One more for July

It's amazing how fast this month has gone. I've had two different trips to the Devils Lake area for work plus a trip to San Diego for the ESRI International User Conference and a family trip to Bismarck, and suddenly it's almost August! I've been neglecting this blog and my running - time to get serious about both again.

Eli's been working on a plan to travel with me. This is one of his favorites:


It finally warmed up a little so we could get the pool out. We added the slide so the kids could get a little splashing in.









Jennifer's brother Myron came to Bismarck this weekend with wife Fran and their two kids. We managed to get all the kids on the couch for a picture - all sitting at the same time was all we could ask for.



Here's one of just the girls. Notice they're all smiling, looking at the camera, and behaving.


And now here's one of all the boys doing the same...wait...nope. Not going to happen. We've got Matt trying to maintain control over Eli, and Grant doing...well, I'm not sure what Grant is doing. Hiding behind his own legs?



Alison and Eli discovered the joy of Hungry Hungry Hippos. I forgot how loud this game actually is. I think it would be a great game for Grandma and Grandpa's house.