Amyann's baby shower!!

This past Saturday, we threw a baby shower for Amyann (my sister-in-law). It was a fun time of games and fellowship. The first game we played was one you're all probably quite familiar with. It involved guessing what was written on the piece of paper pinned to your back by asking 'yes' or 'no' questions. To narrow it down, it was all under one category...baby things. :-)


Chloe and Charity asking each other questions.





Ruthie sure enjoyed all the attention!!

The next game we played required paper plates, markers, and a good imagination. ;-) You had to draw a baby on a paper plate on top of your head. No peeking!!!

OOPS!!! I think Kayla got a little off!!


Not bad, Chloe!! Considering you can't see what you're doing......

Kayla, Chloe, Aunt Michelle, and Grandma Chambers laughing at some of the results of the 'baby drawing' contest.

The 'present' table

Sara made an adorable little 'diaper cake' for the occasion!!! It was SO adorable!!

Isn't that the cutest!?


Diapers, diapers, and more diapers.
While Amyann was opening presents, the rest of us played Bingo!! On a piece of paper, in the form of bingo, were all the gifts Amyann was receiving. Whenever she opened one, we got to mark it off on our sheet and whoever got 5 in a row won!!

Afterwards, we served refreshments.

Chocolate Mint Brownies
Thanks Sara for all the hard work you put into planning this shower!!

Exploration Place

This past weekend we went to the Exploration Place. It had been such a long time since visiting there, Justin and Joey didn't remember it. It was also national museum day, so we were able to get in free. It was fun to do all of the puzzles and activities, some of which completely stumped us.

Justin and Joey rode a combine that had a video inside that showed them what they were harvesting while they drove.

There was a room called "Miniature Kansas". It was so cute to see the tiny cars, houses, animals, and trains. Joey and Justin especially enjoyed it, because they had never seen anything like it before.

Then came all of the puzzles. This one completely stumped us...you had to somehow balance all the nails on top of a single one that was stuck upright in a brick. All eighteen of them.

A puzzle game that Krista and Anna had fun with.

Joey enjoyed making different things with the shapes.

Justin and Joey ended the day with a HUGE game of chess:)

Air Show

This Sunday we went with the Boehem Family to the air show at McConnell Air force Base. The Thunder birds were there to put on a show for us and they were awesome. It was very loud, but well worth it. They were so fast, but they were able to keep in formation perfectly. Thank you Boehem family for enjoying the outing with us.

Click on the pictures to get a better look!

This one was so cool. The two Thunder birds flew right in front of us at an amazing speed. One was flying right above the other who was flying upside down. They stayed perfectly together the whole time. If you want to see some more pics you can go to Sara's Blog.

Hiking with the Shelden Family

On Saturday the 18th, our family invited some friends to go on a hike with us at El Dorado Lake. We had such a fun time and James was able to join us as well, (much to Krista's delight).

Here is everybody minus Mr. Shelden and I.

There was a dead tree laying across the trail and everybody had to climb it for a picture. We always have so much fun with the Sheldens.

Hiking down the trail.

After the hike we drove over to the dam so that we could hike to the top. It is much bigger then it looks, but the view at the top is worth it. You can see all of El Dorado Lake from up there. This is a pic of Joey going up the never ending hill and Jordan is at the top.

The lovely couple at the top.


Thank you Shelden family for the wonderful fun and fellowship you have given us.

Flag-football

Justin had his first flag-football game last Tuesday. He did really well and had a blast playing some football with a real team. His team lost, but they weren't really keeping score so it didn't matter. The opposing team was more experienced then his team, so they had to play really hard to keep up with them.

Justin's team colors were red and black. Justin is the farthest one to the right.

The coach giving instructions.

Justin made several good plays for the team. Here he is trying to keep the kid in the orange from getting his flags.

Go Justin!