Pics from July 4th

A little late, but better late than never. We enjoyed a fun 4th of July. We were invited to join the Neis family for their annual 4th of July bash. It was a great time. My friend Preston, and his parents joined us for the festivities. We enjoyed lots of great food, drinks, endless fireworks and lots of great socializing. Thanks Kelly and family for the good time.

Kelly bought a pinata for the kids. She got the party started and gave lessons on the proper way of demolishing the pinata.

Manning took some good swings at it.

Doug helped Alexus take some good shots at it. At first all of the kids were so gentle with it. The adults were encouraging them to be more aggressive. Then they started to get the hang of it. The hits got harder.

The crowd began to gather.

The Ediger family.

Dad and I having fun and sharing some good laughs.

The dads in "awe" of the explosions taking place up in the sky.

My buddy Preston found some candy he REALLY liked.

Kathy and Alexus watching the fireworks and enjoying some candy from the pinata.

Jason and I hanging out. You can barely see us through all of the smoke from fireworks.

Looking for shade on a hot summer day?

Look what a smart dog we have. He found shade under dad's truck.

Then there were two.
Monkey see. Monkey do.
If Duce is doing it then it must be cool to do.

Bring on the weekend

I'm ready for it.

Ol' Grandpa Rod had a farm...E-I-E-I-O

And on that farm he has some cows...E-I-E-I-O. We don't really have to sing about Ol' McDonald's farm because my grandpa has a farm that is even better, so we just change the lyrics to the song. Mom and I spent the afternoon exploring Grandpa Rod's farm the other day. I had a blast feeding the cows. They have a lot of cows that are very friendly and will come right up to you. So, I got to feed some of the cows right out of my hand. It was a lot of fun. Thanks Grandpa Rod and Tracey for showing us around the farm.

Ready to go to work. We're on the hunt for cows.

Oops...they were upside down. Now they're on right and I'm ready to search out those cows!

The cows really drink from this water?! That's a huge water dish.
Ok, so we found the cows. They were shy at first.
Then...we started feeding them.

And before we knew it the number of cows coming up to us started to grow and grow.

This one kinda liked me.

Or maybe he justt liked the food in my hand.

This calf was funny looking. He has markings similar to a deer.

Come here little cow. I have food for you.

Come here. You can trust me.

And the launch. Here you go little cow. Eat up.

All in a day's work.

Let's play ball!!!

Taking aim.

Wind up.

Mid-swing.

The follow through.

Catching fly balls! Heads up!

D-A-D-D-Y and Daddy was his namo

Happy Father's Day to all of those wonderful daddies out there. I was to especially thank my daddy because he is the best daddy a boy could have. He's my best friend. You'll rarely find one of us without the other. He's already taught me so much within my 2 and 1/2 years and I'm so excited to keep learning. My dad had a great Father's Day. A t.v. day filled with Rocky Balboa movies, Nascar, U.S. Open, and Royals baseball on the tube. My dad couldn't help but flip the channel and land on either sports or some type of "manly" show to watch. It was "Dad's" weekend and I think he had a pretty good one. Anyways, mom and I love you very much Dad. Thanks for all that you do.

TGIF!

It's always nice to have a mechanic in the family

I've spent some time at my Uncle Willie's automotive shop watching him work on cars, not to mention the countless trips to my Grandpa Rod's shop where at any time you might find my dad, Grandpa, Uncle Mike or Uncle Willie working on quarter midgets or their own vehicles. I've taken lots of notes, studied all of their moves and have put the tool set that my Aunt Julie gave me for my birthday to good use. Fixing my cars has turned into quite the hobby for me.

"Big Eyes" recruit has finally signed for 2009 season

Mom, dad and myself made another trip to see Dr. Moreano a few weeks ago. The good doctor confirmed for us that our 2009 draft pick is indeed a baby sister. We got to see her wiggling and squirming all around. Everything looked healthy and baby appeared very happy so all is good. We'll keep you updated as we get closer to game day. Game day is tenatively scheduled for September 28th, so we have a little over 3 months left to go. Enjoy the pics, and don't worry if you can't tell what it is because mom, dad and myself were in the room when the pics were taken and sometimes we still don't know what we're looking at.

This is baby sissy with her hands up around her face playing with her nose and rubbing her eyes.

The next shot is the butt shot. This is the shot they use to tell if it's a girl or a boy. Look at it as if baby sissy is sitting on a glass shelf and you're underneath the shelf looking up. They tell us that there is no stem on the apple and we hope that they are right and are not misleading us. Baby sissy is going to love me some day for posting her butt on the internet, but hey, that's what big brothers do.
The last pic is Baby sissy's feet. She stretched out her legs and nicely placed her little feet together for a nice footprint shot.