Campin at the lake

We are at Logan's Landing campground enjoying the long weekend in the camper. We have an added bonus this weekend with our aunt's seadoo! She was generous enough to let us bring it along for the weekend. Turner and Clay have never been on one and it has been years since I have ridden one. So we having a blast on this...our maiden voyage! And to boot, its Mardi Gras in August @ Logan's Landing so there are lots of activities going on at the campground this weekend. I am sure there will be more posts to follow...

Yes, we made it!

To the fireworks! A good end to a good night!

Elvis sighting?!

And you thought Elvis died on the toilet? At least that's what my kids think. Well guess again! He's alive and kickin' it at the Barons game...complete with rhinestone and the cape!

Take me out to the ball game!

Okay, so me and the boys, along with Sam and Ben, came out to Scout Night at the Barons last regular season game of the year. As you can from the picture, Turner even wore his dress Scout shirt. We began the night with stop at one of my favorite places to eat...Zaxby's. I am a pretty predictible eater...just ask Meghan. If it's fried, I eat it. No pickles or mushrooms for me...but deep fry 'em and I am game. So after getting our fill of greasy chicken and fries we headed to the Met. There aren't a lot of Scouts here but I must say it is a great night for a baseball game...and blogging. There is a great breeze blowing and the temp is just right. It's a nice break from the heat! The kids are having fun...but I think I heard the best quote from Sam after about 5 mins into the game. He said 'is this the game? Cause if it is, it sure is boring!' It might be a long game cause they want to stay and watch the fireworks. We'll see if they (or me) can last that long without irritating everyone sitting around us. I must say baseball isn't all that exciting to me either...hence the reason I am sitting here blogging and hoping a foul ball doesn't catch me off guard. This is 3rd baseball game we have come to since Turner has been alive. Is that bad? Do most kids go to more games before they are 8? So as you can probably tell we aren't biggest baseball fans...but every kid needs to check out a few baseball games, right? And there isn't anything much prettier than a freshly manicured baseball diamond. So do these guys use wooden bats or aluminum? I wonder if this guy in front of me put turtle wax on his bald head 'cause it sure is shiny. Okay...back to the game.

Clay Turns 6

Clay turned 6 years old yesterday and he celebrated with a party at the roller skating rink. We enjoyed hanging out with old friends and meeting some news ones from his class. We made it through the whole party with only one injury... a busted lip! Not too bad considering there were quite a few little ones (and grown ups) who got out there on the skates. One of Clay's favorite gifts was his real bow & arrow... after his friend Patrick got one a few weeks ago it's all he could talk about. We have already been outside practicing our target shooting into a big cardboard box and I have to say it's actually really fun.

SCHOOL!!!!!

School started back on August 7th, here is a pic of the amount of school supplies required to get two boys off to class. I am considering buying stock in both Elmer's glue & Crayola. I made the boys come in from playing to take a picture of them with all of their '08-'09 school gear, as you can see they were less than enthusiastic about this photo session! The first two days of school have been uneventful. Turner was quick to report that he has a new girl in his class who is either from "China or Utah and she only knows 4 words in English: brother, sister, fish and rock". This led to a long conversation on the way home with our carpool group about which one was the foreign country and ultimately the kids decided that she must be from the foreign country of Utah. Being that daddy is a world history teacher and all, perhaps we need to do a quick refresher course on geography with the kids! I hear all kinds of entertaining things on the way home in the afternoons!