Our Summer in Photos - minus the significant portion of the summer during which our camera was lost, an event to remember in and of itself (or Deus)

We went to Vegas where, via Cirque du Soleil, the Beatles are being introduced and celebrated in a whole new exciting way. Here I am standing outside theater (we didn't see the show) wherein Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr sat during the premier. Sweet!



















We got stuck in Denver for an extra day. Here we are lamenting our delay in Vegas.
















A summer storm tested my 2/3 built fence by dropping three 6" branches on it. We lost one picket. Pretty good, I'd say!
















I dragged the family out in the van and wandered around the dirt roads of Chase County until we found the site of the farm I lived on as a small child and the first church I ever knew, Wonsevu Christian.
































Some of us began to look much, much older than we used to.

















We continued to get to know Rigby, our now 10 month old puppy. He's a digger. But he's a cuddler, too! Now I just need to remember to buy doggy nail trimmers.
















Lennon had his fourth birthday. Most of the pics are on Grandma's camera. I think this is from Maggie's birthday. It was shortly after Lennon's birthday party that we found the camera at church. Thank God! *chortle*

















But no worries, as Lennon enjoyed Maggie's ninth birthday plenty!




For the kids' birthdays this year we took them on their very own dinner with Mom & Dad and then on a shopping trip. We set a spending limit in our heads and steered the kids in particular directions. We all enjoyed the experiences. Below is Maggie being pretty jazzed about her Build-a-Bear monkey. The shoes on the rack behind could shod an entire third-world country.
















The fence was completed, though the gate (not pictured) still needs attention. We've had a lot of good chances to enjoy our new space and to let Rigby run and dig incredibly dangerous holes.







I also fixed our broken John Deere riding mower, which has been handy.

We enjoyed sharing our summer with friends and family and are looking forward to Winfield!

Be well.