Weekend Update....

Wow, I am not even sure where to begin, I feel like my head is going to explode with everything that is going on!! I guess I will start with Sunday and work my way backwards, sorta.....

Gunner made it home from his Alaska Adventure. I didn't realize how much I missed the little (ok, not so little anymore) shit! He looked so grown up in the airport! No real problems or mishaps on his flight home. He did say that Anchorage airport is kinda confusing and really boring and he did call me about an hour before his flight was to board. Evidently there was a bag left unattended and there was an annoucement that the airport was going to be evacuated, but thankfully that was called off before they actually evacuated. Gunner said if they would have been evacuated it would have been atleast a 2 hour delay for his flight home. Glad that didn't happen!! So he made it home and now has to focus his attention on Fair. Not sure how much his pig weighs, but I sure hope she makes the 220 lb mark, I don't really want to have to pay for butchering after everything else I have paid for (although a freezer full of pork would be nice!). Hopefully I will be able to see him "show" her and get some pictures.

Too add further chaos to an already chaotic week, Drake's baseball team is going to the State Tournament. As it ended up, we were the 2nd Seed (should have been first, but ya know, shit happens, long explanation). Ended up with a record of 15-3 league and 24-9 total, not too shabby! Their first game is Noon on Thursday, in Keizer, and then when they play from there depends on if they win or lose. They will play Friday for sure (which we were originally supposed to leave on Friday for vacation HA!!) Will post updates as I can, either here or some of the other mom's will post on facebook as well.

We did have a chance to do a little recreating, had free tickets to the Corvallis Knights game on Saturday. What a beautiful evening for a baseball game. I must be weird, but I enjoy going and watching. It was OSU Alumni something or other, so Benny the Beaver was there and Drake got to shake hands with him (and Drake is a Duck Fan no less). Knights won, it was a good game (hopefully things will settle down and we can go to 1 or 2 more).
Think that is all for now, will post as I can....

AHHHHH....Refreshing...

I know I was one of those people that was really sick of the rain and really wanted the sun and really wanted it to be summer, but REALLY, did we have to got to a 100 degree day with no warm up or preparation??!!!

Well, not sure how I managed it, but I left work at 1:00 today and took Drake and Dylan over to Otter Beach in Corvallis. All I can say is, does no one work anymore?? Holy Cow it was soo crowded. We got there about 1:20 and had to stand in line for about 15 minutes and then when we got in, there were, obviously, no chairs and very little cement left that was not covered by a towel, chair or body. Well we did find a little spot and the boys spent some time in the water (I read a book and if I could have got comfortable, I would have taken a nap!). I think the boys had fun, there was lots to "see", somethings are just not meant to be seen (man boobs are just wrong!). There were lots of people, but very little clothes, have not seen that many bikinis in one place. It was kinda fun to people watch. I am sure what I "saw" and what the boy's "saw" were viewed differently. When I was teasing them about all the girls, I am not sure if they were blushing or got some sun on their cheeks :D.After swimming we had to stop at ColdStone and get some ice cream. I think it made for a very enjoyable afternoon. Wish every day could be like that!!

A little Peace and Quiet....

What a nice peaceful weekend....did not answer texts or calls (except Gunner sorry peeps), did not have netbook so no email or facebook, no drama, no expections, no bullshit :D. Mark, Drake and I went to Central Oregon camping. We stayed where we ususally camp for deer hunting. Drake and Mark went up the canyon and fished the Little Deschutes, just the two of them. I had to :D stay at camp and watch the dogs. I managed to finish a book, read 3 more and start a forth (have not done THAT in a lonnggg time). I also read about 4 magazines and worked on my tan. It was a really relaxing time. The only bad parts were, all the dust and I could have done without the mosquitos!! I was even too lazy to take any pictures. We did come Sunday afternoon, things do to, people to see. Drake has a baseball game tonight (and tomorrow and Thursday) and we need to get some laundry done and groceries bought, all that fun stuff.

The next couple weeks will be busy, busy!! Drake finishes up league play this week (and there is a stupid football meeting this week, how can I think about football already!), looks like his team is going to State Tourney......Gunner comes home on Sunday and then the next weekened is Linn County Fair (hope his pig makes weight) and State Tourney, whewwww I am tired just thinking about it!! But then, we are on vacation for week, with no where to be and nothing to be done (well except a whole lot of fishing and camping) WAHHOOOO!! Can't wait.

