Happy Pie and Beer Day

What would our states holiday be with out pie and beer? Lots of fun hanging out with the family and learning about pioneers. We didn't have any pie and the closest we got to beer was the budwiser horses we saw in the parade. We did go out to the fort and learn a bunch of pioneer craft skills. When we first arrived at the fort things didn't look like much was going on. We headed in and went tot he stage where the Hales Family was playing music. It was fun to sit and listen. The youngest memeber of the family stole the show. He was 4 and had a shaker that he was in charge of. It was lots of fun watching him. A few times he didn't look to be that interested in what his other family members were doing. After a bit Sky and I headed out to look at the boats on the water. There were a few canoes out and Sky was very interested in the boats. Then he saw the big group of BIG trees. We headed over to climb them. Sky & M climbed so high and we picked a leaf for Grandpa. Then we spottedt he Root Beer Man. We headed out and got root beers. Sky wins the guzzeling contest. We petted goats, sheep, lambs, made wool, learned how to milk, weave, and had a great time. The line for the boats was so long we opted out of it but some day we will go back and ride in the canoe.

It's not as bad as it looks

John was leaving for work the other day. I was working in the kitchen and as he left happened to wander into the bedroom. There I noticed his pager and cell phone laying on the bed. Knowing that being with out the phone feels a lot like leaving the house with out pants on I grabbed the phone and pager and ran out of the house trying to catch him before he left the driveway. I had a pretty good chance because he had only been gone a few seconds and he would shut the gate after he left....right? Well mush to my dismay he was parked on the street so I reached him just as he was looking over his left shoulder and pulling into the street. No sweat, I thought. There is a stop sign at the corner and 24th street is a busy road so I still have a chance. I started running toward the corner. John got to the corner first. He must have learned to drive in California. I started to yell at him at the top of my lungs. Now I start to notice that the neighbors are all out side watching me. I must look a little funny. I don't have shoes on, I left the front door open, Rex is following me wondering what is going on, I am screaming and the top of my lungs and holding the phone up in the air like he will see it. As I round the corner I can still see him. For a minute it looks like he is slowing down. I again start running like I am in the Wellsville Mile in 5th grade:) As he gets two blocks a head of me I give up and call him to let him know I have his phone. Fat lot of good that does me. My pocket starts ringing. I head home trying not to make eye contact with the neighbors. All of this because the cell phone was left on the bed. Why can't we survive with out them????? There won't be any photos in this blog...THANK GOODNESS

DOG days of summer

What a great way to start a Saturday. John wants to sleep in so Bella, Rex and I hit the back yard. Bella loves to run and chase. The fist thing she finds to chase is her shadow. If she hits the sun crack just right she can find it to chase. I thought it was so funny I started throwing her tug into the sun light so she would loose the tug and find her shadow.

Rex just wanted to hid under the bench because he is the "Old" man and isn't so into running and chasing. Bella hates to leave him out of the fun so she runs full speed to the banch and crashed into it like that will make Rex move. Silly girl, before I knew it there was doggie rodeo going on in the back yard and it was sparing. I am not sure that is an official rodeo event but after the 23rd of July I will be able to report more on that subject because I am the proud owner of a rodeo ticket.
After a few chased on the tug Bella was more interested in what yard work I was doing. She is under the impression that when I pull the garden hose out into the yard and turn it on she is supposed to find a way to bring it back up on the porch while it is spraying. She fills her "hole" with water and then has to dig an new one that isn't full of water.

Who knew so much fun can happen early on a Saturday morning?

Only me and the dogs:)

Beautiful

Driving home the other night during one of those down pours this is what emerged out of the sky...

A complete rainbow. It was raining too hard to stop and get out of the car and try to take a photo so you get the in the car with the window down version. It was amazing and it was right over our house. At least that's how it looked. We couldn't see it anymore when we got home but from a few blocks away it looked like the end of the rainbow landed in our back yard. When we got home we ran into the back yard hoping to find the big pot of gold...

We didn't find the gold. Oh, well maybe next time.

It's the 4th of July

What a nice day for a BBQ, and a parade, and fireworks. Happy 4th of July! We had a great time having everyone over for a BBQ. Food was good, company was great, and the day turned out to be nice in the back yard. Skyler stole the show and enjoyed playing games and teasing everyone. We finally have the four generation photo we have been trying to take for three years:) It's nice to have a Sunday after a long day full of adventures so we can recover from the great firework shows we saw last night. Gramps and Gram took us to the "hook up" for fireworks. We got to see 5 different firework shows all from one location. We were very entertained while we waited for the shows to begin watching all of the people and porch monkeys come to get the "best" spot in the parking lot.

Go Raptors

The season has begun. Now Monday nights are full of Raptor Home games. It is tons of fun to take the parents to the game. It's a lot of fun to watch the game and it's even more fun to watch the crowd. The first game was a bust but the second game we beat the owls, who are like arch nemesis. I am learning more and more about baseball and even picking up the lingo:) Hot dog, beer, peanuts, and a snowie. What's more American? Nothing I tell you, Nothing!