The Gaillards

PEE WEE TRACK MEET

2010-05-16T11:29:00.001-05:00

WE HAD OUR PEE WEE TRACK MEET LAST WEEK ON A VERY COLD AND WINDY MORNING! THE KIDS HAD A GREAT TIME RACING, AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE SMILES ON THEIR FACES.

GUS 50 YD DASH

2010-05-14T11:57:00.005-05:00

SAGE'S 50 YD DASH

2010-05-14T09:13:00.002-05:00

SAGE THE ARTIST!

2010-05-10T10:29:00.004-05:00

OWEN GAVE SAGE A PAINT-YOUR-OWN TEA SET FOR HER BIRTHDAY. SHE HAD A GREAT TIME DECORATING THE PLATES, CUPS, ETC. PLEASE COME OVER FOR TEA!

SAGE'S NEW HAIRCUT

2010-05-10T10:24:00.002-05:00

JANA GOT MARRIED ON APRIL 10. SAGE WAS THE FLOWER GIRL. FOR MONTHS I HAD PLANNED TO ROLL HER HAIR (WHICH WAS REALLY GETTING LONG), AND HAVING HER WEAR IT UP REALLY CUTE. AFTER THE WEDDING WE PLANNED TO CUT IT INTO A BOB TO LET IT EVEN OUT AGAIN.

THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE WEDDING SHE AND HER FRIENDS WERE PLAYING BEAUTY SHOP, AND THEY DECIDED TO SAVE ME A TRIP TO GET HER HAIR CUT! SAGE OF COURSE THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT IDEA, AND ENCOURAGED THEM TO CUT IT! (THIS IS THE 3RD TIME SHE HAS LET SOMEONE CUT HER HAIR WHO IS NOT SUPPOSED TO!) KORI SAVED THE DAY, AND SHE NOW HAS A CUTE LITTLE BOB. THE WEDDING HAIR LOOKED GREAT, JUST NOT WHAT I HAD PLANNED ON!

COWBOY

2010-05-10T10:21:00.003-05:00

WE GOT A NEW DOG A FEW WEEKS AGO. IT TOOK TWO WEEKS TO NAME HIM, BUT WE FINALLY DECIDED ON COWBOY. FOR ANYONE THAT KNOWS OUR OLD DOG DUKE, COWBOY COULD BE HIS CLONE. HE LOOKS JUST LIKE HIM AND HAS HIS SAME LAYED BACK DEMEANOR. WE HOPE HE IS AS GOOD FOR AS LONG AS DUKE. FOR NOW, COWBOY IS LEARNING THE "LAY OF THE LAND" FROM DUKE. HE FOLLOWS HIM EVERYWHERE, WHICH MEANS MOST OF THE TIME THEY ARE TAKING A NAP ON THE PORCH!

EGG HUNTING WITH JAYLEE

2010-05-10T10:15:00.003-05:00

JAYLEE MISSED THE BIRTHDAY PARTY BECAUSE JACE HAD A RODEO, SO SHE AND SAGE HAD ANOTHER EGG HUNT THE NEXT DAY. WE HID AND THEY HUNTED THREE TIMES. THEY DIDN'T EVEN CARE THAT THE EGGS WERE EMPTY. THEY WERE JUST HAPPY TO SEE EACH OTHER.

BUBBLES

2010-05-10T09:55:00.004-05:00

AFTER THE EGG HUNT, CAKE AND PRESENTS. WE PLAYED WITH BUBBLES. GUS WAS BUSY PLAYING FOOTBALL WITH THE BOYS. SAGE WAS IN HER ROOM WITH A FEW FRIENDS EATING ALOT OF CHOCOLATE. THESE WERE THE CUTE BUBBLE BLOWERS.

SAGE'S BIRTHDAY PARTY

2010-05-10T09:43:00.005-05:00

WE HAD AN EASTER EGG HUNT BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR SAGE! WE HAD SOMEWHERE AROUND 20 KIDS AND OVER 300 EGGS. SAGE ENJOYED THE DAY, AND WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE ALL OF HER FRIENDS! SHE JUST LOVES IT WHEN IT IS "ALL ABOUT HER," AS ANY GIRL DOES.

THE WHOLE EGG HUNTING CREW.

SEARCHING.

A PRINCESS CAKE FOR A PRINCESS.

OPENING GIFTS.

THE BOY FOOTBALL CREW.

SAGE'S SMARTBOARD PICTURE

2010-04-27T20:28:00.002-05:00

SAGE BROUGHT THIS PICTURE HOME FROM SCHOOL TODAY. SHE HAD DRAWN IT ON THE SMARTBOARD. SHE SAID IT WAS HER AND 'NANA' (JANA) AT THE WEDDING. SHE TRIED TO SPELL NANA! SHE IS LEARNING SO MUCH AT SCHOOL, AND IS QUITE THE ARTIST!

SNOWMOBILING

2010-03-30T13:54:00.004-05:00

THE SECOND DAY IN RED RIVER WE WENT SNOWMOBILING WITH THE WOMBLE'S. IT WAS PRETTY FUN TO SEE EVERYONE DRESSED UP IN THEIR SNOWMOBILE GEAR, ESPECIALLY THE LITTLE GIRLS!

THEY TAKE YOU WAY OUT INTO THE MOUNTAIN, WHERE YOU CAN DRIVE THE SNOWMOBILE AROUND OR SLED DOWN A HUGE HILL. THIS PICTURE DOES NOT DO THE HILL JUSTICE. I WAS TOO SCARED TO GO DOWN, SO I STAYED AT THE BOTTOM AND TOOK PICTURES. THIS IS SAGE AND GUS. YOU CAN TELL THEY WERE GOING VERY FAST BY THE TIME THEY GOT TO THE BOTTOM!

THIS IS A PICTURE OF SAGE AND HER SNOW ANGEL! AGAIN SHE JUST REALLY WANTED TO STOP AND PLAY IN THE SNOW!

GUS THOUGHT HE WAS PRETTY BIG STUFF HELPING LANCE "DRIVE" THE SNOW MOBILE. WE ALL HAD A GREAT TIME!

SKIING IN RED RIVER

2010-03-30T13:46:00.003-05:00

WE WENT TO RED RIVER OVER SPRING BREAK AND SKIED FOR A DAY.

GUS HAD BEEN TWO TIMES BEFORE, SO HE KNEW WHAT TO EXPECT AND DID GREAT. HE AND LANCE SPENT THE DAY GOING TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN AND SKIING BACK DOWN. BY THE END OF THE DAY HE WAS DOING GREAT TURNING AND STOPPING. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY, AND THE ONLY PICTURE I GOT OF HIM WAS AT LUNCH TIME. HE WAS SO SWEATY WHEN HE TOOK OFF HIS HELMET!. YOU CAN TELL HE WAS HAVING A GREAT TIME!

THIS WAS SAGE'S FIRST TIME TO SKI. SHE AND I SPENT THE WHOLE MORNING ON THE KID SLOPE LEARNING HOW TO STAND UP! SHE FINALLY FIGURED OUT HOW TO KEEP HER BALANCE AND AFTER LUNCH DID GREAT. SHE EVEN HAD A FEW WRECKS WITHOUT ANY TEARS AND WAS ALWAYS READY TO GET UP AND GO AGAIN. SHE DID GREAT GOING STRAIGT DOWN THE MOUNTAIN IN A SNOW PLOW, BUT SHE NEVER DID FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE AN "S" OR STOP! MAYBE WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT NEXT YEAR. SHE TOOK IT PRETTY EASY (LIKE SHE DOES EVERYTHING!) SHE WOULD SKI DOWN A FEW TIMES, AND THEN WANT TO STOP AND PLAY IN THE SNOW.

LIFE SIZE BARBIE

2010-03-30T13:44:00.002-05:00

SAGE RECEIVED THIS BARBIE TWO YEARS AGO ON CHRISTMAS. SHE IS STILL HAVING A GREAT TIME DRESSING HER AND FIXING HER HAIR! (NOTICE ALL THE CLIPS) THIS DAY BARBIE CAME OUT DRESSED IN THE DRESS STEVE HAD GIVEN SAGE FOR CHRISTMAS. SHE WAS SO PROUD.

Valentine Parties

2010-03-30T13:40:00.003-05:00

I know, I am WAY behind, but I finally figured out how to get pictures off of my phone!

Sage's school Valentine party was great! They had tons of treats, and big kids to help them read their valentines. We don't need to talk about how much sugar was consumed that day!

Gus had a great time getting prizes and reading the valentine cards. He was so proud and grateful for each one.

LOOK OUT VARMITS

2010-03-08T10:53:00.002-06:00

GUS GOT A BB GUN FOR HIS BIRTHDAY. HE THINKS HE IS SO BIG AND IMPORTANT. HE HAS ALREADY SHOT A FEW BIRDS IN THE FOOT. (LANCE SAYS THIS IS A COMMON LIE AMONG LITTLE BOYS. HE REMEMBERS SHOOTING THE LEGS OF A FEW BIRDS!)

HE TOOK THE GUN WITH HIM TO YAYA AND PAPA'S BECAUSE HE SAID PAPA HAD ALOT OF VARMITS THAT NEEDED KILLED!

GUS IS 7!!

