Sunday, October 26, 2008

Special last two weeks

We've had a wonderful last two weeks. We had Shar's birthday. Oh, Oh, a quarter of a century! Us ladies went to the park for a noon picnic. We enjoyed each other and the kids loved the playground.

































That evening we went to El Charro and had the back room. Both Shar and Preston, whose birthday was the 20th, opened some presents.



























Then we had our 2nd roping on Saturday. We had 112 teams! Everything went off great.















Here's J.J. and Charlie. They got drawn together.








Lana and I watching from the sidelines.











Scott working the chute, and J.J. jumped in to turn that stubborn calf.











Shar and Karen Lines doing the announcing and bookkeeping.














After all the big cowboys left, the little cowboys got their turn around the arena. THANKS AUNT JODI! Lana and her boys took their turns too.












Hanging out after it was over.















Aiden wanted down in the worst way, so finally, Ciminy let Steven put him down and boy did he love the dirt!
















































Then today, Sunday, we had SCOTT'S 55th birthday.



















Blowing out the candles











Opening the presents.




OH, what was in the purple box?














Can you see it?


































Yep, it's a new puppy. Scott has missed his ride around in the truck dog, so I gave him one of our new pups. Of course, I picked the cutest one!!


















































Steven doing the balancing act with the cake!







After opening the presents, we played the sign game, where everyone has a sign and you pass your sign to another person in the group. They accept it by doing their sign and passing it on to another person all without the person in the middle seeing who did what!


Shar's sign was shrugging her shoulders.
























Jodi's was pulling her ear.






















I touched my nose.






















Justin touched the top of his head.























J.J.'s was his little finger.

















Ciminy's was an eye wink.

























Sneaky Chauncy was "thumbs up





















Scott finally agreed to play and became the "Smokin' Gun"
We've all had a great weekend and really do enjoy each others company. We are truely blessed to have such a loving family!















11 comments:

Marilyn said...

JOYCE! Welcome to blog land. Except you've had a blog since FEBRUARY and haven't told me???? oh well-keep up the posting. What happened to your arm?

jen said...

What a fun weekend! Happy birthday to all you guys! We celebrated Zoe & Luke's this month too. Busy October!! I adore that puppy. What a cutie and such a thoughtful gift...

linda crandall said...

Your family is sooo much fun...it looks like a fun weekend!!

Happy Birthday to you all :)

Lisa said...

What a great Weekend!! Sounds like a super busy one! Lots of Birthdays too. Tell everyone happy birthday! What happened to your arm?

Allyson said...

What happened to your arm? Hope your okay. Nice to see you in blogging world. I love to see all these fun pictures of you all!

kristie said...

What a fun filled weekend. My dad's birthday is this weekend. Do you think he would like a puppy as much as Scott?

What did you do with your arm?

Kassi Jane said...

looks liek you all had a great time

Marci said...

I'm a little jealous that all your fam lives so close...reminds me of the good times as a kid! Looks like you guys have had some good times lately! Hope all is well with you guys! Love ya

Patrice said...

Oh, that sounds like so much fun. How blessed you are to all spend so much time together and to enjoy it at the same time!

LaSchelle and Kurt said...

Oh my gosh! How fun! I would love to come watch the ropin someday. I would love to ride also---not in the rodeo by the way.
That is one of the things I miss the most about the farm. The horses.
Love ya and miss ya.
I'm dittoing everyone else and wondering what happened to your arm?

Lori said...

Looks like a GREAT weekend! Love Shar's haircut! Love the signing game! Miss you all! What happened to your arm? Hope to come to one of your roping events! Have a Happy Halloween! Happy Birthday to all! Love ya!