Happy 30th birthday Katie!

So, this past weekend my parents and I packed into the car and headed to Illinois to help celbrate our cousin Katie's big 3-0 birthday. We stayed with my cousin Chris and his girlfriend Leslie in Mt. Pulaski, IL. Google map it if you have no clue where it is. It is a small rural little town where you see a lot of farmland. Farmland is the lifeline for the Urish family that lives here. Uncle Steve, who is Chris and Katie's dad, owns a fertilizer plant close by in Elkhart. Also, another relative, Aunt Breeze, also owns a fertilizer plant nearby. So, the Urish family is doing their part in the Midwest to keep the american people going.

My mom really likes the "feel" to this small town and kept stopping to take pictures, and I don't think that's so normal in those parts because we caused a few traffic accidents with people slowing down to figure out what we were doing.

Party Time!
Birthday girl Katie, on the right in the dark shirt, and her husband Craig, in the Hawaiian shirt next to her. Craig is a brew master for Budweiser. Sorry Craig if I didn't get your title right. All I know is you are a hero to many.


My dad and Aunt Sue

My dad getting head stuck in a helmet. Quite comical. Mom and I went upstairs to check out the bird's eye view of the party.
This was the "hot spot" for people to gather...around the keg o' beer.
We did confuse some of the drunk people.

Awww...every great party also must have entertainment for the lil' people. A huge trashcan filled with ice that I could keep digging into and dumping out as much as I wanted without anyone yelling "no" at me was the greatest thing ever. Also, I found myself so popular hanging out next to this keg. Everyone kept coming around to visit me quite frequently.


This is one of my new best buddies, Eileen. She is an Urish cousin and was a blast to pal around with. She did a great job of keeping me out of trouble. My mom and dad wanted to pack her in the car and bring her home with us, but I think her parents kinda like her. She's a great girl. Thanks for hanging out with me.
Another MUST to a great party is balloons. I love balloons and was having even more fun throwing the balloon up into the air being blown from the fan and then running all around to catch it. Good times really.



An Urish lineup. Tim Urish (cousin to Uncle Steve & Grandpa Rod), Aunt Breeze (sister-in-law to Uncle Steve and Grandpa Rod and an true angel), Uncle Steve, Aunt Sue and pops.
My mom and Leslie, the lady who let me terrorize her house for the weekend and break a couple of her ceramic pumpkins. I also did some re-decorating for her while I was there. I think she was cool with it. Nice gal and gave my mom and dad great hospitality.
While nobody was looking I made a break for it, grabbing as many gifts as I could and ran for the door. Then I stopped to take a break and...

Decided to see what it was I made away with. BUSTED!!! Birthday girl caught on to my master plan.
I used my charm and convinced her that I needed to practice my "unwrapping" skills for Christmas, and she agreed to let me help her open the gifts. It was very nice of her.

Why is this man (Uncle Steve- not dad) smiling???

Keep scrolling down for answer

Because he owns the nice shiny "apple red" corvette that hides out under this cover. I would be smiling too. Maybe if I work my charm a little, Uncle Steve will let me test it out when I get older.

Mom, dad, cousin Chris and some lady that decided to pop her head into the picture.

Mom and Chris caught drinking a beer and solving all of the world's problems.

Heather is also a cousin (she's Breeze's daughter). This is a picture of Heather and Chris showing their family love for each other.
Heather and my dad.
Heather and her boyfriend, Bill. Heather and Bill both live in the Dillon/Silverthorne Colorado area. Heather is starting a new and very exciting job with Flight for Life CO. You can check it out here - http://www.flightforlifecolorado.org/ Needless to say, she's a nurse, and a very good one at that. Her and Bill both work at Copperhead during the peak seasons. It was great to see them both.
Heather, Leslie and birthday girl Katie!

Bye Bye for now Summer

Some parting shots to wish the summer season farewell. We will miss you. I'll be ready for some more fun in the sun next summer.

I love bath time

Face Plant!

What causes this?

A carefully planned, well-thought out and very fun came called "Run and Dive" that my friend Preston and I love to play.

Me and my friend Preston love to jump and get crazy...you know...be little boys. So, my mom set up an air mattress right in front of our couch and we were set to go. This was a lot of fun and was the cause for many laughs, especially times like that face plant picture earlier.

Me and Preston doing our famous impression of "Prairie Dogs."

Mom's good 'ol college days

For those of you that don't know, my mom is still in college trying to finish her communications degree. Her goal is to finish her degree before I turn 16, graduate high school at 18, pursue a degree at the University of Kansas and have the chance to still graduate before her. The main thing is that she's sticking with and will finish someday. Needless to say, good times from her younger days of college explains why she is still currently a college student. One of those friends that helped harvest such a good times came into Lawrence this past weekend to visit me and my mom and dad. My mom's friend Jessica came into town for a visit because it had been 12 years since she'd been back to the university where they first met, Baker University, in Baldwin, KS. It's just down the road south of Lawrence AND she had never me, the charming little guy.

This is my mom & Jessica drinking at a bar where they both used to work at, but looks nothing like it did back in the day.

This was the theme for the weekend for these two.
This is the dorm that they both lived in.

My mom's room used to be the one on the left and Jessica's was on the right. There were 4 girls in 2 small rooms and 1 bathroom in the middle. Much of the weekend was spent with these two trying to remember how all of that worked out without all 4 of them somehow able to speak to one another after the semester was over. Much chaos happened within those two rooms over a span of 9 months.

My mom's old sorority house. Yes, my mom was a sorority chick while at Baker. Yes, she has some good stories. Don't think she'll tell just anyone b/c I've been trying, but still have had no luck, and my cute face is a hard one to resist.

Before Jessica could leave mom took her to the Yacht Club, home of the infamous "Beer Towers." You order a tower, they sit it on your table and there really is no need for a waitress, until you've reached the end of the tower.

Mom & Jessica's college days prep them well for pouring beers.

Anyways, thank you Jessica for braving the tornadoes flying around Kansas on Friday and making the trip to Lawrence to hang out and spend some time with me. My mom really appreciated you hanging out with her some too. Next time we're in St. Louis we're calling you up to hang out. Come again sometime and don't wait for another 12 years.

Yea! Friday is here

Now, that's definitely something to smile about.

The weekend is getting closer...

I think I can almost see it.

Pics from KU football game last weekend

Pre-game

Colton and I playing some football to get warmed up for the game.

Another hot dog for me please?

Aunt Raegann and Uncle Nick

Aunt Raegann and my dad

I'm not quite big enough to play with the big boys yet. So, what do I do...steal their cars and have my mom help me up into the tree without them.

Me and Macray chillin'
Watch out! It's a blue-haired bull, who looks a little like my cousin Calvin, headed right for us.

Of course, I found a furry friend on the hill. There were many furry friends to play with.

Happy campers on the hill.

While watching the game on the hill my mom ran into some handsome young gentlemen. Young is the key word here because these are actually 2 boys that my mom used to babysit when she was in high school and here they were sitting on the hill, watching the game and drinking some adult beverages. My mom was so glad to see them, but kept talking about how it made her really feel her age. Justin Oaks on the left and Josh Oaks on the right. These 2 have really grown up to be really handsome nice young men. These 2, along with their older brother Jake, were really good preparation for my mom having children. They definitely gave her a run for her money, but I think they got her trained pretty well. She can handle a lot. It was great to meet them and Josh's dog, Kobe. Good times were had by all. Go Hawks!