2010-03-08T10:47:00.005-06:00

GUS TURNED 7 YEARS OLD ON FEBRUARY 24! HE HAD SUCH A GREAT BIRTHDAY. AFTER GYMNASTICS WE HAD A PIZZA PARTY AT CJ'S. HE WAS SURROUNDED BY FRIENDS AND HAD A GREAT TIME.

THE ONLY THING HE HAD ASKED FOR WAS "MARIO KART" GAME FOR HIS DS. PRATT, HALLE AND TYLER GAVE IT TO HIM. AS YOU CAN TELL PRATT WAS AS EXCITED AS GUS!

CONNER GAVE GUS A PRETEND SNAKE. GUS HAS "SCARED" ME WITH IT, BY HIDING IT IN MY BED AND LAYING IT ON TOP OF ME IN THE MORNING!

I MADE GUS A FOOTBALL FIELD CAKE. HE THOUGHT IT LOOKED GREAT, WHICH IS ALL THAT MATTERS!

PRESIDENT'S DAY

2010-03-08T10:44:00.002-06:00

SAGE LEARNED ALL ABOUT GEORGE WASHINGTON AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN FEBUARY AT SCHOOL. HERE SHE IS IN HERE GEORGE WASHINGTON HAT THAT SHE MADE. SHE WAS SO PROUD. I ASKED HER WHAT GEORGE WASHINGTON DID, THINKING SHE WOULD SAY WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OR DID NOT TELL A LIE. INSTEAD SHE SAID, "HE FREED THE FOOLS!" I DON'T THINK THAT WAS WHAT SHE MEANT TO SAY, BUT IT SURE WAS FUNNY!

WEDNESDAY NIGHT SNOW

2010-02-04T14:35:00.002-06:00

AFTER RAINING ALL DAY YESTERDAY, IT STARTED SNOWING AGAIN LAST NIGHT! IT WAS A CALM NIGHT AND SO PRETTY TO WATCH THE SNOW FALLING STRAIGHT DOWN! THIS MORNING IT WAS STACKED SO NEATLY ON TOP OF EVERYTHING! EVEN THE FENCE PICKETS (WHICH ARE 1/2 IN THICK) HAD 3 INCHES OF SNOW SITTING ON TOP OF THEM. SCHOOL STARTED LATE TODAY, AND I WAS THE "BUS" DRIVER FOR OUR ROAD. I PICKED UP DAVID, MARTHA AND CONNER, AND WE MADE IT WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. SAGE IS HOME WITH ME TODAY BECAUSE PRE-K DOESN'T GO ON SHORT DAYS. SHE HAS SPENT THE DAY STEPPING OUT THE BACK DOOR TO EAT SNOW. SHE REMINDED LANCE AGAIN AT LUNCH THAT YOU CAN'T EAT YELLOW SNOW!

MORE SLEDDING

2010-02-04T14:17:00.002-06:00

AFTER THE HILL SLEDDING WE HOOKED THE SLED ON TO THE FOUR WHEELER AND WENT OUT TO THE FIELD. SUPRISINGLY SAGE LOVED THIS! SHE VOLUNTEERED TO HOP ON FIRST! THEY DID SO GOOD HOLDING ON. LANCE NEVER DID GET UP ANY SPEED, BUT THEY WOULD USUALLY ROLL OFF WHEN HE WOULD TURN. IF YOU NOTICE IN THE PICTURE OF GUS, HE HELD ON SO LONG IT DRUG HIS BOOTS OFF!

SLEDDING

2010-02-04T13:41:00.002-06:00

SUNDAY SNOW PLAY

2010-02-04T13:33:00.002-06:00

SUNDAY WAS A LITTLE WARMER, SO WE GOT OUT TO TRY PLAYING IN THE SNOW AGAIN! I WENT TO BORGER AFTER CHURCH TO BUY GROCERIES AND A SLED. THERE WERE NO SLEDS IN BORGER! LANCE MADE ONE OUT AN OLD CREEPER, AND IT WORKED PERFECT. THE KIDS STARTED OUT SLEDDING DOWN A BIG PILE OF PUSHED UP SNOW. GUS LOVED IT, BUT EVERYTIME SAGE WOULD GET TO THE TOP SHE WOULD SAY "NO!" WHEN SHE GOT TO THE BOTTOM SHE WAS ALWAYS READY TO GO AGAIN!

SNOW, SNOW, SNOW.......

2010-02-04T13:23:00.003-06:00

WE HAVE HAD LOTS OF SNOW. IT ALL STARTED LAST THURSDAY. WE STAYED INSIDE MOST OF THAT DAY BECAUSE THE SNOW WAS SO HEAVY. FRIDAY MORNING THE KIDS WERE SO EXCITED TO GET OUT AND PLAY IN THE SNOW....BUT IT DIDN'T LAST LONG! IT WAS STILL COLD AND BLOWING, SO BEFORE LONG THEY WERE READY TO COME BACK IN FOR HOT CHOCOLATE! BEFORE THEY MADE IT IN, SAGE GOT STUCK IN THE SNOW AND LOST HER BOOTS. GUS WENT BACK OUT TO HELP HER, BUT FORGOT TO PUT HIS GLOVES BACK ON! HIS INTENTIONS WERE GOOD, BUT BY THE TIME THEY GOT BACK INSIDE, SAGE'S BOOTS AND GLOVES WERE STUCK IN THE SNOW, AND THEY WERE BOTH CRYING!

BASKETBALL DRILL PROGRAM

2010-02-04T13:07:00.004-06:00

GUS PARTICIPATED IN THE HALFTIME SHOW LAST WEEK. THE ELEMENTRY PERFORMED THEIR BASKETBALL DRILL PROGRAM. HE DID GREAT!

SAGE'S DEFINITION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD

2010-02-01T11:44:00.003-06:00

JANUARY WAS SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH. THE PRE-K CLASS DEFINED SCHOOL BOARD FOR MRS WILSON. THIS IS SAGE'S DEFINITION:

"THE SCHOOL BOARD DOES HAPPY THINGS FOR US. SHARING MAKES US HAPPY. WHEN WE GO ON FIELD TRIPS WE ARE VERY HAPPY. JOY IS HAPPINESS. PRINGLE-MORSE TEXAS MAKES US HAPPY."

SHE IS NOT ALWAYS THIS HAPPY, BUT IT IS NICE TO KNOW THAT SHE CAN BE!

SAGE STORY

2010-01-26T16:50:00.002-06:00

WE WERE SHOPPING IN THE MALL ON SATURDAY, AND AS WE WENT INTO A STORE THE SHOP LIFTING ALARM WENT OFF. SAGE AND I BOTH WENT BACK THROUGH TO SEE WHAT IT WAS, AND I WAS THE ONE SETTING IT OFF. WE WENT ON INTO THE STORE AND LOOKED AROUND. A LITTLE BIT LATER SAGE LOOKED REALLY WORRIED AND ASKED, "MOMMY WHY DID YOU STEAL?" POOR THING, SHE WAS SO WORRIED AND CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON! I HAD TO EXPLAIN THAT SOMETIMES THEY JUST GO OFF AND NO MOMMY DID NOT STEAL!

SAGE THE BIKER

2010-01-17T17:45:00.003-06:00

SANTA BROUGHT SAGE A PURPLE BIKE FOR CHRISTMAS, AND IT HAS FINALLY BEEN NICE ENOUGH THIS WEEKEND TO REALLY ENJOY IT! FRIDAY I TOOK HER OVER TO THE BARN SO SHE COULD PRACTICE SOME. SATURDAY WE DECIDED TO TAKE A RIDE ON THE ROAD SINCE IT IS SO MUCH SMOOTHER AND SHE DID GREAT! WE RODE ALL THE WAY TO CONNER'S HOUSE (BUT I HAD TO PUSH THE BIKE THE ENTIRE WAY ON THE CALICHE!) TODAY SHE RODE 2 MILES. AT SOME POINTS IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO KEEP UP! HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE MORE DAYS LIKE THIS!

SAGE DANCING WITH THE DCC AT HALFTIME

2010-01-14T15:20:00.002-06:00

DALLAS COWBOYS

2010-01-14T14:49:00.002-06:00

WE WENT TO THE DALLAS COWBOYS GAME LAST WEEKEND! IT WAS GREAT AND THE STADIUM IS AMAZING..AND THEY WON! THE LONG WALK TO THE STADIUM WAS VERY COLD, BUT WE SURVIVED.

ON THE WAY TO THE STADIUM, ONE OF THE TAILGATERS HAD SET UP A MCNABB DUMMY. GUS PUNCHED IT A FEW TIMES, THEN THEY LOWERED IT TO HIS LEVEL AND GAVE HIM A BAT. HE HAD A GREAT TIME, AND IS PROBABLY ON YOUTUBE "BEATING" ON MCNABB. PEOPLE STARTED CHEERING FOR HIM, WHICH JUST MADE HIM KEEP GOING. HE THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT; LANCE AND I WERE NOT SURE IT WAS HEALTHY FUN!

DAD AND LANCE HAD THEIR PICTURE MADE WITH THE BUD LIGHT GIRLS. THEY THOUGHT IT WAS THE CHEERLEADERS AT FIRST.

