Aren't they just adorable? If you click through, there is a gallery link to the rest of the photos I took. They are all just too cute, so I decided to share them all (you'll thank me later).

Took the kids to the park this morning. Since the weather has cooled off (only a high of 97 today), I thought it would be a good day for the splash park. The boys LOVED it. They ran and played and had the best time. Megan...not so much. She kind of hated the water, and didn't want to play on the playground either, so she pretty much just sat by me for an hour and a half while the boys played.

Just thought I'd post a few pics from AJ's taekwondo class. He goes every Tuesday and Thursday evening, and is doing great so far. He's not too far away from earning his yellow belt (if we could only get him to practice more!). The pictures aren't great because the lighting was really bad in there, but they are better than nothing.

Today Ray surprised the kids with a trip to the pool! They've been waiting for this, and were SO excited! Kay and I joined them for just a few minutes because it was over 100 degrees out and just too hot to be outside and not in the water. But it was fun to watch the other kids and take a bazillion pictures. Not much has changed since the last time they swam. AJ is still very timid in the water and hesitant to try new things. Drew is completely fearless and loves to jump in and be thrown around by Ray. And Megan just loves the water and would float around all day if we'd let her.

Click through for the gallery and to see how much the kids have changed in the last year!

AJ completed a 100 piece puzzle all by himself tonight, and was so proud of himself. It was actually kind of a hard puzzle because a lot of it was the same color. But he did good, and didn't let himself get frustrated. Click through to see a couple of pictures.

Tonight was Kay's very first real bath. The other kids were very interested in the whole process, and kept asking a million questions.

"Is the water hot or cold?" "Is Muffin going to cry when you put her in the water?" "Why did you put a washcloth on her belly?" "Does she like the bath?"

Tonight we took a family outing to A&W for free root beer floats. There is an A&W within walking distance of our home, so we set off on foot.

A&W was crazy busy because it's a restaurant that includes both A&W and KFC, and KFC had their free chicken promotion tonight. I waited in line for quite a while (and we didn't get any free chicken), but it was definitely worth it. The kids thought that having french fries and root beer floats for dinner was great fun, and it was just good to be out as a family.

Kay got her hair washed for the first time tonight. This was taken right after I towel dried it. Doesn't seem like she minded the whole thing too much...

Today we made homemade pretzels using this recipe. They were super easy and the kids had a lot of fun shaping them. There would have been more pictures, but there was a diaper crisis in the middle of making them...

PS. Yes, my cookie sheet is kind of gross. It is functional though.