Block Party VIII

This evening was the annual neighborhood Block Party, now in its eighth year.  It's marvelous to get together with our neighbors, talk, eat, watch the kids run wildly amok, and enjoy a beautiful summer evening.  The kids love it, Kent and I love it, it's just the best.  Brandt wasn't there this year, as he and Paul Moreland went camping with the 11-year-old scouts, getting him one campout closer to finishing his camping merit badge, but Blythe had a great time running around with the Bradford girls and Ellen.  It was one of the best nights of the whole summer!

This is Blythe participating in the girls-v-dads tug of war.

For just a moment it looked like the girls might triumph.

Alas, they wound up in a giant heap on the grass.