WE SAT AT THREE ROWS FROM THE TOP OF THE STADIUM. IT WAS A LONG WAY UP! DAD AND LANCE HAD GONE AHEAD OF MOM, THE KIDS AND I. I TALKED TO DAD ON THE PHONE, AND HE SAID, "IT'S NOT BAD GETTING UP HERE WE RODE AN ESCALATOR." THE REST OF US NEVER FOUND THE ESCALATOR. DAD SAID WE LOOKED VERY TIRED BY THE TIME WE GOT TO THE TOP!
GUS WATCHED AND CHEERED THE WHOLE GAME. HE WAS SO EXCITED! DAD HAD TOLD HIM THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GO ON THE FIELD, SO HE WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED WHEN WE LEFT AND HE HAD NOT BEEN DOWN THERE!

SAGE HAD FUN. YAYA BOUGHT HER A DALLAS COWBOY CHEERLEADER SUIT! WE TOOK A COLORING BOOK IN CASE SHE GOT BORED. SHE COLORED THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER, BUT WATCHED THE REST OF THE GAME!

LUNCH WITH A GOOD FRIEND

2010-01-11T17:06:00.006-06:00

WE VISITED THE FORT WORTH STOCK YARD ON SATURDAY MORNING. IT WAS VERY COLD! WE SAW THE LONGHORNS CATTLE DRIVE DOWN THE STREET AND LOOKED AROUND IN THE COLISEUM. DAD AND LANCE LOOKED THROUGH THE COWBOY MUSEUM WHILE MOM AND I SHOPPED A LITTLE. WE MET CORI, CHLOE AND CAMPBELL FOR LUNCH AND HAD A GREAT TIME! SAGE LOVED BEING WITH THE GIRLS!

WHEN WE LEFT THE RESTAURANT WE SAW PROBABLE THE STRANGEST STREET ACT EVER! THIS MAN HAD A DOG, CAT AND RATS! THE KIDS WERE AMAZED! (AND THE ADULTS A LITTLE DISGUSTED!)

ps tried for 3 days to get this picture to turn the right way!

CHRISTMAS AT GRANNY & GRANDADDY'S

2010-01-06T09:08:00.002-06:00

WE WENT TO GRANNY AND GRANDADDY'S HOUSE THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS. THE KIDS HAD A GREAT TIME PLAYING WITH PRATT, HALLE AND REBEKAH. LANCE AND I HAD A GOOD TIME PLAYING PITCH.

GUS GOT REAL FOOTBALL PADS FROM YAYA AND PAPA AND A NEW TECH JERSEY FROM JANA AND JAKE. HE THINKS THEY ARE AWESOME. HE WORE THEM CONSTANLY EXCEPT TO BED FOR 3 DAYS! EVEN ON THE 5 HOUR RIDE HOME! THEY CAME IN REALLY HANDY WHILE RAMPING HIS BICYCLE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HURT WHEN HE FALLS!

HERE IS A PICTURE SAGE DREW OF JANA WITH HER NEW GLODODDLE! SHE GOT SO MANY NEW THINGS AND HAS REALLY ENJOYED PLAYING AND WEARING EVERYTHING!

CHRISTMAS IN TEXHOMA

2010-01-06T08:53:00.003-06:00

WE SPENT CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY IN TEXHOMA WITH LANCE'S FAMILY. WE ALL HAD A GREAT TIME VISITING AND EATING!
SANTA CAME TO BUD AND ANNIE'S HOUSE. SAGE GOT A NEW PURPLE BIKE. SHE WAS SO EXCITED! IT IS VERY FANCY AND EVEN HAS FLOWERS. SHE IS RIDING REALLY WELL. WE JUST HAVE NOT HAD ALOT OF PRINCESS FRIENDLY DAYS TO RIDE (IT'S BEEN REALLY COLD!)

SANTA BROUGHT GUS A NINTENDO DS. HE HAS LOVED IT! AND HAS SPENT ALOT OF TIME PLAYING FOOTBALL ON IT SO FAR. IT TOOK A WHILE FOR HIM TO FIGURE THE GAMES OUT. HE PLAYED FOOTBALL FOR ABOUT 45 MIN THE FIRST DAY, AND THEN I HEARD HIM SAY "OH THAT'S HOW YOU PASS THE BALL!" BUD AND ANNIE GOT GUS A BICYCLE RAMP OR AS LANCE CALLED IT "A BROKEN ARM IN A BOX!" SO FAR NO ONE HAS BEEN INJURED. HE AND DAVID HAVE REALLY ENJOYED RAMPING!

THE LAST PICTURE IS OF SAGE AND GUS ON HER BIG PIANO. THEY HAVE HAD A GREAT TIME MAKING "MUSIC." AS YOU CAN SEE SAGE ALSO GOT A FANCY NANCY DOLL FROM CLAY AND KIM. FANCY NANCY LIKES TO PLAY THE PIANO TOO!

WAY BEHIND--CHURCH CHRISTMAS PROGRAM!

2010-01-06T08:42:00.003-06:00

WE HAD A GREAT CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS PROGRAM AT CHURCH. LAST YEAR WE AVERAGED 4 OR 5 KIDS IN OUR TWO CHILDREN'S CLASSES AT CHURCH AND THIS YEAR WE HAD 17 THE DAY OF THE PROGRAM! IT IS SO EXCITING TO SEE ALL OF THESE LITTLE ONES LEARNING ABOUT JESUS!

FOR THE PROGRAM GUS WAS A SHEPARD AND SAGE WAS AN ANGEL. THEY HAD A GREAT TIME PLAYING THEIR PARTS AND SINGING.

SAGE AND I HAD A VERY LONG MORNING! I THOUGHT HER HAIR WOULD LOOK SO GREAT CURLY THAT DAY LIKE I HAD DONE FOR HER OTHER CHRISTMAS PROGRAM, BUT SHE HAD OTHER IDEAS. I GOT HER HAIR ROLLED AND IT LOOKED GREAT, AND SHE SPENT THE NEXT HOUR BRUSHING IT AND CRYING BECAUSE SHE WANTED IT STRAIGHT! BY THE TIME WE GOT TO
CHURCH HER HAIR WAS A MESS AND HER EYES WERE SWOLLEN. SOME DAYS IT IS HARD BEING 4!

SICK WEEK

2009-12-20T17:12:00.002-06:00

IT'S BEEN A ROUGH WEEK AT OUR HOUSE. SAGE HAS HAD PINK EYE AND THE STOMACH FLU TWICE, AND GUS HAD STREP THROAT! EVERYONE IS BETTER NOW, EXCEPT FOR GUS'S HIP. IT IS REALLY SORE FROM HIS ROCEPHIN SHOT! YESTERDAY MORNING AFTER SAGE HAD HER SECOND BOUT WITH THE STOMACH FLU, SHE ASKED WHAT HAD HAPPENED. I TOLD HER THAT SHE JUST GOT ANOTHER BUG IN HER TUMMY! A FEW HOURS LATER SHE TOLD ME THAT EVERYTHING WOULD HAVE BEEN FINE IF SHE HADN'T SWALLOWED THAT FLY THE NIGHT BEFORE!

FRIENDS

2009-12-12T14:30:00.003-06:00

JACE AND JAYLEE CAME OVER FOR A LITTLE BIT YESTERDAY TO PLAY. GUS AND JACE "RODE BULLS" ON THE TRAMPOLINE LIKE ALWAYS WHICH MADE GUS'S DAY!

SAGE AND JAYLEE PLAYED DRESS UP OF COURSE! JAYLEE CAME UPSTAIRS, AND WE COULD TELL SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH HER DRESS. IT TOOK A MINUTE TO FIGURE OUT THAT SHE HAD IT ON UPSIDE DOWN! WE ALL HAD A GOOD LAUGH, AND SHE THOUGHT IT LOOKED GREAT!

CHRISTMAS PROGRAM 2009

2009-12-12T14:20:00.003-06:00

WE HAD A GREAT CHRISTMAS PROGRAM AT SCHOOL ON THURSDAY. AS USUAL GUS SANG LOUDER THAN ANYONE ON STAGE AND SOUNDED GREAT.

SAGE WAS A LITTLE AHEAD OF THE MUSIC PART OF THE TIME, BUT DID GREAT FOR HER FIRST PERFORMANCE. SAGE'S CLASS SANG A SONG CALLED "HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS." SHE TOLD ME THE DAY BEFORE THAT IT WAS SO WONDERFUL, AND THAT IT WOULD MAKE ME CRY. I THINK SHE HAD BEEN LISTENING TO THE TEACHERS TALK ABOUT THE SONG. IT WAS SO CUTE.

A SPECIAL GUEST SHOWED UP AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM! I'M SURE THE KIDS HAD ANOTHER BIG LIST FOR HIM.

MCCLOY CHRISTMAS/THANKSGIVING

2009-12-10T08:30:00.002-06:00

WE HAD A GREAT TIME THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING CELEBRATING WITH ALL THE MCCLOY'S. AGAIN THIS YEAR THE KIDS SPENT THE ENTIRE DAY IN THE SWIMMING POOL. I'M SO GLAD THE KIDS ARE ALL THE CLOSE AND ABLE TO ENJOY EACH OTHER SO MUCH! I KNOW THEY WILL BE FRIENDS AND ENJOY EACH OTHER FOR A LONG TIME!

DO NOT BUY......

