TRGX4!: Wild and Crazy June!

It's been a busy 3 week! We took Drew with us to Alabama and visited with Dad and Johnnie for a couple of days. Then we went on to 6 Flags in Georgia the next day. We met up with more family members than I would have ever thought HUMANLY POSSIBLE! But we were still missing several though. We had a great time watching the babies in their triple stroller, watching the teenagers walk around like they were grown, and hanging out with each other as well. Susan and I rode a couple of roller coasters together and I even got Tanner to ride on the Scream Machine. He ended up liking it, but wouldn't get on any others! Drew rode the Superman roller coaster with me. I believe everyone had a total blast. AFterwards we went back to the lakehouse for several days of water fun.......

Check out the rock we found when we stopped somewhere to swim while on a boat ride. Someone had carved it a face. I simply had to have it, so I got Blake to put it in the boat and carry back to the house for me. I loaded it in the car and now it's sitting next to my front door outside!

Tyler stayed in Alabama and I came home with Drew and TAnner. Drew stayed here the next week as well, and we had Cody and Dusty here for a few days that week also. Plus a neighbor kid from down the street visited several days. It was nothing but boys here for a week! One day Tanner and Drew asked me if they could have a marker so they could draw a target to shoot with their BB guns. I gave them a marker and thought nothing of it. Later in the day I went outside and I saw the "target" they had made. I was expecting the circles making the bullseye, ya know. But they had drawn a person's face on a piece of plywood, and the person was shooting them the bird with both fingers. I thought I'd fall out laughing! Check it out...

Rusty and the boys, divying out Starburst candies.........and, NO, I still haven't gotten the bricks painted yet but I have hope for next week lol.

And, making a long story very very short, that brings us to this week. This is the week that I worked at the Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation doing the cultural art/music camp. It has been a TRIP. I've enjoyed every minute of it, but it has been an ordeal for me. I think I've stressed over it MUCH more than necessary lol. But it turned out to be somewhat of a "high profile" kind of thing, at least moreso than I am accustomed to. I've had the local cable access channel there filming me 3 days this week. A few of the kids I've had have been, like, the mayor's kid or this person's kid or so-and-so's kid, etc. The kids are so incredibly SMART it's unreal. These are the children that I remember being and knowing when I was growing up. I had come to believe they didn't exist anymore lol. These kids have learned everything I've taught them. And they WANT to learn it. And they LIKE doing it. And they want to know why they can't do MORE. And they all have background knowledge and experiences. I have completely and thoroughly enjoyed it. But it has mentally exhausted me everyday because I've tried really, really hard to do an awesome job. I think I've done well with the time I've had. But I will certainly be needing the week off next week! Here are a few pics from the week......

This POOR little fellow.......what a good sport!

The courtyard at the Cultural Center (formerly St. Francis school)