung ball statues.

We actually did look at animals too.

See!

And of course Madelyn found something to climb.

It all ended up too exciting for June and she had to take a little nap.

After the zoo we had a picnic lunch and rode the train. The girls loved the train ride so much that we did it twice!

Blow this one up big. 

June loves her Daddy. 

It was a very successful trip. No melt downs, no melting from heat and no one told anyone else that they were the worstest!

Nauvoo and beyond

We got to go to Nauvoo this past week with Grandma Jo. Rory and I enjoyed it... the girls not as much. 

They liked looking at the temple!

Hanging out with Grandma Jo.

And touching the temple.

Madelyn got to be the super special ticket collector for the horse drawn wagon ride. She was pretty pleased.

Two hot and tired girls waiting for their lunches.

Later in the day we enjoyed ice cold root beers courtesy of Grandma Jo.

June had to wait for hers.

The girls favorite part was the Pioneer Pastimes tent. It was the only part of the whole experience they understood. Haha. Poor kids being forced to learn about history. 

June enjoyed licking my leg while her sisters played.

After wandering around old Nauvoo all day we had dinner at the Nauvoo hotel. It was a fun historic building that had a fairy house outside!

On the way home we stopped at the Kansas City Science Center. This is what the girls could get into. They loved it! We'll probably have to go back.

Since we've been home it's been too hot to do much of anything except have a small bike ride with Dad.

Lily got her first hair cut. She was very brave after she realized it wouldn't hurt.

Madelyn is Six!!

I don't know where the time went but suddenly my baby is six. Currently she loves the song That Girl is on Fire, Hatchimals, making rubber band bracelets and reading. She really wanted a phone this birthday but I told her she had to wait at least 10 years. She's a wonderful big sister but also loves to pest. So some days there is constant screaming from Lily because Madelyn is doing something to her and some days they play happily all day. She loves baby June and is always wanting to carry her around. 

Madelyn requested a blue cake with purple frosting and a mermaid. 

She also wanted her party at the park with water balloons. It was 105 degrees plus humidity.

Luckily people still came and there was a breeze which made lighting candles hard but we were glad of the air movement.

They all had a blast with the water balloons. Linky and Julia are

about to get it.

Poor June did not enjoy the heat. She had to go home early.

After the party we all sat around in the lovely air conditioning for the rest of the day. It's way to hot here!