Breakfast with Santa

How's this for a shocker to a couple young kids, Mrs. Clause greeted the boys by name and knew what they were up to the past week. Their mind, blown.

Knoebels was kfun

Good times had by all. It's getting more fun for the boys as they are able to do more as they get bigger and I think we're starting to get this camping thing down.

Poor Puppy

Kala died. She was only ten, but deteriorated quickly. We'll miss you.

Open House

Went to the open house at the new elementary school. Some cool things, some not so cool things. I'm sticking to my original assessment that this was completely unnecessary.

Football

Jordan started football, and I coaching. This is going to be fun.

Bucktail Happy Days Rock & Roll Party

Awesome time. 1950's theme weekend and we loved it. The cars, clothes and the music. The boys loved the park and all the things to do. The train was cool and the firetruck ride was even better. We all went hiking and hung out at the campsite, it was a good time. I need to make some of those swings...for the boys, of course.

Lotsoftails I/II

Well, that fish didn't last long - not even a week. After Lotsoftails I died, we replaced him with another without the boys knowing. They did notice he looked a little different but weren't all that upset anyway when he died. Our plan was all for naught. No more fish for a while.

Welcome to the lake, memories made here

What can I say, we love everything about it. Is it possible that it gets better each year? Yeah, it is.

July 4th Party

Had a good time, as always. The fireworks were a lot bigger than last year, but I needed more fillers. From now on it's going to be on the weekend, it sucks when everyone has to work the next day. Already planning for next year.

Sweet Six

Happy Birthday, buddy. You can stop growing up any time now.

Chickens

Got our chicken coop built finally. I have to say, I'm pretty impressed with it. It actually turned out better than we expected. Thanks for the help, Kenny. Now for the best part: Eggs!

Play Ball

Jordan is starting t-ball this year and I'm starting coaching. He got jersey #1, just like I had when I played. How cool is that.

Tornado

Holy schnikes! We just had a tornado tear through here. Flipped the swing set and ripped the roof off of the dog house...before throwing it fifty yards. Lines down, poles crooked, trees snapped, and things weren't much better down the hill either with all that plus barn damage. Well, time to start cleaning up.

Garden

We decided to do garden boxes this year. Of course I had to ocd it up with weed block underneath and mulch in between them, but it looks really slick. I also tore down the wishing well stone and rebuilt it into an herb garden. We'll see how it all works out. [Update: It all works great, we don't know why we didn't do this sooner.]

Terrible Two's

We got Jesse a power wheels 4-wheeler for his birthday. He couldn't wait to get it outside so he could ride with his brother. Awesome.

Super Bowl XLV

Dang, that was a good one even though we lost. Oh well, at least I got to make Primanti Brothers sandwiches. Yum.

Awesome

Oh, Google, how I love thee. I just received a CR48 to test!