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Posted on Sunday, February 02, 2014
Travis Tritt Concert
Jason invited Stacey to go with Stephanie, Tommy and him to see Travis
Tritt at the Plaza Theatre in Glasgow. Tommy was the driver and they all
picked Stacey up about 4:30 PM. Jason came in the house and Stacey and
he exchanged Christmas presents before leaving.
They
went to Glasgow and had dinner at a new restaurant called Sidelines.
Stacey said the food was good and that they had a lot of TV screens to
watch while eating. Tommy drove everyone to the Plaza, parked the car
and they all walked to their seats inside. Stacey said, for some reason,
Tommy had to sit in the balcony while the others sat on the main floor.
Stacey
said Travis put on a really good show, that he played for two hours, and
then did a one song encore before leaving.
Tommy
brought everyone back to Burkesville with Stacey getting home a little
before midnight. The next morning she was still talking about Travis'
show and the fun she had with Jason.
Kyle's 4th Birthday
We left the farm a little before 11 AM and headed to Pauline and Brent's
house to attend a birthday party for Kyle. It was his fourth. We were a
little early, but soon Wyatt and Kaden came in, they were buddies from
the baby sitters. Grandma Dorothy, Ashley and Shelly came by too.
Pauline began the party with a game that had the kids running back and
forth, putting on Batman outfits and racing with each other. They also
played a hide and seek type of game before going to the dining room for
cake and ice cream.
Kyle
blew out the 4 candles on his 'Batman' cake, then Pauline dipped
everyone ice cream to enjoy with their cake.
We
all moved back to the living room when we finished with the cake and ice
cream to watch as Kyle opened his birthday presents. It was hard for
Julie and the other kids to keep their hands back while Kyle tore into
the surprises.
Posted on Friday, February 14, 2014
Happy Valentines' Day
Brent had a simple medical procedure done at the Dr's
office and needed a break from the kids jumping around, so Stacey and I
headed to their house to pick up the kids. We stopped and talked with
Brent and loaded up the kids' suitcases and various paraphernalia before
picking up Julie and Kyle at the babysitter. We rode towards home in a
steady rain and that made it tough finding a good parking spot at
Wal-Mart when we stopped for a few groceries. We quickly picked up the
things we needed and made the run back to the farm. Linda was home when
we arrived and told Stacey that there had been a delivery for her while
we were gone. Jason had the bouquet delivered to Stacey for Valentine's
Day. Several of the flowers and the ribbon were Stacey's favorite color.
Posted on Sunday, February 23, 2014
Weekend's Nice Weather
We had fairly nice weather for the weekend. It was 67 degrees on
Saturday and around 60 degrees on Sunday. Pauline, Brent and their kids
came over Friday evening and stayed until Sunday afternoon. We were
outside most of the daylight hours on Saturday and quite a bit on Sunday
too. We took the tractor across the creek and brought back one of the
rejected logs from when the loggers were working on the farm. It was
hollow, so Linda wanted it made into a flower 'box'. We used the
chainsaw to cut out one side, which made it look like a canoe with holes
in both ends. After that we spent some time trying to get a big rope
over one of the limbs of the pecan tree for a swing. Of course, the rope
with a board tied on, became wedged in the tree between two limbs, and
we had to get it loose before we finally were able to get the rope in
the proper location for the swing. The kids immediately began swinging.
Sunday,
we went to the gravel bar in the creek and then we threw rocks in the
creek. This was something that Julie, Kyle, Brent and I have done for a
long time and the kids always want to go do it. We also played Frisbee
in the hay field while Daisy was running.
After
lunch, Brent had wanted to do some chainsawing, so we took the tractor
and the saw and went back in the 'holler' to cut up a few trees that had
fallen across the branch and were blocking the trail. It was easier than
I thought. We just dropped the trees on down to the ground in long
sections, chained them together and drug them out of the narrow area to
an open spot to cut up at a later day. Pauline and Brent went home
around 3:30 PM.
