Showing posts with label Fourth of July. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fourth of July. Show all posts

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Family fun

It was perfect... the weather, the family, the food... we had a great time.

Since the party was at our house for the first time in several years, we decided to update our "toys" a bit. We bought a skimboard surfer (a slip & slide type pool for older kids with "surf board") and a zip line.

The surfer looked great, but it was nearly impossible to master. It reminded us of Bambi on ice - not to mention the specter of spinal damage hovering just above the water. So my son, who has a knack for tweaking the ordinary into marvelous, improvised. He and a brother-in-law took our three-man-slingshot and ran the length of the slide pulling the kids at lightning speeds. What a sight. I grabbed my camera, sat at the end of the slide (out of water's way) and got some great shots... until this little tsunami came along. I was soaked!

Banzai Ben
Oh yeah.. about our new food experiment I will say this... the only thing remarkable about Tea Eggs is that I actually spent 3 hours cooking them!

Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word. Psalm 119:9