Cook-out and Rocket Launching at the Woods

Hannah was home from Alaska with Lilly for the last 2 1/2 weeks.  One of the things she said she wanted to do was to have a cook-out at my parents woods.  So we did it.  The weather was perfect.  Didn't even need jackets.  Brian brought along a bunch of model rockets and we launched them after dinner out in the middle of the harvested soybean field.  We only lost 1 rocket and I think we had 7 launches.  One of the rockets had a payload.  Titus put a Swedish Fish candy in it.  Things didn't go quite right and the payload was lost.  I expected that Titus would be very upset.  Instead, when he found the fish gone, he said, "Oh.  My fish just wanted to keep flying."  We launched that rocket a second time with a new fish.  All worked well the second time around and he ate the fish after it flew. Here are a few pictures.

Isabele, Lilly and Hannah

Brian relaxing and tending the fire.

Hannah and Lilly. 

My mother, Titus, Micah and Kimber

Brian and the fire - burning off the crud on the grate so I can cook some hamburgers.

Titus.  He's getting so grown-up.

Titus, Lydia, Isabele, my Mother, Hannah and Lilly.  Walking back from the far side of the field.

3 Generations.  Lydia and Isabele.  Hannah and Lilly.  Mother/Bia.

Blast off.

Blast off.

Unloading fieldstone and putting it around the foundation of the cabin.  Hannah, Titus, Havoc, Micah, Lydia, my Dad, Lilly and Isabele.