At the beginning of the school year, and football season for Sam, Weatherford had a media night to introduce all their sports teams. The pee wee football divisions were able to be a part of that evening as well. You can click on the following video link and watch Sam's division (7 & 8 year old) run out onto the high school football field. Sam is the very last one in the white jersey running out the tunnel. He was beaming! That was a fun night for him. He continues to love football.
After about one minute of the video you may want to quit. If you stay for the long haul, you may see Sam running back.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
June Fun in Kansas
...still working on that blog idea list of mine! This post will be the last of the ones I really wanted to get on here. Our computer is starting to think it wants to not work, and we have a terrible time uploading photos anymore. That is the main cause of why I am unable to quickly get things posted on here. I worked really hard in August getting our summer photos on our computer. I fear from here on out again, things may slow down. We are working on solutions though, and I hope I can do better about just getting on and writing about what is going on to stay more current. And with that said...
In the middle of June, Russ directed Junior Camp; a camp for 4th - 6th graders. That week is one of the highlights of Russ' year. The weeks leading up to it are intense. Mostly because he is constantly talking with someone about some detail of the approaching camp. The boys and I have made a routine of going with him and having time with Gramps and Grams. We had one day with Russ before he got busy and got to work. And during that day together we had quite an adventure!
We road a train! But before we loaded the train, we saw a reenactment of a wild west gun show.
These are some of my favorite pictures. Is that just love or what?
And I love the smile on Gramps' face here also. Fun times.
Half way through the train ride, when we got to our destination, we watched while they took the engine and attached it back to the other side of the train. This little boy was enjoying working with his daddy that day!
It was a very hot summer day! We chose to sit out in the open train car for some circulation. I really am fascinated with history and can only imagine what it was like traveling and establishing lives in the Midwest and West over a century ago!
The variety of crops were amazing to pass by.
And the farms! I remember when I went off to college in this area of central Kansas and started seeing above ground silos for the first time. On one of my visits back to my grandparents' farm in Western Kansas, I told my grandpa about the silos and asked why he didn't have one (his was a large area dug out of the ground). He laughed and said he was a poor farmer! That only rich farmers were able to have above ground silos! ...and by the looks of things, the land a few hours east from where he farmed his whole life, does look like it cooperates better.
After the train ride, some of our group took a dashing ride on coach!
Literally, they galloped around the block. Not sure I've ever seen a carriage ride quite like that.
Grams had planned our own day trip, and the next destination was to the Russell Stover's Factory in Salina. The sights, smells, and tastes were delicious. Not to mention, the air conditioning!
I could have spent lots of money that day.
Check out the blooper candy! Major discounts!
In the end, we each purchased a couple of littler items and munched before heading to the Brookville Hotel for a fabulous home style chicken dinner!
The setting is simply gorgeous. This photo is utter proof of the elaborate decor...and, Russ' constant use of his cell phone! Camp officially begins in the morning at this point. Our time with him was winding down, and we all felt it. The boys managed to clean their chicken bones completely, and then put them in their mouths and acted like dogs! Ai Ai Ai! Not quite the behavior for this setting.
We spent the next four nights with Gramps and Grams. We swam a lot! In the evenings, the boys wanted to come play in the sand pile and get completely dirty and then be hosed off by Grams. We took daily outings to visit the college campus to see daddy and others from our home youth group. There were also many visits to Gramps and Grams' quilt shop in town.
It was a great time. We had to leave early this year though, to get home for Dellen's t-ball tournament and Sam's machine pitch tournament. But we know how to make the most of our time and pack in the fun!
A couple last pictures here. Grams is seen working on Dellen's school quilt. He picked out his own fabric last year. He was so excited to see Grams quilting!
He wanted to help also. That didn't last too long.
There will be more on the quilt coming soon.
In the middle of June, Russ directed Junior Camp; a camp for 4th - 6th graders. That week is one of the highlights of Russ' year. The weeks leading up to it are intense. Mostly because he is constantly talking with someone about some detail of the approaching camp. The boys and I have made a routine of going with him and having time with Gramps and Grams. We had one day with Russ before he got busy and got to work. And during that day together we had quite an adventure!
We road a train! But before we loaded the train, we saw a reenactment of a wild west gun show.
These are some of my favorite pictures. Is that just love or what?
And I love the smile on Gramps' face here also. Fun times.
Half way through the train ride, when we got to our destination, we watched while they took the engine and attached it back to the other side of the train. This little boy was enjoying working with his daddy that day!
It was a very hot summer day! We chose to sit out in the open train car for some circulation. I really am fascinated with history and can only imagine what it was like traveling and establishing lives in the Midwest and West over a century ago!The variety of crops were amazing to pass by.
And the farms! I remember when I went off to college in this area of central Kansas and started seeing above ground silos for the first time. On one of my visits back to my grandparents' farm in Western Kansas, I told my grandpa about the silos and asked why he didn't have one (his was a large area dug out of the ground). He laughed and said he was a poor farmer! That only rich farmers were able to have above ground silos! ...and by the looks of things, the land a few hours east from where he farmed his whole life, does look like it cooperates better.