2009-12-10T08:23:00.002-06:00

......THE SUCTION CUP TOOTHBRUSHES! SAGE THOUGHT SHE WAS SO FUNNY THE OTHER DAY AND FIGURED OUT SHE COULD STICK IT TO HER HEAD. SHE RAN AROUND FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES LAUGHING AND WE TOOK IT OFF. THE NEXT DAY SHE HAD A HICKEY ON HER FOREHEAD!
THE NEXT DAY, SHE AND GUS WERE PLAYING IN HIS ROOM, AND SOME HOW SHE FELL (JUMPED) OFF THE BUNKBED AND LANDED ON HIS TEETH! THEY BOTH CAME TO ME CRYING, AND I TOLD THEM NOT TO JUMP OFF THE BEDS ANYMORE. HER NOSE GOT MORE SWOLLEN AND BLUE AS THE DAYS WENT ON, AND SHE COULD BREATH THROUGH HER NOSE FOR A FEW DAYS. IT IS BACK TO NORMAL NOW, BUT SHE LOOKED PRETTY ROUGH!

THE BLACK SKIRT

2009-12-07T09:46:00.001-06:00

YESTERDAY I WORE AND OLD (AT LEAST 10 YEARS) LONG BLACK SKIRT TO CHURCH. WHEN SAGE CAME IN MY ROOM AND SAW IT SHE GASPED, AND SAID, "OH MOM, I LOVE THAT SKIRT! CAN I HAVE IT WHEN YOU DIE?"

TTU VS OU

2009-11-24T08:30:00.003-06:00

WE ENJOYED THE TECH GAME ON SATURDAY! IT SURE WAS FUN TO SEE THEM BEAT OU!! I THINK THE KIDS HAD THE MOST FUN SEEING FRIENDS BEFORE THE GAME. GUS GOT TO SEE SAXIE AND PLAY FOOTBALL IN THE PARKING LOT. WE ALL ENJOYED THE GAME INCLUDING SPILLING THREE $5.00 COKES AND DROPPING A LARGE UNEATEN HOT DOG!! WE HAD A GREAT TIME. HALLE IS EVEN LEARNING TO "GET HER GUNS UP!"

POLAR EXPRESS 2009

2009-11-24T08:22:00.003-06:00

LAST FRIDAY WE WENT TO LUBBOCK AND TOOK A QUICK RIDE TO THE NORTH POLE! THE KIDS HAD A GREAT TIME AND DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE THAT THE TRAIN ROCKED BACK AND FORTH LIKE WE WERE ON THE OCEAN!! (IT MADE MOM AND DAD FEEL A LITTLE QUEASY!) WE HAD COOKIES AND HOT CHOCOLATE ON THE WAY AND HEARD THE STORY OF THE POLAR EXPRESS. WHEN WE ARRIVED AT THE NORTH POLE (COMPLETE WITH SNOW (COTTON) AND ALL), SANTA AND HIS ELVES HOPPED ON THE TRAIN AND RODE BACK WITH US. GUS HAD WRITTEN A LETTER TO SANTA AND WAS ABLE TO HAND DELIVER IT, AND SAGE MADE SURE HE KNEW SHE WANTED A PURPLE BIKE!

SAGE HAS NOW DECIDED IN ADDITION TO WANTING TO BE A SHAMU TRAINER AND MERMAID, SHE ALSO WANTS TO BE ONE OF SANTA'S ELVES!

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS.......

2009-11-19T18:09:00.002-06:00

.....IS MY TWO FRONT TEETH!! (OR MAYBE NOT!)
GUS LOST HIS TWO FRONT TEETH IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS, AND I TOLD HIM NOW YOU CAN "SAY ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS MY TWO FRONT TEETH!" HE WAS PRETTY SURE THAT WAS NOT ALL HE WANTED.

FALL IS HERE

2009-11-05T10:13:00.002-06:00

IT MUST HAVE GOTTEN REALLY COLD LAST THURSDAY NIGHT, BECAUSE THE LEAVES STARTED FALLING! WE HAD A BLANKET OF LEAVES IN THE BACKYARD BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE KIDS WERE SO EXCITED WHEN THEY LOOKED OUTSIDE! I BRIBED THEM INTO RACKING UP A HUGE PILE SO THEY COULD PLAY IN THEM! THEY HAD A GREAT TIME RUNNING AND JUMPING.

THEY ALSO DECIDED THEY COULD MAKE "LEAVE ANGELS." THEY DID ALOT OF RACKING, BUT I COULDN'T CONVINCE EITHER OF THEM TO HELP ME HAUL THEM OFF!

FALL CARNIVAL

2009-11-05T10:08:00.004-06:00

LAST THURSDAY WAS THE FALL CARNIVAL AT SCHOOL. THE KIDS WERE SO EXCITED TO WEAR THEIR COSTUMES AND PLAY GAMES! SAGE WAS TINKERBELL, AND GUS WAS OPTIMUS PRIME (TRANSFORMER.)

PUMPKINS

2009-10-29T08:53:00.002-05:00

WE WENT TO THE PUMPKIN PATCH IN ETTER AGAIN THIS YEAR FOR PUMPKINS! I FORGOT MY CAMERA THAT DAY SO LOOK AT HOLLY'S BLOG FOR PICTURES. LANCE AND THE KIDS PUT THE DESIGN GUS CAME UP WITH ON THE BIG PUMPKIN. HE SAYS THEY ARE ALWAYS REALLY EXCITED UNTIL IT COMES TO GETTING THE INSIDES OUT AND THEN THEY ARE OUT! IT TURNED OUT REALLY WELL. TONIGHT IS THE FALL CARNIVAL AT SCHOOL! WE ARE SO EXCITED!!

TOY STORY

2009-10-29T08:47:00.003-05:00

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE MET WILL, SHAYLA, AND GIGI AT THE MOVIES IN GUYMON TO WATCH THE TOY STORY DOUBLE FEATURE IN 3D. THE KIDS AND I HAD NEVER BEEN TO A 3D MOVIE BEFORE, AND WE REALLY ENJOYED IT! THE GLASSES WERE WAY TO BIG FOR SAGE. EVERYTIME SHE WOULD SIT BACK IN HER CHAIR THEY WOULD FALL OFF! GUS LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT (ESPECIALLY THE POPCORN!) WE ARE ANXIOUSLY AWAITING THE RELEASE OF TOY STORY 3 NEXT YEAR!

SOCCER

2009-10-29T08:33:00.004-05:00

WELL, SOCCER SEASON IS OVER, AND I AM FINALLY POSTING PICTURES! BOTH KIDS HAD A GREAT TIME PLAYING EVEN THOUGH THE WEATHER NEVER COOPERATED!

SAGE WAS MORE INTO THE SOCIALIZING THAN PLAYING. SHE REALLY ENJOYED HOLDING HANDS WITH THE OTHER LITTLE GIRL ON HER TEAM. SHE WAS USUALLY PRETTY FAR FROM THE BALL, BUT EVERY ONCE AND A WHILE THE BALL WOULD RUN INTO HER AND SHE WOULD GET A KICK. HOPEFULLY SHE WILL LEARN A LITTLE ABOUT BEING AGGRESSIVE WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR!

GUS MOVED UP TO A BIGGER FIELD AND BIGGER GOAL THIS YEAR. IT SEEMED LIKE EVERYTIME I LOOKED UP HE WAS TYING HIS SHOES, BUT HE HAD FUN AND DID WELL! IT IS HARD FOR HIM TO FOCUS ON SOCCER RIGHT NOW BECAUSE ALL HE CAN TALK ABOUT IS GETTING TO PLAY FOOTBALL WHEN HE IS IN 3RD GRADE!! HE MADE GREAT IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH THE SEASON AND HAD ALOT OF FUN.

SCHOOL GIRL CONTINUED.....

2009-10-12T12:16:00.002-05:00

SAGE JUST GOT OFF THE BUS, AND I ASKED WHAT SHE LEARNED TODAY. OF COURSE THE ANSWER'"WAS "I DON'T 'BMEMBER.'"
SO I ASKED WHEN SHE WAS GOING TO START 'BMEMBERING'
SHE SAID, "WELL IN KINDERGARTEN OF COURSE!"

SCHOOL GIRL

2009-10-11T08:52:00.001-05:00

SAGE THIS MORNING:

"MOM I'M SMARTER THAN YOU BECAUSE I AM IN SCHOOL AND YOU'RE NOT!"

PEACE

2009-10-07T11:01:00.002-05:00

GUS AND SAGE ARE BOTH CONFUSED ABOUT THE PEACE SIGN. YESTERDAY GEORGE WAVED AT US WHEN WE WERE TAKING LANCE LUNCH WITH TWO FINGERS, AND SAGE SAID, "MOM, WHY DID GEORGE JUST GIVE US THE TWO SIGN?"

GUS HAS ALSO BEEN CONFUSED BY THIS. HE CALLS IT THE PEEWEE SIGN!

4 GOING ON 14

2009-10-07T10:58:00.002-05:00

SAGE MISSED THE BUS THIS MORNING PROBABLY FOR THE FIRST OF MANY TIMES IN HER LOOOOOONG LIFE! SHE HAD PICKED OUT CLOTHES LAST NIGHT THAT DIDN'T MATCH, SO I PICKED OUT CLOTHES AFTERWARDS THAT DID MATCH. I DRESSED HER AND THEN THE FIT BEGAN! WE FINALLY AGREED ON DIFFERENT CLOTHES, AND SHE HAS AGREED TO WEAR THE CLOTHES I PICKED TOMORROW! HOPEFULLY THEY WILL GO OVER BETTER IN THE MORNING THAN THEY DID TODAY!

