Saturday, October 06, 2007

Bluegrass Fun!


Zach, Wyatt and I went to Hannibal to hear the Lewis Family, expecting to be in an air conditioned auditorium. Surprise, surprise, surprise. It was outdoors, under a tent....HOT! Never the less, we did enjoy it very much. We expected to see and hear the Lewis family, and we did, but we also heard several other groups as well! One group (Arlington) was exceptional. They were a family group, four kids and their parents, plus one cousin. They were really good. Kids ages 6, 7, 8 and 10 and they all sang well and played at least one instrument! Zach and Wyatt shared their toys with one of the little girls when she wasn't on stage performing. They were so cute, and have a lot of talent! I expect we'll see and hear more of them in the future. The Lewis family put on an outstanding performance, even exceeding our expectations. In spite of the heat and humidity, they really put on an energetic show.


We had a really pleasant and enjoyable time. We arrived early enough to eat lunch at the Golden Corral. Both boys seemed to enjoy their meal, although Wyatt went through a couple plates just figuring out what he likes. He ended up eating two chicken legs, a biscuit, grapes, a tiny taste of meatloaf, sausage, pizza which he didn't like, and ice cream with gummy bears. Both Zach and I were really surprised that Wyatt didn't like the pizza, so Zach tried it. He said, "he's right, it tastes funny." Zach rushed through the "good for you" food to get to the desserts.

Wednesday, October 03, 2007

A Most Unusual Sight!

Those of you who know my Dad well will realize what a unique picture I have posted! I went over to help Mom save some pictures on her computer, and when I got there, Dad was working on Betty's car. He was putting a new thermostat in...or something like that. Anyway, I just had to get a picture because it's pretty unusual to see Dad under the hood of a car.

I was able to get pictures of our "new" additions to the growing goat population yesterday. The old bearded gray goat is Bully. We'd thought to call her Nanny, but she's so mean to the others that we just call her Bully. She has settled down some since Saturday, but she's still a bully, and may be leaving here because of her inability to "get along well with others". Barney, on the other hand is very sweet and I think she's cute. She's young, so we're not sure how big she might get. She's actually our tallest goat I think, but she's still lighter than Buttons. They have been here long enough to recognize the hand that feeds them. They follow Dennis around like puppies.

Dennis had taken down the old fence that was around our pond a while back, but he'd not taken the posts out. Monday, I went out to help and we got that job done. Of course, I did the easy part. I just ran the backhoe, raising and lowering as needed. Naturally, I got some pictures of him doing his part. Once the posts were all pulled out, I went back to school while he filled the postholes.

Monday, October 01, 2007

Is There Really a Pot of Gold at the End of a Rainbow?


If that's true, then the pot of gold is on our place! This is the rainbow I saw as I was coming home this morning. The end of it appears to be right on our place. I'll be out looking for that pot of gold today!
In other weekend "news"...Snowy went back to the sale barn. We sold him and bought a cute little nanny kid. Wyatt named her Barney. We should have left then, but I like to stay for the whole thing, and ended up buying another very nice looking nanny for a very low price. We got her home and think we've discovered why she went to the sale barn. What a bully! She's so mean to Buttons and Barney that we're thinking she's going to have to find a new home!
That's it for now. Dennis brought the backhoe down from Travis' house, and we're going to work on taking out some old rotted fence posts. I better get out there to help before he comes looking for me.