After the train ride, some of our group took a dashing ride on coach!
Literally, they galloped around the block. Not sure I've ever seen a carriage ride quite like that.
Grams had planned our own day trip, and the next destination was to the Russell Stover's Factory in Salina. The sights, smells, and tastes were delicious. Not to mention, the air conditioning!
I could have spent lots of money that day.
Check out the blooper candy! Major discounts!
In the end, we each purchased a couple of littler items and munched before heading to the Brookville Hotel for a fabulous home style chicken dinner!
The setting is simply gorgeous. This photo is utter proof of the elaborate decor...and, Russ' constant use of his cell phone! Camp officially begins in the morning at this point. Our time with him was winding down, and we all felt it. The boys managed to clean their chicken bones completely, and then put them in their mouths and acted like dogs! Ai Ai Ai! Not quite the behavior for this setting.
We spent the next four nights with Gramps and Grams. We swam a lot! In the evenings, the boys wanted to come play in the sand pile and get completely dirty and then be hosed off by Grams. We took daily outings to visit the college campus to see daddy and others from our home youth group. There were also many visits to Gramps and Grams' quilt shop in town.It was a great time. We had to leave early this year though, to get home for Dellen's t-ball tournament and Sam's machine pitch tournament. But we know how to make the most of our time and pack in the fun!
A couple last pictures here. Grams is seen working on Dellen's school quilt. He picked out his own fabric last year. He was so excited to see Grams quilting!
He wanted to help also. That didn't last too long.
There will be more on the quilt coming soon.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Another August Update
This entry is simply a garden update from August that never happened.
The garden already looks vastly different. The corn and the gourd vines are gone. The basil grew taller than the poles shown here and has laid over in several directions. I am still using it, but plan that I will soon try and dry a bunch of it.
Here is a little idea why I feared for snakes when I went back towards the garden. I joked with the neighbors that the vines were going to overtake their vehicles too. (We did try to keep them contained on our yard!) I now have several decorative gourds on our front lawn that "tumbled" out of our old wheel barrow and landed next to our dried cornstalks. How I wish some pumpkins would have grown as well!
Green peppers, jalapeno and cerrano peppers are all a success.
One of my buddies. I always kept an eye on him, lest I walk straight into his web.
The corn was an utter failure! Next time I will be sure to thin the stalks out and give fewer plants a better chance of success. We did manage one meager meal though.
Carrots! What do I do with so many carrots? They taste different than the ones in the store, so the kiddos aren't all that keen on them.
Cucumbers were another huge success, and I've been canning away. I'll taste the first can of dill pickles after six to eight weeks, and then we'll decide if they are edible and worthy to be shared.
I've also canned apricot jam from Corn apricots picked earlier this summer. I have a counter full of apples that I plan on making into apple sauce and canning hopefully sometime this week. I'm slowly get the knack for canning. Although, it would be much simply with the right equipment to do it with - especially canning tongs.
Overall, the garden has been fun. I really dread being out in it during the hotter months. We've had several cherry tomatoes, but the biggest disappointment is that I haven't had more large garden tomatoes. They are my absolute summer favorite! Dellen loves the cup or so of cherry tomatoes he gets maybe twice a week at lunch though.
The garden already looks vastly different. The corn and the gourd vines are gone. The basil grew taller than the poles shown here and has laid over in several directions. I am still using it, but plan that I will soon try and dry a bunch of it.
Here is a little idea why I feared for snakes when I went back towards the garden. I joked with the neighbors that the vines were going to overtake their vehicles too. (We did try to keep them contained on our yard!) I now have several decorative gourds on our front lawn that "tumbled" out of our old wheel barrow and landed next to our dried cornstalks. How I wish some pumpkins would have grown as well!
Green peppers, jalapeno and cerrano peppers are all a success.
One of my buddies. I always kept an eye on him, lest I walk straight into his web.
The corn was an utter failure! Next time I will be sure to thin the stalks out and give fewer plants a better chance of success. We did manage one meager meal though.
Carrots! What do I do with so many carrots? They taste different than the ones in the store, so the kiddos aren't all that keen on them.
Cucumbers were another huge success, and I've been canning away. I'll taste the first can of dill pickles after six to eight weeks, and then we'll decide if they are edible and worthy to be shared.
I've also canned apricot jam from Corn apricots picked earlier this summer. I have a counter full of apples that I plan on making into apple sauce and canning hopefully sometime this week. I'm slowly get the knack for canning. Although, it would be much simply with the right equipment to do it with - especially canning tongs.Overall, the garden has been fun. I really dread being out in it during the hotter months. We've had several cherry tomatoes, but the biggest disappointment is that I haven't had more large garden tomatoes. They are my absolute summer favorite! Dellen loves the cup or so of cherry tomatoes he gets maybe twice a week at lunch though.
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