Weekend Wrap-up

Friends+Football+Carwash+Thrifting+Boating= A very busy weekend!

Over the past weekend the Jones and Co came to visit.  Katie arrived Thursday to watch Logan play some football.

One of the random shots I love

Some of the players showing off for the camera

You see the ball Logan, now tackle him!

AWESOME play of the game....See my kid, #60, on the left....

See the tackle on the right...

What you don't see is the ball popping out of his hands and Logan diving onto it...

Fumble Recovery!  Way to go Logan!  He's the one on the ground clutching the ball for dear life. :)

The teams, coaches and ref's look to see if Logan has possession....

He does.  His teammates give him pats on the back.  Well done!

Walking off the field with the biggest grin ever, mouth guard and all.

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Friday Katie and I went antiquing.  Did not find much.  But had fun looking.

As usual we tried on Vintage hats.

Friday night we headed on down to Kentucky to our friend Stephanie's house.  She made us some dinner, ok so we ate her leftovers, and then we made some cute cards.  She's a great Stampin' Up rep.  You can see her stampin' site here.

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Saturday was Castle Carwash Fundraiser Day.

The day started out gray, but ended up sunny.

The freshmen had the first shift.

This is Logan's buddy.  Not sure who had more soap on them, Nathaniel or the cars!

Logan in action.  He hates when I take his picture, so he avoids me and I sneak in a few shots.

Just one of the photos I took and it's one of my favorites!

Later that day we made our rounds to the Thrift stores and a few garage sales.

I bought this set of dishes for $4! (6 plates, 6 bowls....one of the bowls was in the dishwasher)

Other great buys not pictured:  A Hollister sweater for Evan for $2.50 and a sled for .50 so my kids won't have to use the trash can lids again this winter.  

Also some clothes for the niece and nephew for .25 and .50 each piece.  What a bargain!

Later in the day on Saturday, Katie's sister, brother and brother's finance came down to go boating with us.

Here is Isaiah showing everyone how to use the rope swing.

(all these images taken with my cell phone)

Convincing Lita to jump.

Cool sunflare along the beach

Dennis, Joe, Alisha, Lita, Katie and Logan

Sunset cruise

Sisters Lita and Katie on the sunset cruise.  The sun was turning everything yellow.

Katie and Jodie on the sunset cruise

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Sunday we all went to church and then out to Lunch.

After lunch we all headed down to Isaiah's football game.

I had to work in the concession stand, so I did not get to take any pictures that day.

Maybe Katie has some?  Katie??

Thanks for sharing our weekend wrap up with us.

Did you have a fun filled weekend?

Tell me what you did.

Evan + Stephanie

I took my oldest son, Evan and his girlfriend Stephanie downtown to scout out a new location for a senior shoot.  Here are some of the images we captured that day.

This building used to be the Evansville Jail.  It was built in the 1800's and now houses a local attorney's office.  One of the attorneys came out and asked us if we wanted to take a tour of the inside.

Of course we said yes!

This photo was taken inside one of the original jail cells.

I locked the kids up for smooching in public.  hehe

Thanks for taking time to look.

Volunteers

Last spring (09) Dennis and I put a new flowerbed in along the side of the house.  I put a few iris's in there that my friend Stephanie gave me.  I had some extra space and so I decided to plant some vegetables.  My yard is very shady, and this side of the house does get some sun.  Most of my veggies didn't fare well.  They grew, but very slowly.  I was harvesting zucchini in September and green peppers in November.  What did do well were the tomatoes.  So well that they self seeded themselves throughout the flowerbed.  I pulled all but 3 or 4 plants.  They have grown all summer, they are about 4 feet tall and growing strong.  I went out the other morning to pick the ripe maters.  Here are some photos just before I picked.

And look who I found on the front porch step.

A little yellow fellow with black spiky hairs.

He is from the American Dagger Moth family.

This is what he looks like today.......

And should he not become lunch anytime soon, he will cocoon and emerge as this rather boring looking fellow.  I will probably see his hanging out at the nearest light bulb.

Have a great day!

Manly Men

Before the first day of school Evan and his friends Carlos and Evan the other Evan, as I like to call him, decided to build a campfire out back, set up a tent and sleep under the stars (well in a tent, but you know what I mean).

My Evan made it until about 6am, Carlos made it till 9am, but Evan the other Evan came crawling into the house in search of air conditioning and a comfy mattress at 2 am.

They cooked their dinner, made smores and roasted ears of corn on the campfire.  But that was about the end of roughing it as it got.  The ran an extension cord out to the tent, took a TV and a game systems out there too.