Kansas State Fair!

This made it our 4th annual trip to the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson, KS. Not sure what we look forward too the most..........the rides, the animals or the fried food on a stick!!

We got around this morning and hit the road hoping to enjoy the fair before it got really hot this afternoon. And it was really nice this morning walking around. Here are some highlights of our great family day.

Started off our day right by sitting on Daddy's tractors!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And not to be outdone by her brother............lil miss had to have her turn!

Looking at the animals.  There was a similar picture taken of me by the Enid newspaper......oh, probably 30 years ago. It showed up in the paper. Her pointing to the animals reminds me of that picture. I love that she loves the animals.

I had to bribe him to do this for me!

Let the games begin!

Meeting new friends

Our favorite slide. Note Beau in the lower part of the picture and Dad and Bren following. Bren LOVED it!

And now we rest. Fun family Sunday!!!!
PS. That is Brenley's new puppy, Scooby. Her Daddy won it for her today at the fair. Awwww....

Family Affair

Brian's cousin got married Saturday in Winfield, Kansas. It was a lovely day and beautiful ceremony. And we rarely get a chance for a family photo op, so had to post this good looking family!!

Are you ready for some football!?!!?!?!

Second grade, Wolverine tackle football, anyone?

We were ready...........Saturday morning, 8:30AM! It was an early morning but the boys were ready to face the Colts.  Lemme just be a Mom and say how freakin' cute these little boys were all geared out!

Beau played offense most of the game - Left Defensive Guard ( I think). It's sooooo hard for me to find my own son on the field.  I'm just terrible at it. I have to improve. Their jersey's are white with gold numbers, so that's not helping me. But I vow to get better. Right now I just look up at Brian and ask............did he do okay? ha ha

But he did do really well at the game. He even had black marks on his white jersey indicating that he definitely made some contact on several plays. 

The boys looked tough, but I don't care how tough they looked.....the overriding theme was........they were just so stinkin cute!  They looked like little boys playing dress up!  Shhh....don't tell Beau I said that!

Getting warmed up. Or running off extra energy. Hard to tell.

Stretching it out -  pre game.

More warm-up's. But how cool do these boys look?

Getting pumped up for the game by the coaches!

This should be a framed picture. Cute.

That's our guy - #34, Beau Grant.

Oh yeah............all smiles because we WON!!!  20-6 Wolverines defeated the Colts. Three touchdowns, and one safety. Not a bad way to spend the morning. Guess those 3 times a week practices (in the heat - ugh!) paid off!

And as a special treat, his Dad and Uncle took him to Blacktop Nationals car show. What a little stud! Big day.

Luke's 2nd Birthday

Lucas Cooper Grant is 2 - and still cute as ever!  Fun evening celebrating his birthday with family on Saturday, August 21st. He's a ball of fire. Good luck to his mama and daddy keeping up with him!

Here are some cute pic's of the evening. This first one is his new stick horse!  Every boy has to have one!

This is Luke wanting to cut the cake!  Typical two year old wanting to do it himself!

Did he just eat someone or was he diving into the Red Velvet cake his mama made him?

His Dad hosing the blood.......err..........cake off his hands and face.

Let the fun begin with cousin Bren!  Whoo Hooo! Beep Beep!

Isn't this a beautiful picture of baby brother Will? Such a pretty boy!

This is another one of my favorite shots of the night. Beau with Grandma and Grandpa.

This is Beau and his future prom date. Awwwww

And finally, another favorite picture of the birthday boy Luke with his Godfather and Godmother. My my, where does the time go? Happy Birthday, buddy!

1st Day of School!!

Tell me it gets easier from here?!  Surely it does, right?  We sent Beau off to 2nd grade at Maize South Elementary school this morning. We dropped him off at Northridge Academy and then he road the bus to school.  There was some fear in his eyes as he sat on that bus (mostly b/c he goes to school with older kids now - last year it was only a K-1 school). And of course I prayed ALL the way to work for strength and courage for him....and boy, was I ready for 5:00 so I could race home to see him!

And he had a good day. Got a little lost trying to lcoate his classroom once he got off the bus, but he made it just fine. He sure did look cute. He knows a few of the kids. Told me his teacher was nice. Recess was a lot of fun. Lunch is really late. And those are the highlights...pretty much in that order.

Brenley also dressed the part for her first day of school. Same room, but different teacher.  She had her supplies to take also.  So we snapped some cute pictures of our cutie pies..........and now the day is almost over. We all survived!  Whew!  Prayers were answered. Thank you Lord for letting my babies have a happy and safe day. Here is to an even better 2010-2011 school year (and a little girl that gets potty trained!). ha ha