For my dad...

I am writing this just to let my dad know that I love him very much and that the State of Missouri can go to he** for what they are doing to you right now.
I am so lucky to have you for my Dad...The only thing better than having you for a dad is my children having you for a grandpa. I'm so glad they have you in their life!
Why is my dad the best?
He's got the biggest heart,
he's patient,
his love has always been there for me, he teaches by his actions,
he used to put the funiest notes in my lunch...and sent the funniest letters,
he can make people laugh with a look,
all my friends love him,
he looks like Richard Dryfus,
he's kind hearted..... I could keep going on....
The boys say they love Papa O because he's silly and he makes cool airplanes for them.

Everything happens for a reason, dad, and maybe this is just a blessing in disguise.

You have so many people that love you and know you are a wonderful person...

especially your family.
(and even Chevy)

Royals game...

On Saturday we took a trip to Kansas City to see the Royals game. The boys had a great time....we ate lunch at Fritz's Railroad resturant again, and then headed to the stadium. They had some pregame stuff going on...they got their faces painted, got to play a few games, we all got bobble heads of Dan Quisenberry, which the boys love (although they call tehm bottle heads). Andrew got an autograph of Zach Grienke, #23, a Royals pitcher...
All was well, but hot, until the 5th inning, when the skies opened and it started pouring....we were smashed like sardines in the consourse...we found a little pocket and waited it out, they eventually did start playing again, and the boys paid more attention because people in front of us had cleared out. Kansas city just put in this new double decker jumbo-tron, and the boys mission became to get shown on it (they show the fans between innings on it). So right before the 7th inning, they were dancing to "hand jive" and got shown on the screen.....I think it was the highlight of their trip!







This is slugger, the Royals mascot...

The royals have this cool fountain in the outfield...it does different designs and lights up different colors.... Here's the field after the rain...

This is the player that signed Drew's ball....and Drew with his autograph...




This is the jumbo-tron...this picture doesn't do justice to how huge it was...I didn't get a pic of them on it...it all happened too fast!

HEY YOU GUYS!!!!!

At the library this week we found a DVD on Th Electric company's greatest Hits.....I forgot all about that show!!! Now looking back at it, how amazing of a show....It had Morgan Freeman, Bill Cosby, Rita Moreno the music of Tom Lehrer, voices of Joan rivers and a bunch of others. The boys love it...I wish I could find all of the episodes!

SO here's my attempt to put some video on here....to refresh you memory of The Electric Company...

little farmers

Andrew cutting hay...

Austin cutting hay...

Peyton's turn...

These are some pictures from last weekend.... uncle Mark was cutting his sudan grass, and the boys all got a ride. They were in farmer heaven (especially Austin)!

I didn't get a picture of it, but I had to tell about my sweet boys...

Sunday night we were deciding what to make for dinner, and asked Drew what he was hungry for...well of course he says "sandwiches" which he loves, we were sitting downstair, and hadn't made a move to start anything while the boys disappeared upstairs.

They reappeared about ten minutes later, and said "we have a surprise...close your eyes!"

So they led me upstairs (followed by Randy) to show me the kitchen table already set and all the fixins' for sandwiches you could imagine....bread, ham, lettuce, cheese, even mayo. It was so sweet....my boys made dinner!

lost zuchinni

Our zuchinni plants were so big, i couldn't even see these until it started to wilt from the heat today! They were huge...the pictures don't do them justice!

Austin was painting, and started singing a song about being a clown with a red nose.... and then gues what happened next...
Austin's painting

Drew's painting (with google eyes)

wedding...

We went to Randy's cousin Rachel's wedding this weekend...it was a beautiful affair...
And we got a rare family picture!

Slime!

We made slime the other day...the boys had fun mixing their "science experiement".
Drew even added glow in the dark paint to his!

4th of July

We had a relaxing fourth of July.... our neighbors Stacey and Ryan hosted a barbeque, and Randy got some fireworks....of course the boys seemed to enjoy the fireworks a lot (okay, maybe too much)...a chance to play with fire....