That is it for now, will post pics and updates as things happen. Hope everyone had a good and safe 4th of July!

Gunner Update

Anyone wanting a Gunner update, you can read Nichole's blog (hope you don't mind Nichole) http://kephartsinalaska.blogspot.com/

Here is a picture of Gunner with his first Artic Grayling, caught on a Fly Rod..

Another Glorious Weekend...

Atleast once we got there!! We had made these reservations for Diamond Lake, WAYYYY back in January. AND of course, just our luck, the ONLY Friday baseball game that was scheduled for ALL season was this weekend (atleast it was a home game). So we have our game at 6:00 P.M. and, of course, we are tied at the end of 6 innings and go into extra innings. Well we ended up winning the game, scored the winning run in the bottom of the 7th, so we were now clear to get the hell out of dodge!!

We had to run home, hook up, pick up Drake's friend (Gunner is still in Alaska) and away we went. It was a long ass drive, in the dark. It was a good thing Dylan was awake because he spotted almost every deer about 10-15 seconds before Mark. We get down to Diamond Lake area, the moon is full and well, we don't know where the hell we are going. We managed to miss BOTH places to turn and had to find a place to turn around with the trailer, not easy on that road and in the dark. Needless to say we took the long way to our campground/spot. BUT boy was it worth it. We got to our spot about 12:30 A.M., hucked all the crap out of the trailer, made the beds and went to sleep.

Woke up to a beautiful sunny saturday, this was the view from our campspot.The boys all went out fishing on Saturday and I stayed at camp to "watch" the dogs, read a book, read some magazines, read the whole week's worth of newspapers and worked on my tan....Bye Boys, have fun :DMark and Leslie each caught a 19" pluser and Dylan and Drake each caught 3 fish about 13-15" (sorry not pics, I was not in the boat and they cleaned them before I could take pictures).

After fishing the boys decided they wanted to go swimming, hey, more power to ya boys, have at it, and swimming they did. They played in the water for about 1/2 hour. Of course their lips were blue when they were done!!
Silly Boys!!!

Got up Sunday morning and had a good nutrious breakfast and went out fishing again. We decided Diamond Lake is a saturday fishing lake. Drake caught one, Nick caught 2 he threw back and Mark missed a big one (HEHEHE)

After fishing, the boys wanted to do paddle boats, so we went to the resort and rented them a paddle boat for an hour. I think they had fun and the view was awesome!
Other than the mosquitos, it was a good weekend and I think a good time was had by all. Of course, when just ONE of your cupboards looks like this, how can it be a bad weekend? Diet, What Diet??!!

Gunner's Adventure...

Plane Ticket home from Fairbanks $375.00

Passport $100.00

Memory Card for Camera $12.00

Many miles traveled, 3 weeks from home, hopefully many fish caught and a memory card full of pics: PRICELESS...

Let the adventure begin....Have a good time Gunner (LOVE YA)!
Miss you already Big Brother!!!

~~HEAVEN~~

Or atleast my little slice of it.......

I am currently sitting at the picnic table outside the trailer at Newport and it is BEAUTIFUL!!!! I can not believe how nice it is over here, especially after all the rain we have had recently.
This is our first camping trip of the year, kinda a spur of the moment. The kids were done with school on Thursday, we had no baseball this weekend, so why not, let's go camping.

woke up to clear blue beautiful skies, no fog. It did get a little chilly last night (boys were in the tent) but other than some wind, I can't complain.
The boys got up this morning about 5:30 and went to Waldport and went clamming, I stayed here with the dogs hehe. They ended up with about 50 steamer clams, and right now they are off surf perch fishing, so we know for sure having clams for dinner and if no fish, then we are going to town to buy oysters YUMM

It is a rough life camping, I think gunner looks a little too relaxed, had to ruin that peace and quiet after I took the pic. And of course we eat healthy when we are camping (this is a no weight watchers weekend). They are enjoying hash browns, bacon, eggs and nothing quite says breakfast like an ice cold Mtn Dew.
Went to the beach and let the kids and dogs run, had to fly the kite for awhile and then the kids got cold. The Carribean waters this is not!!

That is about all we have accomplished so far, just kicking back and enjoying the nice quiet sunshine. (I was almost asleep in the lounge chair until a damnn crow made noise) Oh well, I would have got a sunburn anyways!