Forney Drifters

Soccer is almost over for the season :(

A few shots from todays rainy game:

coach gavin, jesse, phillip, tim, dillon, adam, coach bobby, hasheem,

evan, luke, tyler, jonathan, zack & daniel

don't try to get a ball past this goal keeper - or you'll encounter this ugly face!

daddy doesn't ever sit during the games - he should get paid to be the line judge!

maggie was cold and wet!

tim had a celebratory gatorade poured on his head!

Queens Ball

In east Texas every year, they have a Yamboree!

This is a HUGE deal - and a Queen is crowned.

Our niece, Lindsey, was nominated to be the queen this year,

and she invited Maggie and Justin to attend the Queens Ball.

We all drove out to watch the Coronation Ceremony, and

I snapped a few pics at the ball before leaving the kids to dance it up!

Maggie and her handsome escort, Justin

Rebecca, Lindsey and Maggie

(they missed you, Summer!)

Tommy and his little sister, Brenda

Papa and a few of his girls

What a pimp - with all of his ladies!

Brenda and her husband, Keith

It was a crazy long night - we left for Gilmer at 5:00p.m

& got back into town at just before 4:00a.m!

Boy, were we tired out!

It was well worth it though - Lindsey looked so beautiful in her sparkling coronation gown, Rebecca was a stunner in her long red dress,

& Maggie and Justin were a perfect pair in their silver and black.

GOLF!

Maggie played in her first golf tournament this week!

She played on the Old course at Firewheel in Garland.

They played a full 18 hole game, and she scored a 112 - she was less than thrilled.

I baked her a"Yay - You are a Golfer" cake to mark the occasion!

What was left after Michael and Maggie sat down with the cake to chat!

(Just as a side note - Michael and Maggie have been friends for a very long time - since way back when he was her primary teacher - i think she was probably only 8 or 9 years old!

I'll have to dig up a cute pic that I have of the two of them from back then!

He is family at this point!)

Can a BluRay disk get worn out?

Maybe I should buy an extra copy just in case - I have a feeling the kids might need it for this particular movie!

halloween prep

FHE this week was getting down halloween decorations and putting them out - then a little baking to end the evening.

tim getting out the spider webbing - its awfully close to Christmas - he is a scary St. Nick

what is more scary - my 10 year old teetering on the shaky ladder, or the gross spider?

tommy did his part by holding the supplies and making faces

Once it got too dark to do anymore outdoor decorating, we headed inside for treats:

justin frosting his pumpkin shaped cake - he chose NOT to use a decorator bag or tips to embellish, just a knife!

maggie claimed the haunted house - it came out of the box smashed, so they were piecing it back together the best that they could!

tommy turned on a little MC Hammer - Can't touch this - Tim says "Stop, Hammer time!"

He ALWAYS gets distracted by his need to dance!

pretty sure there is a pumpkin face in there somewhere!

a ninja turtle pumpkin and an almost finished house - not bad considering it was once a smashed to bits house!

Hahahaha!! Watch out justin!

Acorns and Golf Clubs

So, evidently if you want to get acorns out of a mesquite tree (huh?) all you need is a golf club and a good swing!

a little "magic twirling" of the club gives it just the power it needs to knock them all down!

Unfortunately, i came out to snap a picture too late - this is what was left of the acorns from the mesquite tree (again, huh?) that COVERED the trampoline!

I guess the jumping hurts a little more than previously thought when you have bare feet!

They got brushed off pretty quickly!

Some of their treasure from the day!

Let me just say - for those who feel like video games and media have taken over your kids lives, and wonder what happened to the good old days when a kid was happy with a box or a simple jump rope to play with - this is the answer - a magic club and a little nice weather!

Tim and his friends were at it ALL DAY - seriously, from just after breakfast until dark!

Love those Mesquite Tree Acorns!

This is Monkey

Tim has had Monkey forever - Monkey sleeps with tim whether he is at home, on vacation or spending the night at a friends house.

I'm pretty sure that there will come a point when he will be embarrassed to pack Monkey up and take him places, but so far that hasn't happened.

Monkey is a lucky guy!

Tim always pulls the hairs on the top of Monkeys head with his teeth - you would think Monkey would be bald by now!