KSU Field Trip

I had the privilege of joining Maddison on her one big field trip of the year.  On Monday I rode the bus w/30 plus 1st graders and many parents and teachers to Manhattan to tour some buildings at the KSU campus. 


I was a little nervous about the bus ride.  I thought it would be WAY loud, but the kids were awesome.  Bus ride to and from was uneventful (THANK YOU LORD). 

First stop was the sheep/goat barn. 

2nd Stop was Bill Snyder Stadium...

This is in the front office. 

Maddison waiting on "game film"...These seats were very comfortable

Game jerseys and shoes

Football Locker Room

Running out the tunnel and out on the field!

Doing the splits and practice cheering!

Maddison running to me after a 50 yard sprint!

She got a little football in too!

3rd stop was Bramlage and the indoor practice facility. 

Bramlage had the floor up for a banquet and the locker rooms were locked, but the kids did get to run in the indoor facility it was really nice.  Maddison took a little "bet" for a 100 yard race, from a very nice mom and her son.  Let's just say Maddison won!  But I don't have pics to prove it.  Maybe the nice mom could send a few pics my way or did they "accidentally" get erased??

We then ate lunch at the Union courtyard and then made a track for Call Hall for ice cream.  Maddison got Chocolate Brownie delight and I had peanut butter nut.  Both were YUMMY. 

We had a great day, the weather was PERFECT and the kiddos were great!

PS-Sorry about spell check...can't get it off and I can't repost for some reason.  So please excuse the yellow hightlights!

Lucky Dog update #2

Owen and the dog go round and round and round ALL day long. O is in and out of the house a million times. There are a couple of upsides:he can put his boots on the right feet by himself, he's not watching tv, and is taking good naps from being outside a lot in the morning. Down side...he leaves ALL doors open no matter how many times I tell him. Which fine for now, but when its hot and ac is on, and ALL the fly's, then we could be in trouble.

Playing Ball

I know, I know, you are all just dying for me to post something. Posting something, anything, a little or a lot, has been on my "to-do" list for 2 weeks and everytime I think I will do it, I get distracted by someone else's blog, facebook, emails, vbs, laundry, well...you get my drift.

We have been busy, but not busy w/things that are interesting to post about. School, church, work, kids, dog, bills (again you get my drift)

These next to videos are Owen and playing ball. He spends a lot of time outside and likes to play ball. However he doesn't think he can hit AND put the ball on the tee so Brent or I have to "load" the tee. The other night I noticed him making funny faces when he was trying to hit the ball hard. Thus the two videos.

Lucky Update #1

Sooooo...this is who are family life is revolving around lately. 

This is what Lucky does pretty much all morning...He and Owen have become really good buddies.  It's actually worked our rather nicely to have Lucky.  He occupies some of O's time outside.  Believe me, I would MUCH rather be OUTSIDE than INSIDE, but somedays you just can't.  Lucky hasn't been hit by a ball or bat (yet), and he does shag some balls and seems to know when to stay out of O's way.

Lucky does take the "gentleness" of Owen rather well.  Lucky is the first thing O talks about when he wakes up and the last thing he talks about when he goes to bed.

One evening last week we took Lucky on his first big walk.  We weren't sure how his leg/paw would hold up, but he seemed to hold his own.  He was a little slow, but no slower than O, who was picking up every stinking stick/cattle prod you could find.  I'm afraid Lucky might start thinking he is a cow if O keeps that up!  Taking a break at the pond.

As far as we know this is Lucky's first swimming expedition.  Acutally it was more like getting his feet wet, but he seemed to enjoy it.

Lucky has been petty good.  He doesn't whine or scratch at the door.  He has drug a few rubber boots and ball gloves out, but hasn't actually done any damage (yet!).  However the night it rained, it refused to go to the shed, doghouse, or even into the garage AND he won't eat or drink unless we are standing right next to him.  Which is fine for now, but when it gets hot, I'm hoping he will get a drink on his own.  Any comments or suggestions on the eating/drinking part, would be greatly appreciated!

As for us humans, the kids have their last soccer games on Sunday afternoon.  We then have a couple of weeks before softball and maybe baseball (G's still not sure if he wants to play) starts up.  I've been working on VBS stuff and Brent has been doing odds n ends around here.   We are headed to Sears tonight to pick up our new mower!  WhoooHooo.  I really do like to mow, so hoping this mower will be great!

Lucky

Meet Lucky our new dog!

After being virtually pet free (we've had one stray cat for about 1 month and some kittens that ALL disappeared after 3 weeks or so and NO the Rabbit does NOT count) for our entire married life we got a dog.  Lucky is pretty "lucky".  He was going to be put down by the owner because she couldn't sell him.  Lucky has a limp on his left front leg/paw.  Not sure what is the problem other than he got a cut as a puppy.  90 percent sure it will be permanant, but that's ok. To be honest I'm a suprised as to how much this DOES NOT affect him.  I was kinda thinking that maybe this would slow him down enough that he wouldn't be able to get around as much. Meaning maybe he wouldn't dig, or chase cars, or tear up things.  uhhhhh not going to happen, which is a GOOD thing, but still, just thought we would be broken in gently.  He has yet to do any damage.  Lucky is a little shy, but is quickly warming up.  I'm a bit concerned that he has not eaten much, but hoping that its the transistion.  He came from a lot of dogs to no dogs, so thinking he might be a little sad.

Owen has been in and out all morning.  He LOVES this puppy.  He cried yesterday am when we told him we couldn't take Lucky to church with us.  I really think they are going to be the best of friends.  As you can see in this picture, he doesn't look to disabled.  Lucky runs much better than he walks.  (not sure THAT is a good thing). 

Owen and his not so cute moments!

This is to all my friends and family that think Owen is just so darn cute ALL the time! He has his moments. (you all might think this is funny, but this was taken about 45 minutes into the crying session. Talk about annoying!)

Easter Weekend

Easter was gorgeous!  Sunrise service was not freezing!  Even though the sun was rising and the clouds blocked its beauty it still was a beautiful morning.  Potluck Breakfast's after sunrise service's are the BEST.  Getting ready for church at my parents house after sunrise service is always a little rushed.  This year was no exception.  These are really pretty good picks considering that 5 minutes before this I was still cutting tags off of clothes, (don't ask) my parents got a phone call that my grandma needed to go to the ER.  Could they come in and help grandpa get her there?  AND the Easter bunny had come and left a few goodies.

PS-My grandma spent one night in the hospital, but is home now and doing fine.  Had a little vertigo (inner ear infection) problem.