I DON'T KNOW IF I AM STRONG ENOUGH TO HAVE THESE FIGHTS FOR THE NEXT 15 YEARS!

RACE DOG

2009-10-01T17:04:00.002-05:00

WELL, CORN HARVEST IS IN FULL SWING!! YEAH FOR IT GETTING STARTED, SO IT CAN END AT SOME POINT!! I JUST TOOK GUS OUT TO RIDE THE COMBINE WITH LANCE. WE DECIDED TO RIDE THE FOUR WHEELER BECAUSE THEY ARE CUTTING JUST BEHIND THE HOUSE. THE WHOLE WAY OUT THERE BEN (THE DOG) RAN RIGHT BESIDE THE FRONT TIRE. I WAS SCARED TO DEATH THAT HE WAS GOING TO DUCK UNDER THE TIRE AND GET RUN OVER! I KEPT YELLING FOR HIM TO MOVE, AND SAGE SAID, "MOM, I THINK HE WANTS TO FIND OUT WHAT HEAVEN LOOKS LIKE!"

FIESTA DAYS

2009-09-21T08:36:00.004-05:00

WE SPENT THE WEEKEND IN TEXHOMA FOR FIESTA DAYS. THEY HAD A FOOTBALL GAME, PARADE, LUNCH IN THE PARK AND A BANQUET. LANCE'S BROTHER CLAY SPOKE AT THE BANQUET. WE ALL HAD A GREAT TIME. GUS RODE WITH WILL IN THE PARADE AND HAD A GREAT TIME, BUT HE WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED NOT TO GET CANDY. SAGE AND JAXON GOT PLENTY FOR EVERYONE. SHAYLA IS A FLAG GIRL IN THE BAND, AND WE HAD A GREAT TIME WATCHING HER! WE WERE REALLY TIRED ON SUNDAY, BUT EVERYONE HAD A GREAT TIME!

LABOR DAY

2009-09-21T08:27:00.002-05:00

WE TRAVELLED TO RUIDOSO OVER LABOR DAY WEEKEND. THE WEATHER WAS GREAT AND OF COURSE WE ENJOYED WATCHING THE RACES! WE DIDN'T STAY FOR THE BIG RACE ON MONDAY BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A LONG DRIVE BACK, BUT WE WATCHED THE BIG RACE ON SUNDAY. CHIP WOOLEY (TRAINER OF MINE THAT BIRD) HAD A HORSE RACING ON SUNDAY, AND HE WAS VERY EASY TO SPOT BECAUSE HE IS STILL ON CRUTCHES! THE KIDS GOT HIS AUTOGRAPH AND WERE VERY EXCITED! MINE THAT BIRD WAS IN RUIDOSO ALSO.

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

2009-09-21T08:17:00.003-05:00

WELL, I'M A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEHIND, BUT WE HAVE SURVIVED SCHOOL SO FAR. GUS LOVES FIRST GRADE AND IS EXCITED TO GO EVERY DAY. HE IS READING SO WELL AND IS EXCITED TO READ EVERY BOOK IN HIS BACKPACK EVERY DAY. ONE DAY HE BROUGHT HOME SIX BOOKS!! WE HAVE BEEN BUSY GOING TO SOCCER AND FOOTBALL GAMES, SO WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF READING IN THE CAR.

SAGE IS ENJOYING SCHOOL ALSO. SHE WALKS IN THE DOOR EVERY DAY AT NOON AND SAYS, "I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT I LEARNED TODAY!" SHE HAS GOTTEN TIRED OF US ASKING, SO SHE JUST TELLS US. THROUGH THE DAY SHE GIVES A FEW HINTS OF WHAT WENT ON, BUT IT USUALLY JUST ENTAILS WHO SHE PLAYED WITH. SHE WILL ALSO SPOUT OFF THINGS THAT SHE DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE, AND IF YOU ASK WHERE SHE LEARNED IT SHE ALWAYS SAYS, "MRS. WILSON TAUGHT ME." SHE LOVES MRS. WILSON!

60TH ANNIVERSERY WEEKEND IN RUIDOSO

2009-08-19T15:43:00.002-05:00

WE SPENT LAST WEEKEND CELEBRATING GRANNY AND GRANDADDY'S ANNIVERSERY IN RUIDOSO. WE HAD A GOOD TIME AND OF COURSE STAYED SUPER BUSY! WE WENT TO THE RACES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. SATURDAY NIGHT WE HAD DINNER AT THE TEXAS CLUB AND SAT RIGHT NEXT TO THE DANCE FLOOR! SAGE AND GUS HAD A GREAT TIME DANCING! I THINK EVERY YEAR SHOULD BE A CELEBRATION AFTER 60! HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

THE RIVERWALK

2009-08-19T15:26:00.003-05:00

BEFORE WE RETURNED HOME FROM SAN ANTONIO, WE SPENT PART OF A MORNING AT THE RIVERWALK. THE DALLAS COWBOYS WERE IN TRAINING CAMP, AND WE HAPPENED TO BE BY THE THEIR HOTEL WHEN SOME BUSES WERE UNLOADING. THE ONLY PLAYER WE RECOGNIZED WAS JASON WITTEN. I REALLY WANTED GUS TO TRY TO GET AN AUTOGRAPH, BUT HE WOULD NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT. IT WAS REALLY CONCERNED BECAUSE HE WAS WEARING A TEXAS TECH SHIRT AND CAP THAT DAY AND NOT DALLAS COWBOY. HE THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE MAD AT HIM.

WE ALSO WALKED DOWN TO THE ALAMO. WHEN WE WERE ABOUT A BLOCK AWAY, SAGE SAID, "WHERE IS THIS ALAMALL MOM?" SHE NEVER DID QUITE FIGURE IT OUT! SHE WOULD NOT SMILE FOR A PICTURE THERE EITHER!

MORE MUTTON BUSTIN

2009-08-19T15:21:00.001-05:00

HERE'S SOME MORE PICTURES

GUS AFTER GETTING HIS TROPHY TUESDAY NIGHT.

GUS AFTER THE ROLL WITH HIS SHEEP WEDNESDAY NIGHT, BEFORE WE GOT HIS FACED CLEANED AND A DRINK!!

MUTTON BUSTIN

2009-08-19T08:34:00.003-05:00

GUS RODE AT THE LEA COUNTY FAIR IN LOVINGTON AGAIN THIS YEAR. HE DID GREAT! HE RODE ONE SHEEP ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND ANOTHER ON WEDNESDAY DURING THE RODEO. I TOLD HIM BEFORE THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT PERFORMANCE NOT TO LET GO UNTIL THE SHEEP WAS ROLLING ON TOP OF HIM, AND HE DIDN'T! HE CAME BACK TO THE CHUTE WITH A FACE AND MOUTHFUL OF DIRT, BUT WAS FINE AFTER GETTING HIS MOUTH WASHED OUT.

MOVIE AND SMORES

2009-08-18T16:50:00.004-05:00

AFTER A LONG DAY AT SEAWORLD, WE HAD DINNER AND PLAYED AT THE POOL AT THE HOTEL. AFTER DARK THE HOTEL PLAYS A MOVIE OUTSIDE AND HAS FIREPITS TO ROAST SMORES. IT WAS A LONG DAY, BUT WE HAD ALOT OF FUN. AS YOU CAN SEE THE KIDS REALLY ENJOYED EACH OTHER! SINCE THEN WE HAVE GONE ON A COUPLE OF WEEKEND TRIPS, AND SAGE ALWAYS ASKS IF MICHEAL IS COMING TOO!

SEAWORLD

2009-08-17T14:12:00.003-05:00

WE ALL HAD A GREAT TIME AT SEAWORLD TO ROUND OUT THE TRIP. WE SPENT ONE AND A HALF DAYS THERE AND DID NOT SEE QUITE EVERYTHING. WE MET UP WITH MOLLY AND MARTY AND THEIR KIDS. IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE OTHER KIDS TO PLAY WITH AND HELP WATCHING THE LITTLE ONES WHILE WE RODE THE ROLLER COASTERS! ALL THE KIDS ENJOYED RIDING THE SHAMU EXPRESS. GUS RODE HIS FIRST BIG ROLLER COASTER. HE LIKED IT, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF HE WILL DO IT AGAIN FOR A WHILE. IT EVEN SCARED ME A LITTLE BIT!

THE KIDS FED THE DOLPHINS THE FIRST DAY.

THEY HAVE CLYDESDALES IN THE PARK, WE TOOK A PICTURE BY "BUD" FOR OUR BUD.

WE ALL LOVED THE SHAMU SHOW. AFTER HEARING THE "BELIEVE" STORY THE FIRST DAY, SAGE TOLD ME SHE WANTED TO BE A SHAMU TRAINER. I TOLD HER WE NEEDED TO WORK ON GETTING HER FACE WET IN THE POOL! IT'S GREAT THAT SHE THINKS SHE CAN DO ANYTHING.

SAN ANTONIO ZOO

2009-08-17T14:08:00.002-05:00

WE ENJOYED THE SAN ANTONIO ZOO WHEN WE FIRST GOT TO TOWN. WE MADE A QUICK TRIP THROUGH THE ZOO BECAUSE IT WAS SOOO HOT. THE KIDS LOVED SEEING THE GIRAFFES AND RHINOS BEST!

VACATION PHOTOS FINALLY!!

