Homecoming Happenings

These kids were excited about homecoming! 

 

As part of STuCo duties, I help with the homecoming court by getting the roses and taking their pictures.  Aren't they a great looking bunch!  I know yall are wondering which beauty was crowned!  (hint she's in the white dress)

 

These guys are big bad 8th graders!  What?  How'd that happen?

I know! Makes me sad thinking of Pake being in high school next year!

As for these two, they'll be in junior high!  Ok now, I'm really depressed! 

 

Had to share this great picture of cousins too!

We had a great win on homecoming!  Go hornets!  It was quite chilly at the game, and so well truth be told, I left during 1st quarter to take supper to the harvest crew in the field. 

We are cutting milo too!  It's fall y'all

 

Walkin' for Diabetes

We walked for diabetes in Lubbock!  Our cousin, Kory Koontz who is a PRCA team roper has diabetes, so his Mom gets the "D" runners together to participate in the event.  I have never participated in anything like this, but I really enjoyed it! 

Tori & Sandy, and btw Tori, check out who's in the background.... I had to laugh =)

the Ranch

We spent the weekend at the ranch.  We rode!

Kerry Don took the road grader and worked on the roads.

We hiked.  Yikes

Pake, Tate, Aaron and Drew

I made it to the top!  Pake's looking at me like... BIG deal Mom!

It was a narrow plateau... it was a big deal!  To me anyway =)

Then, we came down through this crack... I barely fit!  

 I almost cried once, but I made it ;) Now I'm crying because it's time to go back to work!

 

50 Years!

Kerry Don's parents have been married for 50 years!  50 years is a LONG time in my book!

We surprised them with supper, cake, friends and family.  Oh and how could I forget the ice cream!

These five boys are Don and Freva's boys. 

This is our Adams family.

These gals make up their better half!  =)  I'm just keeping it real here! LOL

These are a few of the punks that we got a picture of, some of them had already ran off and the others are married or off at college.

 

Oh dear these two.... what can I say they keep us entertained.

 

ReDnEcK dIvInG bOaRd

As I've said before.... Y'all ain't gonna BeLiEvE this...

We had the ultimate rEdNeCk country bumpkin diving board at Lake MacKenzie this weekend. 

Yes that's a Skytrack.

 

 

My kid was the second punk to jump in.... no fear!

 

Wow... cool diving board huh?

The kids were definitely entertained!

What could be more fun than a high dive at the lake? I promise it's very deep.  As a result of the drought, the lake has gone way down... but it turns out there is a huge ledge or drop off here and it was the perfect location for a skytrack diving board.

KD & Newt (owner of the skytrack).  Newt is a just a BIG kid and he gets a big kick out of the little kids having fun too!  Well truth be told, I'm not sure who had more fun the big kids or the little kids.  I do know two big kids that just supervised though (hint... KD & Tandy) =)

A couple times they loaded up and went up higher!  Yikes!

This guy was the bravest and took the highest jump... go sPeEdO!

 

Then they had to get a ski rope and make a swing.... everyone lOvEd it too!  Especially tAtEr Jack!

 

lAbOr DaY has now come and gone. Summer's over y'all (sniff/sniff).

We went out with a bAnG though!

But hey on a bRiGhTeR note.... it's time for some fOoTbAlL y'all and hArVeSt and then comes pUmPkInS and then tUrKeYs.... wait I might be getting ahead of myself.

the Mountains

Our last hooray of the summer, was a really quick trip to the mountains!  We have some really sweet friends that offered to share their camp with us.  It's a 10 hour drive, but it is oh so worth it! 

We were ready for some cool weather and boy was it nice!

Our first day, just Pake and KD took a ride....

and Pake fished at the beautiful Castle Lake in the park (cool reflection huh)!

BUT Tate on the other hand, slept the first day, oh and he threw up and threw up! 

We finally figured out he had altitude sickness.... it was not fun for him =( 

But after eating TUMS (yes TUMS is the best thing for it and lots of naps)... he was better!

As you can see here, he was better.  He was back to fighting with his brother....

My boys in the mountains... doesn't get much better than this!

So day two, we got to ride.... Again, I'd like to thank our sweet friends for letting us use Big RED!

We rode up to Cinnamon Pass which is way up, above the tree line....

Unfortunately, none of my pictures actually catch the beauty...

Pake rode with me awhile...

The park ranger stopped us... we were all good!

Tate rode with me too.... btw y'all he tends to talk alot...

I know huge surprise lol!  I don't have clue where he got it from ;)

Sometimes my boys take pictures for me.... they're usually goofy or maybe I'm just goofy!

We had a picnic....

And then, it was time to head down the mountain and pack up and come home.... 

Our trip was fast, but it was worth it and I'd like to again thank Gary and Cheryl Vaughn for the opportunity to stay in their digs and use their BIG RED... 

Lake City, Colorado, Castle LAKEs.... the coolest! 

We can't wait to go back!

On a sadder note... we had to rush back for Grandma Byrd's service...

We lost an awesome lady that we all looked up to!  She will surely be missed by everyone!

This picture was taken last Thanksgiving:  Grandma and a few of her great grandkids!