Our Yearly Corn Shuckin' Party

Traditionally, we plant sweet corn.  The guy that calls himself JoeByrd (one word), started the tradition and it's usually on his land.  KD planted it for him this year.

We always get a pickup load... this time we got alittle carried away.

We pull into the garage and crank the AC and start to shuckin'.

KD took the afternoon off to help (I know I had to check his temperature),

 but he does LOVE him some sweet corn.

I cut it off the cobb.  Yes, I'm smiling!

Basically the corn field blew up in garage!  So 6 hours and 45 quart bags later, 

with 50 pots and pans dirty, a sticky floor, and 3 cranky boys 

we were finally done!

KD even washed dishes.... I'm telling y'all he's awesome!

Note:  He's going to kill me because he recently started actually reading my blog!

There's still corn if y'all want some.... better hurry on up and get over here!

Mimi's and the Mountains

My Mom lives near the mountains in New Mexico.  My step dad took us for a very scenic drive up into the mountains to the Valle Vidal.  We drove and drove on a rough rub boarded caliche road. 

 It was worth it though.

This is at the summit... the view behind us was breath taking!

We had a picnic at Shuree Ponds!

Papa helped the kids fish!

Behind Mimi and Papa is Baldy Peak.

Me, Mom and my Sis

The view of the meadows was just beautiful.

My sweet niece and nephew loved the fishing! Scouty got pretty good with her pink Barbie fishing pole!  Reno calls a fish, Ishy, that little buggar is really starting to talk! 

We also stopped off at the Gravel Ponds in Cimmaron Canyon to attempt some more fishing....

I love the boys reflection!

I just love a good reflection shot....

Mimi's in the mountains is awesome!

Splash Amarillo

Splash is a large time!

The kids ride the TACO!

 I do not ride the TACO! 

I just take pictures of the kids riding the taco!

The kids smile after riding the TACO.

The kids LOVE riding the TACO!

They even ride the TACO 3 at a time!

Ok, ok enough about the TACO, but it seems the TACO is the highlight at Splash!

Snack time with cousins!

Such a fun group of kids!

He's my youngest and he always has a LARGE time!

Scouty took a pic of me and my sis... glad we had a chance to hang!

Note:  these 2 Mommas really did not ride the TACO....  in case y'all were wondering!

Shootin' Trap

We have a new toy at our house.  What is it?  Well it's a clay pigeon tosser/thrower/flinger thangy.  You know trap shootin'.  Come to find out it's fun!

Pake decided to spend his hard earned summer farmin', harvestin', plowin' money on a shotgun.  Yes he thinks he's old enough to hunt birds this fall.  Sad thing is, is I guess he is old enough.  (boohoo)

See his Momma took him to Gander Mtn and helped him buy the gun.  His Momma doesn't know much about guns, but now she knows there are 12 gauge, 20 gauge, pump action, semi automatic, Beretta, Mossbergs, Benelis etc. etc... and that's just shotguns.  Whew, so much info. The secret is, his Momma actually wanted to shoot his new shotgun.  The other secret is now his Momma wants a pink shotgun, maybe even pink camo. (wink/wink)

His Daddy said, "I almost forgot how fun trap shootin' is!"

Note:  I said "almost"

His little brother loves it too and he loved shootin' his Daddy's old 20 gauge pump shotgun. 

 Note:  with very close supervision.... just sayin'!

They played the monkey shoot game, where it's one person's turn but if they don't hit it,

then the next person has a shot etc....  I shot a few rounds, hit a few times, and now have a sore shoulder.  Oh my crazy life, trying to keep up with these boys =)

A Cool Farmin' Video

I just had to share this fun video. It promotes the farming way of life.  It's a music paraody from a popular song "I'm sexy and I know it"!

More Vaca on the Coast

Here is the rest of the story about our vaca to the coast....

Who knew the ice cream man would be on the beach?

Our first dinner was with Dexter, Sherry, Aaron, Drew and Brenden!  Dex had caught a Mahi Mahi so we had Spaghetti Works cook up a mess of it for the whole family.  It was delish!

Too bad the other Adams crew were on their last day of vaca and we were on our first day. 

We missed hanging out with them.... maybe we can coordinate better next year! 

Mr JoeByrd OneWord, Wade (the trip coordinator.... thanks so much Wade you did good) and Mr KD at Pier 37 where we went out on our bay fishing trips.  This is actually on North Padre or basically at the end of Mustang Island.  We met some awesome Bay fishing guides and everyone caught lots of fish!

Crazy Cousins at the Crazy Cajun... note the sunburned faces.... we had fished all day!

All the boys aboard the Pelican, headed out for a day of deep sea fishing!  They're all smiling now, about 1 hour later some of them were pitchin their cookies. The seas were pretty rough going out! Pake, Kyler, Tate and Hunter all got sea sick, but they all reeled in some great fish and they all still say they will go back.

My sick boys.... not too fun and it's not like you can just go back when you're 30 miles out!

KD caught a Durado which is a fairly rare catch.  John was our deck hand and come to find out he's a teacher too!  Plus he's taught Credit Recovery... crazy small world... we had some great chats about school in between some great fishing!

KD also caught a Hammerhead shark.  It weighed in at 80 lbs! 

We had a crew of 11 on a chartered boat (which basically means we  had the whole boat and crew all to ourselves).  Deep Sea Headquarters took care of us again... we limited out on Red Snapper and Atlantic Sharp Nose Shark.  I wish I had a picture with my FAT Sow Momma Red Snapper because I just KNOW (lol) I had to have caught the biggest one!

Pake was Mr Sharkman.... he caught 3 in a row!

This is Mr Ed Gibhardt he did a happy dance on the boat everytime he caught a good fish... mind you he caught a shark too (but we couldn't keep it since we already had KD's in the boat)... This guy is a hoot and we had so much fun with him! 

Our last day in Port A was a day of resting, see we had fished for 3 days straight... that means getting up before 5 and getting on the water at 6.  Each day ended up being at least 10 hours.  So we were tired.  We took the boys down to the beach though for a couple hours so they could boogie board.

And then it happened faster than you can snap your fingers, we were on the ferry coming home =(

Adios Port A... until next year!  We hope ;)