SUNDAY AT LB ACRES

SUNDAY ALL THE KIDS WERE UP AT GRANDMA JAN AND CHAR'S. I WENT UP SUNDAY MORNING TO SPEND THE DAY. MOM AND I HAD BIG PLANS OF DOING A COUPLE OF SPECFIC THINGS. NEEDLESS TO SAY THOSE DID NOT GET DONE. WE WERE TO BUSY WALKING IN THE WOODS, GETTING NEW CHICKS (25 NEW ONES), GETTING 4-WHEELER RUNNING, PLAYING TBALL, TRYING TO START THE BURN PILE, AND OF COURSE CHORES. TARALYN AND LUCAS ENJOYED HAVING A SWORD NINJA FIGHT USING THE POMPASS GRASS STEMS. WHICH I BELIEVE THEY WERE TOLD NOT TO GET INTO. AT THE END OF THE DAY LET ME JUST SAY HOW MUCH I LOVE MUD BOOTS. I WISH I HAD A PICTURE OF TARALYN AFTER SHE FELL IN THE HORSE PASTURE COVERED IN MUD AND OF COURSE HORSE ****.

SATURDAY SOCCER

TARALYN HAD HER FIRST SOCCER GAME SATURDAY. IT WAS A LITTLE CHILLER SITTING OUT THERE THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE. MIMI AND HUNTER WERE ALL BUNDLED UP. HUNTER FELL IN THE MUD AND WAS VERY UNHAPPY I WOULD NOT GET HIM NEW PANTS. TARALYN DID A GREAT JOB ON HER FIRST GAME AND HER TEAM WON 6-4. I DON'T THINK SHE REALIZED HOW MUCH RUNNING UP AND DOWN THE FIELD THERE WOULD BE. I THINK SHE DEFINITELY ENJOYS HELPING DEFEND THE GOAL MORE THAN THE OFFENSE OF CHASING THAT BALL EVERYWHERE. THE ONLY CLEAN SPOT ON HER IS WHERE HER SHIN GUARDS WERE. I AM READY FOR DRY WEATHER. NEXT SOCCER GAME I WILL BE COMPLETELY PREPARED FOR ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS.

FRIDAY NITE AT THE MOVIES

FRIDAY NITE JACLYN, WESTON, THE KIDS AND I ALL WENT TO SEE THE NEW DRAGON MOVIE. IT WAS REALLY GOOD AND MY FIRST 3D MOVIE EXPERIENCE. THE KIDS ALL HAD A WONDERFUL TIME. IT HAS BEEN AWHILE SINCE I HAVE GONE TO THE MOVIES AND AM SURPRISED AT THE COST. IT COST MORE TO FEED THE KIDS AT THE MOVIES THAN TO BUY TICKETS. IT WAS ALL WORTH IT.

TWO THREE YEAR OLDS

SO TODAY I HAVE ADDI AND HUNTER. THE MORNING HAS NOT GONE WELL THEY REMIND ME OF LUCAS AND TARALYN. BUT I HAVE FULL FAITH THAT AFTER NAP TIME I WILL HAVE TWO HAPPY THREE YEAR OLDS PLAYING SO NICELY. HUNTER PICKED THE WRONG DAY TO WAKE UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED.

TARALYN SOCCER PRACTICE

TARALYN STARTED SOCCER PRACTICE LAST WEEK AND HAS HER FIRST GAME SATURDAY. OF COURSE I WILL BE IN BRANSON BUT SHE WILL BE THERE. ONLY THING HOLDING HER BACK WILL BE THE FORECAST OF SNOW. YES FIRST SOCCER GAME AND SNOW IN THE FORECAST. WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE HOW THAT ONE GOES. SHE LOVES PLAYING AND NOW THAT ASTHMA IS UNDER CONTROL I THINK SHE CAN HANDLE IT. COME WATCH A GAME IF YOU CAN...BRING YOUR CHAIRS.

MONDAY IN CLINTON

MONDAY WE SPENT THE DAY DOWN IN CLINTON SINCE TARALYN WAS STILL ON SPRING BREAK. WE WAITED FOR THE SUN TO COME OUT BUT NEVER DID. GRANDPA COW AND HUNTER WERE CHECKING OUT THE BULLS. HUNTER INFORMED US THAT ONE COW HAD POOP ALL OVER HIM. GROSS...JENNY WAS ABLE TO GIVE TARALYN SOME SOCCER POINTERS. HUNTER EVEN GOT IN ON THE FUN OF SOME SOCCER PRACTICE. OF COURSE IT WOULDN'T BE A TRIP DOWN IF THEY DIDN'T GET A RIDE IN THE MULE...THE KIDS HAD A GREAT TIME DOWN AT THE FARM MONDAY.

