Thursday, September 24, 2009

Horse show at the fair

Saydee took 1st place in walk-trot at the fair this year! She did so good! We are super proud of her!
Here she is during the show.

Mason took 3rd place in lead-line. This was his first year doing this. So we thought it was so awesome that he took 3rd. If you can't tell what his costume is.... he is a Middle Easterner (? - I'm not sure the correct name for what he is) and he has a missle tied to his back. The brown humps are what we used to turn the horse into a camel. Mike lead the horse and he was dressed as an army guy. So he was sort of an Iraqi captured by a U.S. soldier...something along those lines. Anyway, he did a good job on his horse. He is holding his ribbon, but it is hard to see cause it is white. They both did such a good job!
Here is Mike and Mason during the show!




Hashbrown cook-off

Camille (my sister) and I attended out 2nd annual Non-pareil hashbrown cook-off at the fair. Last year Camille won 1st place and I took 4th. So we had high hopes for this year. The dish above is Camille's dish. I don't remeber what she called them but they are BBQ chicken and hashbrown fold-overs. They were delicious!
My dish was meat and potato enchiladas. I thought for sure they were blue ribbon quality! But, unfortunately, neither one of us won anything this year! We totally felt robbed. We were beat out by a breakfast burrito (which we both thought was so unoriginal - who coundn't think of making a breakfast burrito with hashbrowns?!) Anyway, not that we're sore losers, but we both felt robbed!


Fun at the Fair...

Well, maybe not so much fun! Mason thought he would like this 4-wheeler ride, but after it started he changed his mind. The ride attendant was so nice, she stopped the ride and let him off.
Saydee had so much fun riding all the different rides!

Sunday night we went to the tractor pulls. The kids had so much fun. I can't believe how much Mason enjoyed watching those trucks - he is such a boy!






Sunday, September 6, 2009

Do these glasses make me look smarter?

Mason came out of his room wearing the glasses from his Mr. Potato Head. I couldn't resist the photo op. It was so funny, neither one of us could stop laughing. What a silly kid!
P.S. It was right after lunch (that's burrito all over his face).

My entries for the Fair!!!

It is fair time once again, which for me means making my entries for canning and baking. This year I entered chocolate chip cookies....
A themed gift basket......

and canned pickles, relish, peach jam, and plum sauce.
Wish me luck!!


May-May's back pack

Mason has been watching Saydee get on the bus every morning for school. Mason went out with me one morning to put Saydee on the school bus. On the way to the end of the driveway, Mason says, " where May-may's back pack?" then he said, "May'may back pack school bus go" he is such a smarty! Unfortunately, I had to explain to him that he had to wait until he was older to go on the school bus. Instead, we went inside and found him this back pack and he was satisfied to wear it around for a while. Still, everymorning Saydee gets on the bus he says, "May-may school bus go"
I don't think he will have any problems going to school when he's old enough.

He was so excited to have this little back pack. It is just his size!



Mike's brother Keith....

Mike's brother Keith came for a visit last week. He and his family live in Maine, so we don't get to see them very often. We got together for a dinner at Mike's dad's house. It was fun to see Mike's family together. They have always been so spread out. Mike's sister, Amy, and her family recently moved here from Iowa and it has been nice for Mike to be with his family more (I think anyway). He has one other sister that lives in West Virginia, but other than that they were all here!Amy's family (Mikes's sister) L to R: Wyatt, Allen, Amy and Justin



The closest thing to a family picture they will probably ever get.
Top row L to R: Keith, Amy
Bottom row L to R: Ralph (Mike's Dad), Mike, Kathy (Mike's sister)




Mr. Fix It....



Mason has a new found love for tools (I wonder where he gets that from???). He has a Handy Manny Tool belt and he loves it. It has Tap (the hammer) and Squeeze (the pliers) and he walks around fixing everything. So if you have anything you need fixed, just let him know he will be glad to help you out!