Fun in the Hot Sun

We spent Friday at the local amusement park in connection with Burke's job. We dropped Adrienne off at Grandma's and took the older kids with us. We had lots of fun playing BINGO (Burke won as a part of the biggest loser round they were having). We also finally have kids that are big enough to go on the really fun rides (aka rollercoasters). I am grateful to have some buddies who have stronger stomachs than Burke does. We took them on everything at the beginning of the day, but after the shift changed in the evening and they had new people measuring, Annika didn't make the cut by an inch. We are going to try to go back this weekend and make sure Annika has really thick soled shoes on, and maybe some big hair. We did have a few mishaps during the day, including Burke overdoing his ride quota and getting sick after being there for a few hours. Kade took it upon himself to kick a wasp's nest and was stung, and Annika and Kade mixed it up and ended up doing face plants into the asphalt. Despite these setbacks, we had a great time and didn't leave until after 10 PM.
Saturday morning was the big belt test for Kade to progress from a blue belt to a purple belt. He was so nervous and excited that he forgot some of what he needed to know. We will find out tonight if he will progress when he goes to class. He is really looking forward to it, but we will have to see what they say after his performance at the test on Saturday. These are some of his moves...He is the second from the left.