2009-08-17T14:00:00.003-05:00

WE HAD A GREAT VACATION THE LAST WEEK OF JULY. WE STAYED FOR A FEW DAYS IN NEW BRAUNFELS ON THE COMAL RIVER, AND SPENT THE ENTIRE TIME IN THE WATER. THE CONDO HAD A POOL, AND THERE WERE LOTS OF OTHER LITTLE KIDS TO PLAY WITH.

GUS WORKED ON HIS DIVING WITH LANCE AND WAS DOING GREAT BY THE TIME WE LEFT.

WE ALSO FLOATED THE RIVER, AND SUPRISINGLY BOTH KIDS LOVED IT. THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN BEFORE WE GOT ON THE RIVER, SAGE HELPED HERSELF TO SOME LIPSTICK IN MY PURSE!
SAGE EVEN MADE IT THROUGH THE BIG TUBE CHUTE WITH LANCE AND GUS. SHE HAD FUN, BUT SAID SHE WANTED TO WAIT TO DO IT AGAIN WHEN SHE WAS A BIG GIRL! SAGE AND I SPENT ONE DAY AT THE OUTLET MALL SCHOOL SHOPPING, WHILE GUS A LANCE WENT TO THE SCHLITTERBAHN. EVERYONE HAD A GREAT TIME AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO GOING BACK!

PROBLEMS

2009-08-11T09:03:00.002-05:00

I HAVE SO MUCH TO BLOG ABOUT, VACATIONS, MUTTON BUSTIN, RAIN, PROJECTS.... ETC. BUT MY PICTURES WILL NOT LOAD AND IT KICKS ME OFF THE INTERNET. HOPEFULLY I CAN GET IT FIXED SOON. BETTER GET READY FOR PICTURES WHEN IT IS FIXED!
ANYWAY, IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS, WE HAVE BEEN TO NEW BRAUNSFELS, SAN ANTONIO, LOVINGTON..IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS. FRIDAY THE KIDS AND I LEAVE TO GO TO RUIDOSO FOR THE WEEKEND. SCHOOL IS STARTING THE 24TH NOT MUCH LONGER!

I'M ONLY 20 DAYS BEHIND

2009-07-24T17:51:00.004-05:00

WE HAD A GREAT TIME ON THE 4TH OF JULY...THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT AND IT WAS SPENT WITH GOOD FRIENDS!

HALLE REALLY ENJOYED THE ICE CREAM AND WARMED UP TO THE FIREWORKS!

GUS HAD A GREAT TIME WITH THE FIREWORKS AND "FARMING" WITH HIS FRIENDS. BY THE END OF THE NIGHT HE WAS--SAFELY WITH SUPERVISION--LIGHTING HIS OWN FIREWORKS.

SAGE WARMED UP TO THE IDEA. SHE SPENT THE FIRST PART OF THE FIREWORKS INSIDE BECAUSE IT WAS LOUD, BUT BY THE END OF THE NIGHT HAD HER OWN SPARKLER.

THE THING SHE AND HER FRIENDS ENJOYED THE MOST WAS PLAYING DRESS UP OF COURSE!

HAIR CUT

2009-07-14T08:10:00.002-05:00

SAGE AND GUS HAVE BEEN REALLY INTERESTED IN LANCE'S FARMING THIS YEAR. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO ANSWER ALL OF THEIR QUESTIONS, SO THEY KNOW WHAT AND WHY HE IS DOING STUFF. WE JUST FINISHED CUTTING WHEAT AND SAGE IS READY TO CUT THE CORN. SHE SAYS WHEN IT GETS ITS HAIR--AKA TASSELS, IT IS TIME FOR IT TO GET A HAIR CUT. SO CUTE, I HAD NEVER THOUGHT OF THE TASSELS AS HAIR!

SAGE'S ASPIRATIONS

2009-07-10T13:58:00.002-05:00

SAGE, SHAYLA AND I WENT TO GET PEDICURES THIS WEEK. IT WAS SO FUN, AND SAGE ESPECIALLY ENJOYED IT. THE PLACE HAD LITTLE CHAIRS FOR GIRLS WITH DVD PLAYERS. SHE HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME THAT SHE TOLD ME YESTERDAY SHE WANTS TO BE A NAIL PAINTER AND A SNOW CONE MAKER!!

WHAT HAVE WE BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS

2009-07-01T08:01:00.003-05:00

ALOT OF THIS!! THINGS HAVE GONE VERY SMOOTH AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE DONE BY SATURDAY!! GUS CAN'T WAIT BECAUSE I KEEP TELLING HIM WE CAN GO ON VACATION WHEN DADDY IS DONE. I HAVEN'T TOLD HIM IT STILL MAYBE A FEW MORE WEEKS.

MY LITTLE CHICKEN...

2009-07-01T07:50:00.002-05:00

... ISN'T SCARED ANYMORE!! SAGE HAS ALWAYS BEEN AFRAID TO RIDE BY HERSELF, BUT NOT ANYMORE. SHE WENT TO JAKE'S BIRTHDAY PARTY WITH JANA AND JOSIE ON SUNDAY AND RODE ONE OF HAZEN'S PONY'S BAREBACK, WITHOUT A BRIDLE ALL BY HERSELF!! SHE HAD SO MUCH FUN AND TOLD ME SHE COULD RIDE ALL BY HERSELF NOW.
LAST NIGHT SHE AND GUS BOTH WANTED TO RIDE SO WE SADDLED UP BAR L. (WE DIDN'T SADDLE SPANKY GUS' PONY BECAUSE I CAN'T CATCH HIM BY MYSELF, NOT QUITE AS GENTLE AS HAZEN'S) SHE RODE BAR L ALL OVER THE PLACE. I HAD TO WALK IN FRONT OF THEM SO HE WOULD FOLLOW AND NOT STOP AND EAT. SHE LOVED IT!
GUS TROTTED AND LOPED HIM AROUND THE ARENA. EVERYONE HAD A GREAT TIME!!

BANDAIDS

2009-06-27T08:26:00.002-05:00

GUS HAD A BIKE WRECK YESTERDAY AND NEEDED A BANDAID. HE WAS FINE, BUT SAGE REALLY WANTED A BANDAID. SHE WOULD GO THROUGH AT LEAST 10 A DAY IF WE WOULD LET HER. I TOLD HER SHE DIDN'T NEED ONE, AND WHEN SHE HAD A CUT AND WAS BLEEDING I WOULD GIVE HER ONE TOO. I WENT BACK TO WHAT I WAS DOING. NEXT THING I KNOW I HEAR SOMETHING HITTING THE WALL. WHEN I LOOKED UP SHE WAS STEPPING BACK AND RUNNING INTO THE WALL AGAIN! SHE DID IT FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES...SHE REALLY WANTED A BANDAID!!

FATHER'S DAY AND FISHING

2009-06-22T17:46:00.003-05:00

WE HAD A GREAT FATHER'S DAY YESTERDAY! WE WENT TO CHURCH AND THEN WENT FISHING.....AND ACTUALLY CAUGHT FISH!! MOST OF OUR FISHING EXCURSIONS HAVE ENDED IN NO FISH, SO GUS AND LANCE WERE BOTH EXCITED. GUS WAS CASTING AND REELING IN ALL OF HIS OWN FISH BY THE END OF THE DAY.

SAGE HAD FUN PLAYING WITH TATUM AND PLAYING AROUND. SHE WASN'T TOO INTO FISHING. SHE IS WONDERING WHEN "LITTLE GIRL'S DAY" IS GOING TO BE!

KORI AND WADE'S WEDDING

2009-06-22T17:36:00.002-05:00

WE HAD A GREAT TIME AT KORI AND WADE'S WEDDING A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. IT WAS AT THE PALO DURO CANYON IN THE LONE STAR THEATER. THE LOCATION AND THE BRIDE WERE BEAUTIFUL! GUS AND SAGE HAD A GREAT TIME WATCHING THE WEDDING AND PLAYING OUTSIDE. GUS EVEN HAD TO DO SOME FENCE REPAIRS DURING THE CEREMONY!

RUIDOSO

2009-06-18T16:09:00.003-05:00

AFTER SCHOOL WAS OUT WE MADE A QUICK TRIP TO RUIDOSO WITH THE LANE'S. YAYA AND PAPA MET US THERE, AND WE DID ALL THERE IS TO DO IN RUIDOSO IN 3 DAYS. WE HAD A GREAT TIME WATCHING THE HORSE RACES. THE FIRST DAY GUS MADE SOME FRIENDS RACING UP AND BACK IN FRONT OF THE STANDS. YAYA HAD BOUGHT HIM A WHIP AND HE FIGURED OUT THAT HE COULD STAND UP BEHIND THE WINNERS CIRCLE WHEN THE PICTURES WERE BEING TAKEN!! I JUST GOT A PHOTO FROM THE SIDE, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A FRONT VIEW OF HIM SMILING IN THE BACK!! THE LAST RACE OF THE SECOND DAY THE WINNING JOCKEY FROM THE TENTH RACE GAVE GUS HIS GOGGLES IN THE WINNERS CIRCLE. HE NOW HAS ALL THE SUPPLIES HE NEEDS TO BECOME A JOCKEY. WE HOPE TO GO BACK TO RUIDOSO SOON AND ENJOY MORE!

