Discovery Center Fun Day!

Baby Alex having a good time!
Trey loves the water play area the best.

Check out the big fish he snagged here

Mya & Trey fishing together

DeRenee' with her boots on

Discovery collage

Alexandria

Trey digging for some Dino bones

August 2009 "hot & humid"

It took it a while but the usual summer temps and humidity have found thier way here once again. I spent alot of time on the bike last month, while watching Le' Tour de' France seemed to inspire me to get out to ride more often. I've logged 980 miles so far this year not including time on the home trainer so I'm a few months ahead from last year where the total was a little over 1,000 miles for the whole year. My gaol was to hit 2,000 before it gets too cold to ride but I'd settle for 1,500 or maybe 1,800. They rode more than that in the 3 weeks of Tour!

Gardening has its moments, some bad like hardly any tomatoes this year, for some reason they all got some bottom rotting while still green? but mostly we get to enjoy lots of fresh veggies this time of year. If nothing else Grandaddy(Bill) keeps us stocked in corn, peppers, beans and cucumbers. This year has been somewhat challenging but we are seeing some payoffs with the few veggies below and our peach tree! So let me know if you need some super hot peppers or a taste of some fresh peach pie/cobbler, it goes better with some vanilla ice cream!



Habanero plants are starting to bear some baby peppers.

Jalapenos are almost ready to be made into salsa

this is the red cabbage, it has not matured as fast as the green.....

this one is ready for the pickin

I've got a few butternut squash vines doing o.k.

The backyard flower and herb garden seems to be doing well. The number as well as the size of the Voodoo plants this year was a bit surprising!

Peach pickin time, the tree is full. Trey and I picked 2 bags today!

Then we decided to make a peach pie with a crumbled top, he help me measure out all the ingredients and mix it up. We also made some wild rice mix and I grilled a couple of new york strips.

he took this one of me checking the pie after removing some foil around the edge.

The taste of success, "it tastes soo yummy, Dad"

Now time to relax and watch a movie after a long day, he chose "Ratatouille"

Midtown Drive-In

We went to see Ice Age 3 at the drive-in Friday night, Trey loves playing out in the field in front of the screen. The Movie was good, it had lots of laughs.

Katherine's New Car!

Her 2009 HONDA FIT

Don't They Look Cute Together?

Oh Well, Here is a picture of mine too, after a good washing and waxing....

Water Day

Weekend Snapshots

These are some of the scenes from Sunday afternoon..........

Tour De' Cure Finish

These are some pics I received courtesy of the EODT rest stop gals.....

It was 4 hrs. 35 min. in the saddle and 66 miles. The turnout was good and the event was a success with over 500 riders. I want to thank all of our sponsers for helping us make a difference in this cause.


Many Thanks to:
Pam, Mark and baby Alex, Grandaddy, Granny, Nana, Poppy, Jennifer, Scott and Mya and DeRenee', Kay and David, Steve Scarborough, The Atwoods, Tonya Vodilla, Melanie Kelley, Roger Rohtert, and of course EODT for all the hard work they've done and for the Team Jerseys they provided us with.

The Finish Line......

Katherine and Michael Ann finished the 27 mile route together.

Team EODT Jereseys were awesome!

Michael Ann and her Red Rider Jersey

Trey had a good time playing afterwards, ballon sword fighting with his new friend Jake.