Keller Photo Scavenger Hunt

So Tate & I have spent the month of July celebrating Parks & Recreation Month. Who knew there was such a month? So to mark the occasion, we participated in the City of Keller's Photo Scavenger Hunt all over the local parks and sights. Not sure if it's my inner competitiveness (ha!) or desire to check things off lists, but this seemed like a fun thing to do with my always-adventurous, Tate.

It took awhile to visit all 30 places, and we needed help finding a few of them. :) But we finished the entire Scavenger Hunt, had a lot of fun in the process, discovered some great new places in Keller, and definitely learned a lot more about the city we live in.

Picture with a Keller Firefighter

"Something in the Air" bears statue at The Parks at Town Center

Eagle statue at Keller Veteran's Memorial Park

Favorite book at the Keller Library

Imagination Station @ Johnson Road Park

Covered Bridge at Bear Creek Park

Sandbox at a Keller park

Fountain at Keller Town Hall

Sand volleyball courts

Favorite activity at Keller Pointe...the waterslides!

A Keller Special Event - Mother/Son Ice Cream Social

Gardens at the Keller Senior Activities Center

Keller Police Department

Slide at Keller-Smithfield Activity Node

Exercising on a trail

Picture with a duck

Fish playground equipment

Parks & Recreation Month poster

Race car at Bear Creek Park playground

Zip line at Keller Pointe playground

Picnic at a Keller park

Favorite Keller restaurant - Palio's Pizza

"On Alert" Cats statue at The Parks at Town Center

Favorite piece of art at Keller Town Hall

Favorite sport a Keller park

What am I? I light up blue when the Indians win a game.

Mystery letter "J" - Don't "over" look the letter while you have a "ton" of fun.

Mystery letter "U" - A place marked for history.

Mystery letter "L" - When you are fishing here, a letter will a "pier."

Mystery letter "Y" - Perfect your butterfly stroke here.

A Fun 4th (and 3rd)!

We had a fun-filled 4th Of July this year. The fun actually began on the 3rd with a ride on the miniature train with our friends the Heads. Even though they don't speak to each other yet, Spencer & Will are being set up to be big-time buds in years to come. :)  

Later that afternoon, our niece & nephew, Trip & Mary Tish, came over. I really can not get over how big they are getting...almost 15 & 13! I love that they still enjoy coming to our house and hanging out with our crazy kids. Tate seriously thinks they hung the moon and LOVES every single minute being with them both.

MT went to work quick making some yummy, festive cupcakes.

 There was a lot of jumping to be done.

 Swimming to be swum. 

 Pizza to be eaten.

And fireworks to watch.

The next morning we celebrated the 75-point mark for Tate's Super Summer Challenge with Go-Karts. It is hilarious how much this kid likes any kind of motorized vehicle. When he rode with me the first time, he was yelling to go faster almost the entire way. And bumper boats were no exception, either. Spraying water on people and "crashing" into them...like the best day ever in his world. :)

The big kids headed home, and we headed to Mimi & Grandpa's house for lots of swimming and fun.

Synchronized Backstrokes!

Whoever invented the Puddle Jumper flotation thing is a genius in my book. Genius.

And it was fun to get some time with Mr. Max while he was on a solo trip at M&G's house.

A fun couple of days filled with swimming, pizza, go-karts, fireworks, cupcakes, and family. Can you get any more All-American than that?