A good race

This weekend Dad won the Michigan Challenge Balloonfest in Howell. That makes him the 2007 Michigan state champion and automatically qualifies him for the 2008 National Championships.

A party

Andrew, Allison, and Mom went to Mr. and Mrs. Atwood's 50th anniversary party:

New hairstyle

A new haircut for Andrew:

Welfare waterslide

Andrew and Allison made their own low-budget waterslide today:


To see video of their invention in action, click below:
The Welfare Waterslide

Allison's birthday party

There were presents:


Then everyone went outside to play...


Then there was cake!

Just pictures

Today we dried the balloon in the front yard:


Then went inside for some ice cream cones: