The Kassel Family Project Life 365

The replacement lenses for my cycling glasses came in, and Andy picked them up while he was at CycleX. I am so very thankful for these lenses.

A few years ago, I bought some 4th of July chicken decorations. I got teased relentlessly, which made me dig in and buy more for other holidays. It is now a running joke in the Kassel family about my chicken decorations, and any type of animal decoration is a “chicken.” Today, Laura told me that I was not allowed to buy “forest chickens.” Well, I have not ordered them yet, but I am seriously considering it!

It was the last Tuesday night practice for the Hickman High School Marching Band. Despite the rainy weather, it was great to watch a show for just family and friends!

The kids were off school today, but I had to work. I got really busy and forgot to take a picture. It happens sometimes.

We took the kids to their first Renaissance Festival today. We chose St. Louis because it is an easy drive.

We got to see some good shows. Crazy Boy Coy was one of our favorites.

We also enjoyed the joust though the Renaissance Festival needs to do some work on the facilities. The sound system did not work well and you could not hear most of the script.

While we had fun, I think we will go to the Kansas City Renaissance Festival next year.

We spent the evening at the Fues Household. We tried many different kinds of homemade mead and enjoyed good food.

We all got some game time.

It was a nice, relaxing evening that we all very much enjoyed!

All the house plants that spend their summers outside have been moved inside. This poinsettia literally doubled in size. I wonder if some of those leaves that look lighter are close to turning red?