After dinner I began loading the bikes onto the van, but noticed that clouds were rolling in. I went into the house and Enid had the weather radio on which was reporting that there were already severe storms in the city, so I unpacked the bikes.Less than 30 minutes later, the rain was pouring down. We'll try again tomorrow.

One of the kids' favorite shows right now is Phineas & Ferb. Each episode follows a very silimar pattern in which two kids (Phineas & Ferb) do something completely unrealistic with their summer day: build roller coasters, create a circus, build a snow resort, have chariot races, build a beach, etc.Often when beginning their quest, someone will ask about their age:"Aren't you a little young to be a roller coaster engineer?""Aren't you a little young to use titanium and a welder?"Phineas will usually answer "Yes. Yes I am."In one episode, they turned ...

We went for a 7.9-Mile bike ride this afternoon. We started on the Missouri side of Indian Creek Trail which currently ends at Holmes & 99th. (They'll be extending it in the future.) We rode it past State Line and into Leawood Park. From there we rode it south until it connected with Tomahawk Creek Trail and rode south on that trail for about a mile.When we stopped for a break, it was at a small pond. Ora found a large frog and then noticed that dozens of tiny frogs were all around. He picked up one and ...