MiniMats Carnival!!

This evening, Chandler's school had a carnival to raise money for some new playground equipment. It was supposed to be outside, but it was REALLY windy so they moved it indoors. Both kids had a great time!!

Digging for worms-REAL ONES!! At one time, Cheney was entertaining about 3 little girls with his worms that he found!! GROSS!!

Having fun!

Hoop Shoot!!

Ring Toss!!

Chandler is playing a game with her friend, Ella. Billy went to High School with both of Ella's parents. It sure is fun to live in a small town where you can see your friends everywhere you go!

Chandler loves art!

Can you guess whose eye?

Ok, so there are two pics with the H-E-Buddy. Let me explain--both kids would NOT look at the camera at the SAME time!!

Chandler is doing bubble painting with her teacher, Mrs. Ann. It is really cool--they put food coloring in bubbles and then blow bubbles on the paper. When the bubbles pop, they leave a mark. It is very abstract but very cool!

They had a FANTASTIC artist there to do face-painting. Both kids wanted their arms painted though--Cheney said "WOW! She is really talented!"

We were all LUAUed out-but you can tell we had a wonderful time!!

However, Chandler wasn't ready to go home. She had to get on the moon bounce one more time with her friend, Keegan. I am so glad that she gets along with her classmates so well!! She LOVES going to school each day!!

Cheney's Garden

We have always wanted to have a small garden. Homegrown tomatoes taste so good!! Because we have so many trees, it really hasn't been possible. Last Spring, a bad storm twisted up one of our trees and we had to cut it down. I have been trying to figure out what to do with that area. I finally convinced Billy that we needed a garden, so he constructed a raised area, had dirt delivered, and today the plants were planted. Last night at Home Depot, Cheney was insisting on buying potato plants! I finally convinced him to grow tomatoes, strawberries, watermelon and peppers. He threw in a package of sweet corn seeds for good measure. Today was planting day!! Stay tuned to see our garden grow...hopefully we can keep the squirrels away from the tomatoes!!!

The Blog Gets Hijacked!

This blog was created by Cheney and Billy - not Mommy!!!

The Boys went to the Drag Races Saturday Night!!!

Cheney and Daddy have been wanting to go to the San Antonio Raceway for a long time and since Mommy was stuck in the closet we made our getaway! With ear protection, jackets, and cameras in hand we made the short trek down Interstate 10 to the 1/4 mile raceway.

When we arrived, the parking lot was filling up fast so we made our way to the Grandstands, right after stopping at the pizza tent for pizza, lemonade, and sweet tea? Not the normal Drag race food of turkey legs and adult beverages, but ours was much better.

Two of the cars doing their burnouts. These cars were loud but not loud enough for the ear muffs.

Two other cars taking off. The car in the far lane ended up being Cheney's favorite of the night, besides the "flame thrower cars".

Cheney enjoying his $5 lemonade. Yummy!

After watching some races and one of the cars "blowing up" as Cheney says (driver was ok, just the engine blew up), we decided to go over to Pit Row to check out some of the cars up close and personal.

This was one of the coolest cars there. It had an amazing paint job of an alligator. As we were checking it out, one of the crew leaders came over and talked to us and told Cheney to crawl inside it so I could take his picture. Everyone we talked to and met was so friendly. We could have just hung out with them all night.

The Raceway also had a small midway set up along side pit road and we of course HAD to slide down the slide a few times.

THEN CAME THE LOUD "TOP FUEL DRAGSTERS". THESE CARS LITERALLY SHOOK THE GROUND AND STANDS AND YOU COULD FEEL YOUR WHOLE BODY SHAKING WHEN THEY WENT DOWN THE TRACK!

When it got dark, the light show the cars put on when the flames would shoot out of the exhaust was amazing. Sorry about the blurry picture but when the cars are going 250 mph, it's hard to capture them properly. I think you get the idea though.

This is the "Wheelie Bus". It did a wheelie ALL the way down the 1/4 mile track. This thing got the loudest cheer of the night.

Just a cool car we saw by the pits when we were leaving. It's a cool "rat rod".

Let me explain: As we were leaving, the "triple jet engine semi truck" came up to make a pass down the track. By the time it got to the starting line Cheney and I were almost directly behind it. This thing started its afterburners and warming up and the next thing I know is that we were COVERED in smoke and exhaust that we couldn't even see 3 feet in front of us. I gave Cheney his jacket to cover his face and eyes from the smoke. This lasted for about 3 minutes. IT WAS AWESOME. hahaha

Thanks for letting us Hijack your blog Mommy (and for letting us have a boys night out). We love you!!!

EXPRESS VS. SAND GNATS

I don't know if I have told you, but our team name is the EXPRESS. I think it is a pretty cool team name--like the Round Rock Express. However, there are some teams in our league that I wouldn't want to be called. One of them is the SAND GNATS and that is who we played today. The weather was beautiful--it was a little too cool for me but the sun was out early. It made it a great day for a ballgame!!

Cheney & his coach (Daddy) standing at attention while the flag was raised & they played the National Anthem.

Chandler & MeMe during the ceremony.

We got to bat first today. Cheney was the last batter this week.

While Cheney was waiting, Chandler was peeking under the fence to see just what goes on in the dug out!!

Cheney getting some last minute instructions from his coach.

I was pretty impressed, he hit the ball hard!

The 3rd base coach is telling Cheney to RUN!! He made it to home--A HOMERUN!! Way to go, buddy!!!!

He was very proud of the run he scored!!

Up at bat again!!

Great action shot!! This time he got tagged out at home--too bad because he ran HARD!!!

After 3 innings, the game is over. We don't know who won because we don't keep score--everyone bats everytime!! The kids don't care. They just want to have fun & it seems like they do judging by the smiles on their faces!

Way to go guys!! GOOD GAME!!

One...Two...Three...GO EXPRESS!!

Dirtiest Jobs

Cheney & Chandler are trying to make their version of "Dirtiest Jobs." They helped Pop scoop alpaca poop!! It was smelly, but they thought it was great fun!!

Future Matadors??

Since Cheney got his basketball goal for his birthday, he has gone outside almost every afternoon to play. Most afternoons, he puts on his IPOD to listen to music while he is playing. On Saturday, Micayla & Justin brought Chandler her birthday present--they weren't able to be at her party. When Cathy asked me what to get Chandler, I knew right away...her OWN basketball. I had seen some pink ones at Target & they got her one!! Today, they were both home playing so I snapped some pictures.

Looking sweet...they both got new tennis shoes this afternoon!

Bubba was sweet & moved Chandler's little goal over by his so they could play "together"

We need to work on his form! Laura, can you come visit??

Chandler spends most of her time holding her ball & watching what Bubba does.

One handed??