SATURDAY IN ST.LOUIS

SO SATURDAY WAS OUR BIG TRIP TO THE CITY MUSEUM. WHICH IS WEIRD AND COOL ALL ROLLED INTO ONE. THERE ARE ALL THESE TUNNELS AND CAVES TO CRAWL THROUGH. THE KIDS LOVED IT SO MUCH. YOU COULD REALLY LOSE YOUR KIDS EASILY IN THIS PLACE WHICH WAS MY ONLY CONCERN. AS YOU CAN SEE TARALYN HAD A GREAT TIME CRAWLING THROUGH EVERY LITTLE TUNNEL SHE COULD FIND. HUNTER WASN'T SO SURE ABOUT THE CAVES AT FIRST BUT REALLY GOT INTO THEM AFTER I VENTURED IN. NEEDLESS TO SAY BY END OF DAY I WAS BEAT. WHAT A WORKOUT CRAWLING ALL OVER THE PLACE.



SO ALSO THERE WAS THE WORLDS BIGGEST PENCIL, SOME HUGE SAFE DOOR AND YES THE HAMSTER WHEEL. I MUST SAY THE HAMSTER WHEEL WAS MY FAVORITE THING THERE. WHO NEW THAT RUNNING IN PLACE IN THAT HUGE WHEEL COULD BE SO MUCH FUN. HUNTER WANTED NO PART OF IT BUT ENJOYED WATCHING US MAKE IT GO FAST. WE ALSO GOT TO WATCH SHOELACES BEING MADE, HUNTER RODE A TRAIN DRIVEN BY A MIDGET THAT WAS FUN. THE KIDS ALSO ENJOYED THE SKATE LESS PARK. WHICH WAS A BUNCH OF SKATEBOARD RAMPS YOU GOT TO RUN AROUND AND SLIDE DOWN.



SO THE OUTSIDE PART WAS REALLY NEAT. IT WAS ALL THESE WALKWAYS AND TUNNELS. OF COURSE ME BEING SCARED OF HEIGHTS MEANT HUNTER AND I ONLY MADE IT TO SECOND LEVEL BUT DID VENTURE INTO THE CASTLE TOWER. TARALYN AND TANA ON THE OTHER HAND MADE IT THROUGH THE TALLEST PART WAY UP THERE BY THE AIRPLANE. WE HAD A GREAT DAY AT THE CITY MUSEUM AND CAN'T WAIT TO GO BACK.

ST LOUIS TRIP

SO THIS WEEKEND WE TRAVELED TO ST.LOUIS TO SEE TANA, JOHN, DANIKA AND NANA. WE HAD A GREAT TIME AT THE HOTEL. WE STAYED IN CLAYTON WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE A NICE AREA. CLOSE TO THE MALL AND PLACES TO EAT. OUR FIRST EVENING CONSISTED OF A LONG WALK AROUND THE AREA AND THEN BACK TO HOTEL FOR SWIMMING. THE HOTEL ALSO HAD A FREE LITTLE ARCADE. NOT SURE WHO WAS HAVING MORE FUN KIDS OR TANA AND JOHN. SUNDAY WAS GREAT WE WENT TO BASS PRO SHOP WHERE THE KIDS AND I GOT NEW FISHING POLES FOR THIS SUMMER SO WE ARE READY TO GO. AFTER THAT WE VENTURED OVER TO CABELA'S..I SAY ADVENTURE BECAUSE MY GPS TOOK ME THE HOOD. OH YEAH A PART OF ST LOUIS I WOULD RATHER NEVER SEE AGAIN. BUT CABELAS IS ALWAYS A GREAT LITTLE TRIP FOR US.

CABELA'S

THE OTHER DAY HUNTER AND I WENT UP TO NFM TO GET HIM A NEW BED. BUT SEEING HOW WE ARE EARLY RISERS I GUESS NFM WAS NOT OPEN. SO TO KILL SOME TIME WE WENT OVER TO CABELA'S. HUNTERS FIRST WORDS AS WE WALKED IN THE DOOR WAS A VERY LOUD WOW!! HE DECIDED THE LARGE CATFISH WERE GROSS.. I WOULD TOO AT HIS AGE SINCE THEY LOOKED BIG ENOUGH TO EAT HIM. HUNTER LOVED ALL THE DEER, SHEEP AND BEARS. WE FEED THE FISH AND EVEN DID SOME TARGET PRACTICE. LET'S JUST SAY NFM COMPARED TO CABELA'S WAS NO MATCH.