Trick or Treat

Happy Halloween!

Walkin' the walk

Alright, we spend a lot of time talking about bull riding and this past weekend the kids and I finally walked the walk and climbed on the huge animal...kinda. Jenni and I took the kids to the American Royal Family Fun Day on Saturday and they had rodeo university for the kids where they could climb on replica horses and bulls and learn how to rope and ride. So Jonathon and Kayla took thier turns on the devices, it was kind of funny because the lady that was helping the kids learn to ride bulls was suprised when Jonny Robert hopped aboard, tied down and told her with a nod of the head, "Okay, let's go." And the kid looked like he was a champ. Kayla also showed off her abilities and made mommy and daddy proud that our little girl could conquer the big plastic beast.



Well the babies got thier rides in and it was time for Old Daddy to put up or shut up, so I was convinced by my lovely bride and two beautiful babies to give the mechanical beast the ride of it's life. Jenni, decided that just taking a picture of this momentus occasion wouldn't be good enough so she quickly used our camera to take a video. I'm going to try and share the last little bit with you all. I think you will all agree that I whipped that bull.



Although the next morning I sure didn't feel like I whipped it, I now understand the use of chaps.

There are times.....

Pumpkins: guts and gore

Our growing little family ventured down to the old pumpkin patch this past weekend and picked out this years jack-o-lantern victim. It was a grand ole time, the kids rode a train, played on the playground, rode little tractor tricycles, and of course picked out our pumpkins.

After we picked out those pumpkins we promptly took them home and cracked them open to make our stoop squatters.

Bull Riding

As you all know the kids are really into rodeo, especially the bull riding. So Jenni and I bought tickets to the PBR (that's Professional Bull Riding, not Pabst Blue Ribbon). It was two hours of bull riding that we all really enjoyed and we'll probably try it again next time the tour is in town.

Roller Skating

It's been a long time since we posted, but we've been super busy with many different projects and activities. One of the big projects is my goal to re-finish our basement. I don't know if you all know but last spring we got some water in the basement and it ruined the floors. Well, since we had to redo all the floors we went ahead and painted and replaced some trim and some other little things that we didn't like from the first time we finished the basement.

Well one night while I was cutting some trim Jenni decided to let Jonathon try out his roller skates that he got for his birthday. He put them on and in true boy fashion found the incline and started his stunts. Well, it only took one or two crashes for him to give that up and he passed the skates on Kayla. She did pretty well and really enjoyed skating, even with her new bruises.