BBQ @ MIMI

LAST WEEKEND AFTER ALL THE FOOTBALL MIMI HAD A LITTLE BBQ AT HER PLACE. BEST THING ABOUT A BBQ IS THE GREAT FOOD! I BROUGHT OVER MY FIRE PIT NOT ONLY SO I WOULD BE NICE AND TOASTY BUT ALSO SO THE KIDS COULD ROAST SOME MARSHMALLOWS. HUNTER OF COURSE WAS MORE ENTERTAINED BY JUST SITTING AND PLAYING IN THE DIRT.

PEE WEE FLAG FOOTBALL

SATURDAY WAS THE START OF PEE WEE FLAG FOOTBALL FOR HUNTER. IT REALLY IS MAINLY LEARNING HOW TO THROW AND CATCH. I GOT THE CHANCE TO LEARN HOW TO THROW AND CATCH THE BALL. ALTHOUGH UNCLE TIM GOT US UP TO BEAT ON THOSE. WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE PRACTICED IS FLAG PULLING. SO THE FLAGS JUST KINDA CLIP ON THE KIDS AROUND THE WAIST. SO THEY DIVIDE KIDS UP INTO TWO TEAMS ACCORDING TO FLAGS AND ARE GOING TO PLAY TAG TO PRACTICE PULLING FLAGS. NEEDLESS TO SAY HUNTER DIDN'T QUITE GET IT AT FIRST. HUNTER ACTUALLY SPENT 5 MINUTES TRYING TO UN CLIP THE KIDS FLAG INSTEAD OF RIPPING IT OFF OF HIM. LUCKILY THAT IS WHY WE HAVE PRACTICE..ALTHOUGH I DID GO BUY SOME FLAGS FOR US TO PRACTICE WITH HERE AT HOME!!! COME JOIN US SOMETIME SAT MORNINGS 11AM...

ST LOUIS WEEKEND

SO SATURDAY WHILE IN ST LOUIS WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO CATCH ONE OF TAYLOR'S FIRST SOCCER GAMES. KIDS HAD A GREAT TIME PLAYING ON THE PLAY EQUIPMENT AND EATING POPCORN AND PREZTELS WHILE TAYLOR WORKED VERY HARD AT GOALIE. TIM ALSO HAD A CHANCE TO TEACH HUNTER HOW TO THROW A FOOTBALL WHILE WE WERE THERE. SO HE IS ALL PUMPED UP AND READY FOR FOOTBALL SEASON. TIM HAS CREATED THIS REALLY AWESOME SLIP AND SLIDE REDNECK STYLE. NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW LONG IT IS BUT THE FACT IT GOES DOWN A PRETTY GOOD STEEP HILL ADDS TO THE EXCITEMENT. WHAT MAKES IT REALLY GREAT IS THE FACT THAT HE HAS YOU RUB BABY SHAMP0O ON YOU SO YOU SLIDE FASTER. HUNTER TOOK ONE SPILL IN THE MUD PIT AT THE END AND WAS DONE.





LATER SATURDAY AFTERNOON WE GOT TO RIDE THE HORSES. THE HORSES DID GREAT WITH THE KIDS ON BOARD. HUNTER WAS ABLE TO LEARN HOW TO CONTROL THE HORSE A LITTLE BIT USING THE REINS HIMSELF. TARLAYN EVEN GOT UP THE NERVE TO TROT A BIT AND WENT ON HER FIRST RIDE OUT OF THE ROUND PEN OR ENCLOSED AREA FOR A RIDE WITH TAYLOR DOWN THE ROAD.



ALL IN ALL WE HAD SUCH A GREAT WEEKEND IN ST.LOUIS AND CAN NOT WAIT TO GO BACK!!

TRAIN TRIP TO ST.LOUIS

A COUPLE OF WEEKENDS AGO THE KIDS AND I TOOK THE TRAIN TO ST.LOUIS TO SEE TIM AND TRACY. I MUST SAY I WAS ALMOST MORE EXCITED ABOUT THE TRAIN RIDE THEN THE KIDS. AS THIS WAS MY FIRST TRIP ON THE TRAIN TOO!! I WAS ACTUALLY SURPRISED HOW WONDERFUL THE RIDE WAS. YOU CAN GET UP AND WALK AROUND, USE THE BATHROOM, AND GO TO SNACK CAR AND EAT. THERE IS NO BETTER WAY TO TRAVEL FOR SURE. I FOR SEE MANY MORE TRAIN TRIPS TO ST LOUIS TO ANDERSON'S.

FUN SUMMER NIGHTS

WE ARE OH SO HAPPY TO HAVE NOT ONLY HEATHER LIVING DOWN HERE IN RAYMORE BUT NOW TARA!! OUR KIDS ARE REALLY CLOSE IN AGE AND HAVE A GREAT TIME PLAYING IN THE CUL DE SAC..BOYS REALLY JUST LIKE TRYING TO GET THE GIRLS. THE GIRLS SPEND THE WHOLE TIME TRYING TO AVOID THE BOYS. YOU KNOW LIFE IS GOOD WHEN YOUR KIDS ARE HAVING FUN AND YOUR SURROUNDED WITH GREAT FRIENDS AROUND THE FIRE PIT.

FIRST DAY OF 4TH GRADE!!

YES YOU READ THAT CORRECT TARALYN STARTED 4TH GRADE THIS YEAR. I ALMOST CAN'T BELIEVE IT. YES THE GIRL IS SPORTING THAT GREAT BACKPACK ALL BECAUSE SHE CLEANED OUT MY TRUCK FOR ME ONE DAY IN EXCHANGE FOR A NEW BACKPACK. I WOULD THINK THAT TYPICALLY THE GIRL WOULD WANT TO WEAR SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR THE FIRST DAY. NOPE NOT MY GIRL, PAIR OF JEAN SHORTS SHES HAD ALL SUMMER AND AN MU TSHIRT. THAT GIRL IS BOUND AND DETERMINED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A HOUSE DIVIDED IN COLLEGE SPORTS..LOL

DOWN ON THE FARM

WE SPENT THE DAY AT THE FARM LAST MONTH WHEN TIM AND TRACY WERE INTOWN. FIRST TIME I HAVE SEEN TRACY AND KIDS SINCE THEY MOVED TO HAWAII. THE KIDS HAD A GREAT TIME RIDING HORSES, PLAYING ON SWINGSET, AND OF COURSE THE HUGE WATERSLIDE. HOW THAT WATER SLIDE HAS SURVIVED ALL THESE YEARS I WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND. THERE IS NOTHING GENTLE ABOUT THE WAY THE KIDS GO DOWN THAT THING.