4th of July

Annual 4th of July family golf scramble.  Our team was Hailey, Shane, Molly, Jesse and Papu.  Papa was our caddy, his handicap would have hurt us if he played

While Papu made her best putt of the day this was going on………..

Tied for 1st Place in the tournament. 

Shane won the potato sack race

Hailey visited the crazy face paint lady a few times

I won closest to the pin contest for the ladies

Mendoza’s Pool party.  Shane upside down on the trampoline of course

Hailey was in the pool for 4 hours straight!

Jesse and I won the couples Ping Pong Tournament at their house.  I love Marco, he is the biggest kid and always has games going on

Fun people, good times!

Observing kids with fire

Fireworks show off the barge at Papu and Papa’s house.  Thousands of fireworks for hours and hours. 

12 hours of continuous fun, it was a good 4th!

Fun with swings

Always a hit while waiting for our names to be called at Martha's in Hermosa Beach. 

Minecraft Father's Day

Hailey and Shane made me a Minecraft Father's Day world and we spent a portion of Father's Day morning in it. Here we are riding the mine cart through the entrance to the world. 

Then through a giant statue of me. 

No Minecraft world would be complete without a giant marshmallow s'more. 

The mine cart ride ended at a pen of our family represented by Minecraft characters. From left to right: Shane (cow), Hailey (Pig), Jesse (Villager), Molly (Sheep). 

After the ride, we relaxed in the hot tub. 

Happy Father Day! (Evidently, Minecraft doesn't have spell check)

Mud Butts

We entered the Mud Run a 3.8 mile race and our team was named the Mud Butts.  We had Big Butt, Muscle Butt, No Butt and Little Butt, you can decided who was who.  We ran this race 4 years ago and decided to have the kids join us even though the minimum age is 13.  I told Hailey she needed to wear a bra and I would stuff it so she looked old enough.  She didn’t like that at all!   Lots of pictures to capture all the great moments

Our official camera man, it’s not easy to keep the lens mud free

The Kuyper family joined us which made it so much more fun.  They are up for anything.  At the starting line with no clue what’s to come

The first pit, no big deal, we can walk through this

The same pit further down, it dropped a few feet.  Shane swimming in mud

Getting ready to go down the waterslide into a mud pool

Jesse taking the plunge.  Hailey went down and forgot to close her mouth- Yikes

Love that today was the Kuyper’s Anniversary, and this is how they decided to celebrate!

Quality family fun for an early Father’s Day celebration.  It was such a blast

Camps and Kuypers

It’s going to be an annual event for both our families, can’t wait till next year.