TEE-BALL

2009-06-18T16:05:00.004-05:00

TEE-BALL SEASON WAS GREAT THIS YEAR. GUS HAS WORKED REALLY HARD WITH HIS DAD AND HAS REALLY IMPROVED! THERE WERE ONLY TWO TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE, SO WE PLAYED EACH OTHER ABOUT 6 TIMES. WE ENJOYED WATCHING ALL THE "EXCITEMENT."

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

2009-06-18T15:58:00.002-05:00

WE HAVE BEEN SO BUSY SINCE SCHOOL GOT OUT! I THINK IT HAS BEEN 3 WEEKS AND WE HAVE PACKED ALOT IN! WE WENT ON A TRIP TO RUIDOSO, HAD BIBLE SCHOOL, WORKED OUTSIDE ALOT, WENT TO A WEDDING, AND FINISHED UP TBALL!
THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN ON THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT NEXT YEAR SAGE WILL BE GOING TO SCHOOL EVERYDAY RIGHT ALONG WITH GUS!! HOPEFULLY SHE WILL BE IN A BETTER MOOD NEXT YEAR THAN SHE WAS THAT MORNING!!

2009-05-26T09:19:00.002-05:00

PEE WEE TRACK MEET

2009-05-26T09:16:00.002-05:00

WE HAD A GREAT DAY AT THE PEE WEE TRACK MEET. THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT TO WATCH THE RACES! GUS HAD A GREAT TIME RACING. HE GOT 1ST IN THE RELAY, 2ND IN THE 50Y DASH, AND 3RD IN SOFTBALL THROW.

BAILEY & ERIN'S WEDDING

2009-05-26T09:14:00.002-05:00

THE KIDS HAD A GREAT TIME AT BAILEY AND ERIN'S WEDDING. SAGE AND JAYLEE LOOKED BEAUTIFUL IN THEIR MATCHING DRESSES. THEY ALL HAD A GREAT TIME DANCING AFTER THE WEDDING TOO! SAGE WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED DURING THE WEDDING BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT THEY WOULD JUST HOLD HANDS AND DANCE--AND THAT WOULD MEAN THEY WERE MARRIED!

THE BEST KID'S IN THE WORLD

2009-05-14T16:29:00.004-05:00

GUS AND SAGE (WITH THE HELP OF LANCE) MADE ME THE BEST MOTHER'S DAY GIFT EVER. GUS CAME UP WITH THE IDEA ALL BY HIMSELF, AND THE ALL WORKED TOGETHER TO MAKE IT. GUS HAD SUCH A HARD TIME KEEPING IT A SECRET FOR THE WEEK PRIOR TO MOTHER'S DAY. HE GAVE ME A HINT ALMOST EVERYDAY!

TWO DOWN.......

2009-05-14T16:25:00.003-05:00

GUS LOST ANOTHER TOOTH ON SATURDAY. LANCE TRIED TO USE THE "JUSTIN" METHOD TO GET IT OUT BUT HAD TROUBLE, SO JUSTIN CAME OVER AND PULLED IT! THE TOP TWO ARE LOOSE NOW. HE IS SO EXCITED, EVERYTIME HE SMILES HE MAKES SURE ALL OF HIS MISSING TEETH SHOW.

SCHOOL PARENT FAIR

2009-05-14T16:19:00.002-05:00

IT HAS BEEN A BUSY TWO WEEKS AT SCHOOL. LAST THURSDAY WE HAD THE PARENT FAIR. THE PAST TWO YEARS THE KIDS HAVE MADE KITES. LAST YEAR IT WAS WAY TO WINDY TO FLY THEM THAT DAY, BUT THIS YEAR THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT! THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE MORE WIND, BUT THE KIDS DIDN'T MIND RUNNING CONTINUOUSLY TO KEEP THEM IN THE AIR.

ON FRIDAY SAGE HAD PRE-K ROUNDUP. SHE WAS SO EXCITED. THAT MORNING SHE THOUGHT SHE WOULD GET ON THE BUS AND GO JUST LIKE GUS. WHEN WE PULLED UP TO THE SCHOOL, SHE TOLD ME TO STAY IN THE CAR BECAUSE SCHOOL GIRLS GO IN BY THEMSELVES. SHE WAS ALSO CONVINCED THAT MONDAY WOULD BE HER FIRST DAY! IT IS GOING TO BE A LONG SUMMER WAITING, BECAUSE SHE IS STILL ASKING EVERY MORNING WHEN HER SCHOOL IS GOING TO START!

SWINE FLU

2009-05-11T14:51:00.002-05:00

GUS HAS HEARD ALL ABOUT THE SWINE FLU AT SCHOOL AND ON TV. SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING HE FELT TERRIBLE AND COUGHED ALL NIGHT. WE WERE UP AT 500 AM ON SUNDAY TAKING A STEAM SHOWER TO HELP HIS CROUP WHEN HE WORRIEDLY ASKED ME IF HE HAD THE SWINE FLU.

MUTTON BUSTERS

2009-05-06T14:48:00.003-05:00

WE HAD A GREAT TIME AT THE GUYMON RODEO ON SUNDAY. IT ACTUALLY WASN'T HOT AND WINDY BUT COOL AND CLOUDY. SAGE WAS SO BRAVE TO GET ON (IT WAS HER IDEA.) SHE CRIED JUST A LITTLE AFTERWARD, AND ISN'T SURE SHE WANTS TO DO IT AGAIN JUST YET!
GUS HAD FUN AS ALWAYS, BUT THINKS HE IS BIG ENOUGH TO MOVE ON TO CALVES NOW!

GUS

2009-05-06T14:35:00.003-05:00

SAGE

2009-05-06T14:11:00.004-05:00

THE NEW DRESSES

2009-05-06T14:01:00.001-05:00

OUR FAVORITE STORE IN BORGER CLOSED LAST WEEK, SO SAGE AND I WENT TO FIND SOME GOOD DEALS. SAGE AND JAYLEE BOTH GOT NEW DRESSES AT A GREAT PRICE. THEY LOOK LIKE PRINCESSES

GUS HAS A NEW BFF

2009-04-28T10:47:00.002-05:00

ON SATURDAY WE WENT TO THE LANE'S (JUSTIN & SHANNON), TO WATCH THE BOYS ROPE AND EAT. GUS PRACTICED ROPING THE DUMMY ALOT WHILE WE WERE OUTSIDE, AND THEN EVEN MORE ONCE WE GOT INSIDE WITH JUSTIN. YESTERDAY, SAGE AND I WENT TO AMARILLO AND BROUGHT GUS HOME A LITTLE ROPING DUMMY FOR IN THE HOUSE. HE WAS SO EXCITED!! WHEN I STARTED COOKING SUPPER LAST NIGHT, GUS SAID, "MOM CAN WE INVITE JUSTIN OVER FOR SUPPER AND TO PLAY?" WE HAVE HAD A BIG LAUGH ABOUT GUS' NEW PLAYMATE...

ANOTHER NICE DAY

2009-04-25T16:38:00.003-05:00

THIS IS SIX BEAUTIFUL WIND-FREE DAYS IN A ROW!! AFTER THE WEDDING SHOWER HOLLY, PRATT AND HALLE CAME OUT FOR A LITTLE BIT. HALLE HAD A GREAT TIME RIDING IN THE WAGON PULLED BY GUS. IMAGINE HER LAUGH TO GO ALONG WITH THE PICTURE AT THE TOP! SAGE, PRATT, AND JAYLEE WERE IN THE SANDBOX. THEY WERE TOO BUSY TO POSE FOR A PICTURE, BUT PRATT DID GIVE ME "THAT LOOK!"

CLARIFICATION

2009-04-25T16:35:00.001-05:00

EMILY AND SAGE SAY THEY ARE ACTUALLY "TWIN COUSINS." ACCORDING TO THEM, THEY ARE BOTH 4, HAVE THE SAME COLOR HAIR AND EYES. SO OBVIOUSLY THAT MAKES THEM "TWIN COUSINS."

SAGE'S TWIN

2009-04-24T16:38:00.004-05:00

LEVI AND JESSIE BERRY CAME OVER THIS MORNING TO WORK CATTLE WITH LANCE. SAGE WAS SO EXCITED TO HAVE EMILY HERE. SAGE AND EMILY ARE THE SAME SIZE AND HAVE THE SAME BLOND HAIR AND BLUE EYES, SO OF COURSE THEY LOVE EACH OTHER! THEY HAD A GREAT TIME TOGETHER AND THE WEATHER WAS BEAUTIFUL. AS USUAL, SAGE INSISTED EVERYONE CHANGE INTO ONE OF HER DRESSES IMMEDIATELY. THEY PLAYED ALL MORNING AND STARTED MAKING PLANS TO STAY THE NIGHT! HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET TO SEE THEM AGAIN SOON.
PS. THEY LET JANE FOLLOW THEM AROUND TOO!

EASTER!!

2009-04-24T16:29:00.002-05:00

THE DAY AFTER THE TRAIN RIDE WAS EASTER. WE WENT TO TEXHOMA TO CELEBRATE AT BUD AND ANNETTE'S HOUSE. AGAIN IT WAS RAINING, WHICH NO ONE COMPLAINED ABOUT!!

SAGE AND GUS HAD MORE EGGS THAN THEIR BASKETS WOULD HOLD AND THEY HAD LOTS OF HELP FINDING THEM!

