4th of July Part #4 - What happens when Buster gets a hold of my camera

Reason # 4 why this 4th of July was a dream come true:  Timmy and Buster were off duty and I got to have them BOTH home for the holiday.

But heaven forbid I should put my camera down to enjoy the party by eating because Buster stole my camera and attempted to do a little blog photography himself. 

Buster--just leave the camera alone and let me do the blog photography......

Stay tuned for episode #5-4th of July Minute to Win It

4th of July Part #3 - BBQ

The third reason that this 4th of July was a dream come true:

Our super big back yard is so nice and shady that it made the perfect place to BBQ

Timmy made the perfect grill master wearing my cute little apron. (I don't think he realized that it was my apron he was wearing-----big guy in a little apron!)

Stayed tuned for 4th of July Part #4----What happens when I put my camera down and Buster decides to play photo master

4th of July Part #2 - Arts & Crafts

Reason #2 why this 4th of July was a dream come true

Having a great big back yard with great big shady trees for everyone to spread out and enjoy themselves.

Our first activity: Arts and Crafts

And for the 4th of July we red-white-and-blue-tye-dyed t-shirts

Of course tye-dye wasn't YoBob's scene so he gathered up his partner-in-crime

and took her off to visit the chickens

Up next:

4th of July BBQ

Happy Birthday Uncle Jill

Happy Birthday to my original Blog Model.

I would like to think that because of me and my dynomite photo arranging skills in Grandma Billies backyard back in the day,

Uncle Jill was able to move up to the big time in 1982.

Your welcome, Uncle Jill.

Happy birthday to my favorite blog model and most beautiful Uncle Jill!!

I love you!!

4th of July-Part #1 Parade

4th of July Dream Come True #1

The Parade came right past my front door!

We didn't have to get up early to stake out our seats.

We didn't have to fight traffic.

We didn't have to worry about running over small children as they ran out into the streets

We didn't have to share the candy that was thrown at us.........

We just stepped out our front door and the parade came to us!! Even the F-16's did a fly over for us. So nice of them! I didn't even know they knew where we lived.
Of course, I only took pictures of my favorite parts----that includes the Mtn Green Fire DepartmentGood to see Lester Lee participating again (center stage) Here's the Jr. Livestock with our friend Candi (pounding the pavement in the white t-shirt) and our other friend Cindee's kids Bailee and Hunter riding the float
The Relay for Life float got to spend a little down time parked in our yard. That would be the ever famous RaVonna there to the left of the cupcake doing the parade wave (even though her float is stationary)
My super proud mommy moment came when Lydon Edward drove up in this super fancy Morgan Fire truck. You may be able to tell that's him driving if you squint hard enough.
He was escorted by the lovely and talented Brennon Netz
They were followed by the fine candy throwing skills of Fire Chief Dave and Chaston Netz in the big Morgan Fire Rig. Sorry but you're gonna have to squint again to get a good look at Chaston.
The parade concluded with a nice little serenade from the Morgan High drum band. It was my most favoritest part (except for Lydon driving the fire truck) It gave me chills. It made Pancho's hair stand on end. Apparently he's not a big fan.

Stay tuned for part #2 of our 4th of July party--Craft Time

Happy 4th of July

It takes me waaaayyyy too long to post one gigantic long post with all the super fun stuff we did on the 4th of July so I'm going to break it up into little bite sized pieces so that it's easier to digest!

It was a BLAST!!

They call us the Boody Bunch

And this weekend we took the Marie McQuiddy softball world by storm

OK...it really can't honestly be classified as "by storm". But hey--we "participated" like nobody's business!! And when I say "we" participated, I should clarify that only those people whose names appear on the team roster below participated.

As you can see, my name does not appear on the roster, therefore I was not allowed anywhere near a softball bat, softball mitt, and there seemed to have been a definite effort to keep my body off the softball fields. So I took that to mean that my purpose for the day was to properly cheer and encourage our team by heckling--I mean harassing--I mean distracting the opposing teams. (Side note: word on the street is that the large gentleman on the Jubilee team that I was "allegedly" teasing by calling a teddy bear tossing cupcakes instead of softballs may be filing a protective order against me. Can anyone confirm or deny this story? Anyone?)

The games started at 7:00 am (I reiterate -- 7:00am) on a non-work day. But -hey- that's ok. It's all good when it comes to the Boody Bunch. Lydon made it on time. In fact, he was even a little early.

This is what the fan base looks like at 7:00 am. It was just a little bit chilly that early in the morning. And believe it or not, Aaron worked on his hair before we left the house, which means he intended for his hair to look like that.
Team Chairwoman, Uncle Jill and Little Yo. Please note: so help me, I will disable all comments if anyone reminds me of just how beautiful and skinny and young looking and blah, blah blah Uncle Jill is especially at 7am. I am fully aware. No reminders are necessary.

Buster likes to tell me that the sun rises and sets with him. It just so happens that he was right on Saturday.
Buster exhibited some of his mother's artistic talents by designing the team t-shirts. Buster, Buster, Buster.....He also had to bring the "tissue factor" to his and Tiff's shirts. Buster chose the number "2" which is the month our mom passed away and Tiff chose the number "13" which is the day she passed away. Hang on --- I gotta go get a tissue. Dang you Buster!Yo Bob served as our team mascot and even sported a Boody Bunch t-shirt.

Chase has just got to stay sharp....He never know's when Carol's gonna sneak a lovin on him Uncle Jill doing a little double duty by running the snack shack
What a great -blistering hot- day to spend watching softball. What made it even better was that we got spend time with the gals from work and their families.

Teresa and DaleLeslie

Leslie's hubby Travis

"Lil Red"
Colton doing a little maintenance work. He had brought in this fireworks garbage that he found in the parking lot. Colton, I think Yo Bob would like to speak with you about his future on Yo Bob's yard crew. Please submit your resume.
We even got to play against our former co-worker Mackenzie.

Here are some of my favorite action shots from the day.

Lydon "Pinky Long Legs" Lafitte

Jason "Young Guns" Carrigan

Nate "Team Captain" Roberts

Babooshka "Ball Bunter" Roberts

Tiff "The Skull Crusher's Momma" Netz
Quinn "The Do-Rag" Toone

Stephanie "The Newlywed" Pentz

Shaelee "The Stylist" Pentz

Buster "Ol' Man" Netz
Kasey "Spoon Me" Comer

Diana "Drivers License" Pentz

Chaz "What's that in your Can Cozy?" Rowser

Brittney "I wished I had her legs" Rowser

Unfortunately, this all the closer RaVonna "The Party Coordinator" McQuiddy would let us get to the coveted trophy.
Apparently, 2011 just wasn't the year for the Boody Bunch and their softball team debut.
Our scores were pretty sad

Game #1---27 to 3 (we were the 3)

Game #2 --- 13 to 33 (we were the 13)

Game #3 --- 11 to 10 ( we were the 10)

Game #4 see picture below

They wiped the score off before I could even get a picture of it.

I think lookin at Buster and Lydon walking off the field in the right hand side of the picture tells the story...........

I questioned whether or not softball was really our thing. I suggested that maybe we should start a bowling league team instead. That didn't go over well..... The Boody Bunch will be rallying and will begin practicing shortly for the 2012 Marie McQuiddy tournament.