What a Fun Time!

Randy and I have been enjoying the month of September with the granddaughters and other family members.  He really misses being able to spend time with them when he is on the road.  He will start up travel again in a couple of weeks.  I am back at school teaching reading to K-5th graders.  I have a couple of new programs I am using so it has been lots of preparation and organization to get everything ready.  It is starting to even out now but oh my that first couple of weeks.  Here are a few of our favorite pictures. 

Garden of the Gods - Colorado - July 21, 2012

Family Dinner - July 27, 2012

Singing Happy Birthday with a "little prayer" too.

Blowing out the candles.

Olivia trying out Great-Grandma's glasses.

Peeking and squealing with excitement!  September 1, 2012 was a fun evening.  The little girls gave us lots of special moments and laughs to make our day. 

Johnston Summer

Dave and I put in 100+ hours at the Fair this year (this is our 6th year and the last year for that many hours!) We had planned to take Thursday off to go together as a family. Dave took the day off work as well. The weather was crummy, but we had a good time!
Last year the train experience didn’t go so well as you might recall…

She enjoyed the train this year! Look how much she loved the ferris wheel! (This photo was taken while we were sitting at the top for several minutes)

We spent the day with friends Claire and Kate in Hesston - doing some Fall flower shopping. It rained on us, but we had a good time. Kate put one behind Adelynn’s ear. It stayed there until nap time.
This is when we knew we needed a sprinkler that was actually fun…
93* and the rain coat was her idea.

Adelynn has really come into her own over the Summer. Her independence blossomed like crazy. Next Summer will be a whole new ballgame…

Kansas State Fair 2012

As you may or may not know, the State Fair is one of my favorite things to do.  I love it and will go numerous times and see something new every time.  This year I went with Tim, Kate and Ben, Sarah, Olivia, Grandma and Grandpa.  The fair also marks the end of summer and beginning of Fall for me.  Enjoy the pics.

Although, Grandpa's wheels weren't as large as some, they worked great.

The "butter cow" that isn't a cow.

Taking a dairy quiz.  We didn't do so well!

We all had a great time!

A Few Quick Rutherford Pics...

This summer, we have been discovering new ways to eat kale...it's super yummy!

Mary drinks a lot of Yogi tea that comes with some pretty nice sayings.

This is one of the costumes Mary worked on at Zarkana - I recreated the vest with the two dresses as sleeves - 3 times over this summer. Overall, the Cirque experience was a good one.

This is Kurtis and his brother at the Branson airport. That is one unique airport... We went to Branson in August for a Rutherford Family Vacation. It was fun and nice to have the individual time together.

Every year, there are shows that are done in Central Park. On one of Mary's days off, she went with a friend to stand in the line for free tickets. It poured down on us, but we succeeded and Kurtis joined us to watch Into the Woods that night.

Granger would like to go with Kurtis to Italy. He left today on a month long tour.

Now we are starting to research Australia as our plan is to head there for a big vacation in August 2013! This is a picture from Queensland, near the Great Barrier Reef - isn't it beautiful?