SAGE AND TISH

WILL AND GUS

THOMAS THE TRAIN

2009-04-24T16:23:00.002-05:00

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WE WENT WITH HOLLY AND THE KIDS TO SEE THOMAS THE TRAIN IN LUBBOCK. THE KIDS HAD A GREAT TIME EVEN THOUGH IT WAS COLD AND RAINY. THE RAIN STOPPED FOR A SECOND SO WE RAN OUTSIDE AND TOOK A PICTURE WITH THOMAS. WE ALSO GOT TO SEE SIR TOPHAM HAT. PRATT WAS SO AMAZED, THAT HE JUST STARED AT HIM.

THE JOHN DEERE SCOOTER

2009-04-14T07:53:00.002-05:00

EVERYTIME WE GO IN JOHN DEERE SAGE RIDES THEIR YELLOW SCOOTER AROUND AND AROUND. WE WERE THERE YESTERDAY AND ALREADY HAVE ORDERS TO GO BACK TODAY!! ANYWAY, YESTERDAY THE SALESMAN WAS TELLING LANCE ABOUT THIS GREAT NEW TRACTOR, AND LANCE SAID,"I'LL TAKE IT HOME AND DEMO IT FOR YOU." THEY DECLINED. TODAY WHEN LANCE AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE WERE GOING TO GO BACK, SAGE SAID, "AND GET THE SCOOTER?" I TOLD HER NO WE HAD TO LEAVE IT THERE SO SHE WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO PLAY WITH WHILE SHE WAS THERE. JUST LIKE HER DAD SHE SAID, "BUT I'LL JUST TAKE IT HOME AND PLAY WITH IT FOR A LITTLE WHILE, THEN SEND IT BACK!"

THE PRESIDENT'S RIDE

2009-04-11T20:20:00.003-05:00

WHEN WE WERE DRIVING IN LUBBOCK YESTERDAY, WE SAW A HUMMER LIMO. HOLLY THOUGHT GUS WOULD THINK IT WAS COOL, SO SHE POINTED IT OUT TO HIM. HE SAID, "OH, THAT IS WHAT THE PRESIDENT RIDES IN!"

NOT QUITE....

GUS' NEW JOKE

2009-04-09T17:51:00.001-05:00

HE THINKS IT IS SO FUNNY!! HE ASKES YOU TO SPELL "I CUP." GO AHEAD TRY IT!! JOKE PASSED DOWN FROM CONNER

SAGE TURNS FOUR

2009-04-08T14:20:00.003-05:00

SAGE HAS CELEBRATED HER 4TH BIRTHDAY FOR A WEEK NOW, AND WE ARE NOT QUITE DONE YET. WE STARTED LAST WEDNESDAY WITH A PARTY WITH HER GYMNASTIC FRIENDS. THEY HAD A GREAT TIME PLAYING, BUT DID NOT DO MUCH EATING. I SHOULD HAVE EXPECTED THAT! SHE HAS THOROUGHLY ENJOYED ALL THE PRESENTS SHE RECEIVED, BUT REALLY ENJOYED BEING THE CENTER OF ATTENTION WITH ALL OF HER FRIENDS!

ON SATURDAY (HER REAL BDAY) WE WENT TO BORGER BOWLING AND TO EAT AT THE PLAZA. SAGE HAD A GREAT TIME PLAYING WITH JAYLEE DURING THE BOWLING. SHE WOULD RUN UP AND PUSH HER BALL WHEN IT WAS HER TURN, BUT I'M NOT SURE SHE EVER WATCHED TO SEE IF SHE HIT ANY PINS! GUS HAD BEEN TELLING HER ALL WEEK THAT SHE NEEDED TO GO TO THE PLAZA FOR HER BIRTHDAY SO SHE COULD WEAR A SOMBRERO. SHE KEPT SAYING, "I DON'T WANT TO WEAR A SOMBRERO GUS!" SHE DID AND SHE WAS SO EXCITED, BUT GOT A LITTLE EMBARRASSED WITH THE WHOLE RESTAURANT WATCHING HER. SHE LOVED THE HEART SHAPE SOPAPILLA THOUGH!

AT SUNDAY SCHOOL, HER TEACHERS ALSO HAD A LITTLE PARTY FOR HER. THEN SUNDAY NIGHT HOLLY, BUSTER, PRATT, AND HALLE CAME OVER TO EAT SUPPER AND CAKE WITH US!

WE STILL HAVE ONE CELEBRATION TO GO, THIS WEEKEND WITH YAYA IN LUBBOCK! SHE IS JUST LIKE HER MOM--BIRTHDAYS SHOULD REALLY BE BIRTHWEEKS!

HAPPY FOOLS DAY

2009-04-01T20:07:00.002-05:00

GUS GOT ME....
WHILE I WAS GIVING THEM A BATH EARLIER, HE SAID, "YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING ALL OVER YOUR FACE." I SAID REALLY AND STARTED WIPING AT MY MOUTH AND HE SAID, "HAPPY FOOLS DAY!" HE KEPT ON TALKING ABOUT HAPPY FOOLS DAY, AND SAGE STARTED POUTING AND SAID, "IT'S NOT FOOL'S DAY, IT'S MY DAY!" (WE HAD HER GYMNASTIC FRIENDS BDAY PARTY TODAY.)

HEE HONK

2009-03-31T15:33:00.003-05:00

AS WE DROVE BY CLAY'S FEEDLOT TODAY, SAGE SAID, "MOM I SEE TWO HEE HONKS!" SHE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THEY WERE LIKE HORSES BUT DIFFERENT.......DONKEYS.

ONE LESS TOOTH

2009-03-30T11:06:00.005-05:00

GUS HAS BEEN WORKING FOR DAYS TRYING TO GET HIS TOOTH TO COME OUT. HE EVEN WENT INTO HIS TOOL BOX LAST WEEK AND TRIED TO GET IT OUT WITH HIS TOY PLIERS.
THE TOOTH WAS SO LOOSE, THAT THE ONE COMING IN UNDER IT HAD SCOOTED IT OVER SO FAR, IT LOOKED LIKE HE HAD ALREADY LOST ONE!

JUSTIN CAME OVER ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND PULLED IT OUT. GUS WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS, BUT DIDN'T EVEN FEEL WHEN IT CAME OUT. HE WAS SO EXCITED!! THE TOOTHFAIRY CAME THAT NIGHT AND LEFT A DOLLAR. HE GAVE A QUARTER FOR HIS OFFERING AT CHURCH YESTERDAY AND SAVED THE REST FOR A COKE AT SCHOOL TODAY!

SAGE IS NOW DYING FOR HERS TO COME OUT. SHE THINKS HE IS SO COOL!

SNOW!!

2009-03-30T11:03:00.003-05:00

WE WAITED ALL WINTER FOR SNOW, AND IT FINALLY CAME THE LAST WEEK OF MARCH! FRIDAY, IT SNOWED AND THE WIND BLEW SO HARD ALL DAY. WE HAD NO SCHOOL AND NO ELECTRICITY! LANCE HOOKED UP THE GENERATOR SO WE SURVIVED. BY THE TIME THE KIDS WENT OUTSIDE ON SATURDAY THE SNOW WAS MELTING FAST. WE ENDED UP WITH ONLY A COUPLE OF INCHES ON THE GROUND, BUT WE HAD HUGE DRIFTS!! THEY WERE 5-6 FEET TALL! THE KIDS HAD A GREAT TIME PLAYING IN THE SNOW, UNTIL THEY BOTH LOST THEIR BOOTS. THANK GOODNES WE FOUND THEM.

GUS AND SAGE GET A DRIVER'S LICENSE

2009-03-30T10:53:00.003-05:00

RUIDOSO HAS THE BEST GO CART TRACK. IT IS A MUST STOP EVERYTIME WE GO. I EVEN REMEMBER SPENDING ALOT OF TIME THERE WHEN WE WERE KIDS WITH GRANNY AND GRANDADDY. THEY HAVE A 3 AND UP TRACK THAT THE KIDS LOVE, BECAUSE THEY CAN DRIVE THIER OWN!! I HOPE IT IS NOT A GLANCE INTO THE FUTURE AFTER WATCHING THEM. GUS IS JUST LIKE HIS FATHER AND PAPA--HE IS REALLY INTO RAMMING PEOPLE AND FININSHING FIRST. SAGE PAID NO ATTENTION TO WERE SHE WAS DRIVING, JUST LOOKING AROUND CHECKING OUT THE SCENERY!! THE ATTENDANT WAS HELPING SAGE DRIVE THE FIRST TIME AROUND AND KEPT SPEEDING UP HER GO CART'S ENGINGE SO GUS COULD NOT PASS HER!! HE GOT SO MAD.

THE NEXT TRACK HAS SOME DOUBLE CARS AND THEY GO A LITTLE FASTER. AS YOU CAN SEE LANCE AND PAPA WERE READY TO RACE EACH OTHER, FORGET ABOUT THE KIDS!! LANCE GOT REPRIMANDED FOR BUMPING ON THE KIDDIE TRACK!!

LANCE, DAD, AND I THEN WENT OVER TO THE PROTRACK. WHERE YOU HAVE TO BE 16 TO DRIVE. THEY GO VERY FAST. OF COURSE I WON AND MADE DAD AND LANCE SO MAD. THEY SAY I ONLY WON BECAUSE I GOT A FASTER CAR AND WEIGH LESS. THEY WILL NEVER ADMIT THAT I AM A BETTER DRIVER ;)