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Brandi, Holli, and her Mom made their annual trip to Hilsboro for the craft fair. Misti usually goes as well, but had just delivered their 3rd child and was unable to attend. I think the girls had a lot of fun. Amazingly enough, no one came home sunburned, which was a first.

Holli and Sharon came up today. Holli brought her camera to take our family photo's. These were just a couple "amateur" photos that I took of the kids. It was a very stressful afternoon. Between Addy not getting her nap and Brayden acting like a normal 7 year old it was a struggle to get everyone to smile! Grandma helped out by blowing bubbles to keep Addy occupied. It worked great.

Lucas has definitely found his niche with soccer. He absolutely loves it! He's playing on the B team and is playing forward. He had the option at one point to move to A team, but decided against it as he gets more playing time on the B team. He's been one of the teams consistent scorers. He's going to do indoor soccer during the winter. We're trying to persuade him to try out for basketball as that's the other sport he really likes. Kind of strange, when we grew up if you went out for the sport you made the team. But Buhler is quite a bit bigger. He has 180 in the 7th grade alone. So there are quite a few kids and not everyone makes the team. We'll see.

This was at one of Lucas's soccer games. A big green "harmless" bug landed on Addy's arm and started walking all over her. She stood there and watched it for a long time before she decided that wasn't cool and wanted if off her. Pretty funny to watch.

These were pictures from the Kansas State Fair. Kids of course had a great time. Funny, Brayden was absolutely terrified of the slide until this year. Addy at 19 months thought it was great. She's not afraid of too much. Although she did figure out that she didn't like camels. Brandi took her in the petting zoo and and the camel came up for a sniff that surprised her. She wasn't too fond of that.

Brayden was tall enough this year to do a lot more rides, which he really enjoyed. We went to the crocodile show, where he actually held a 2 foot crocodile. I was really surprised he actually held it, but he thought it was great. We also did the boat ride.

Lucas spent most of the time with his friends. Unfortunately we're coming in to that wonderful stage where mom and dad just aren't that cool anymore. Funny how that happens. He went around with a group of friends and I think rode just about every ride at the fair. He's also a little pack rat that loves free stuff. So they went thru all the buildings and hit all the tables that were giving away stuff. What he's going to do with it, I have no idea.