Our Family Blogg: August 2010

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Wind it up!

I've got a few vids for the record. Nyle and I went to a tractor pull a few nights ago. Talk about wind it up! Listen to these Farmalls scream! Made me want to get on the backside of the bleachers!
Nyle also had something wind up on him this week. I thought this was funny, and cute too. Check him out as he does the "Snake Charmer Dance".


I wanted to get these up for the record.
Nyle is doing great!

Friday, August 6, 2010

Owen gets tooo excited!

Ok, this may not be too funny to some folks, but Nyle and I laugh every time we watch this. Please keep in mind Owen was not at all seriously hurt when this happened.
My kids are always doing some funny thing. They are so talented. Nyle is now a singer,composer and dancer. Here he is performing his new song "Booty Dance"

The weather has turned off nice. I may take my $20.00 canoe out for a paddle, now that I have it patched. I have already tested it and it had one small leak, that I think I have fixed now. Here is some footage of my canoe when I got it.


Well that's about it for this update. See you on the radio.

Monday, August 2, 2010

Smokin' tomorow

I have been asked to fix some BBQ for the Pioneer School this year. Tomorrow is when I will lite the firs and start the process. Wednesday a group of us will go to Evansville and feed the group. It's all so very exciting. I hope they like the food. We are to fix enough for 60, though there will not be any where near 60 there. We want to fix some extra so the he friends a=can take some home in the evening and have some for supper. There should be about 36 there, including us, so there should be plenty. I am BBQing about 5 pork roasts and another brother is BBQimg about 3 beef roasts. So there should be plenty of meat, I hope. I will enjoy seeing those folks eat some good food, and me too!
This evening we took Nyle to the movies. We went to see Toy Story 3. It was a pretty good show I thought. It was a little intense in a few places, a bit over the top for kids, but not too bad. At no time did I think we needed to get up and walk out or anything. It's just animated drama. Still, who needs more stress in their life? Not me.I did like the way it really showed the importance of commitment and family ties, even though a family may be made up of different personalities. I thought that was a good lesson a child, as well as grown folks could take away from the movie experience. I like it when I can take the things Nyle has seen and witnessed like that movie and use it as a "teachable moment". I need all the teaching aids I can to be successful.
We left little Owen with Allen and Claudia, friends from the hall. They are a young couple that have no children of their own. They are pioneering and waiting for better times in the future to have kids. Not a bad idea, really.
It's s different world now. Last night Nyle and I were talking about something, I don't remember now what it was. But a question came up that I did not know the answer too right off, and he said, "that's all right, I will look it up online". He just turned 4. There are so many things that ca be looked up online. Some good ad some not. Apostates seem to really enjoy using it. You really have to be careful what you click on. Nyle likes to watch old cartoons on youtube. The real old Goofy cartoons. He likes those alot. And mickey mouse club. He also likes to watch tractors, cars, races motorcycles, and he even plays a few pre-school video games.They are used as an educational tool. Math, spelling, reading and so on. The computer is a great tool for that. They have to learn how to use it, it's the age we live in. The age they live in.
The weather has been a but better of late. It's not been quite so hot. This year has gone by so quickly. Where does the time go? My boys are growing up. Soon thy will be gone, and I will be old. It's hard to imagine. Many things in my history seems like only yesterday. I suppose it was. And now this day is nearly concluded. and tomorrow, I will be smokin'!
To see what tomorrow brings,or not, makes it interesting, doesn't it?