It is so incredibly hot here… we like to take our dogs out for a walk every day, but it is hard when it is this unbearably hot. Instead of every day, it had been a week!

So, all 5 of us headed out for a walk together. This is the first time that all 5 of us have been out to the levee together.

Aaron and I have been coming here as long as we’ve lived in Kansas, and it’s always been one of my favorite places. I adore it this time of year, looking out over all of the corn and soy beans. I could tell you so much about this place and all of the memories we’ve made here, but I’ll skip on to the photos.

I wanted to get a picture of all 3 of my kids together. Gus is not having that.

“Hold his hands?,” I suggested. You can see how that went.

The big kids ran off to play with a soccer ball.

Lena did come back long enough to make Gus laugh. He loves her.

I told Aaron how easy it is to snap a cute photo of her… I wasn’t trying and had a few, while I struggled to get one of her little brother.

I am not going to smile for you.

Nope.

But, instead, I’ll eat this rock.

I’m really going to eat it.

Yum.

Big brother/guard Reed welcomes you to our favorite place. I’ve spent a lot of time looking at old photos recently and it’s hard to believe that my little monkey Ilya has grown up into this crazy kid!

Where he plopped down, right as we were getting ready to go. He was so mad that I picked him up and put him the car.

I think he likes it too.