WILL THIS EVER END????

Happy Fall Y'all!

This afternoon, we went to Washington Farms in Watkinsville to pick out our pumpkins for the porch. It was our first time not going to Burt's Farm in Dawsonville, so we weren't sure what to expect.
While at the farm, we got to see and do lots of fun things. We got to pet goats, rabbits, a donkey, and two pigs. We also got to race rubber duckies by pumping water with old timey water pumps. They had bikes that you could race around the track and the boys had a fierce competition. Zachary won. We also got our taste of local traditions such as pumpkin launching and corn shooting.

There was a hayride that we rode, but Allison and Zachary also had the pleasure of riding in the Cow Train. The picture is deceiving. The cow is much smaller than we make it look. It was most uncomfortable as we bounced around the pasture behind the John Deere that pulled the train of cows along. Zachary said it was "so awesome!"

Perhaps the most interesting thing we go to see was pig racing. Interesting doesn't even begin to describe this...

We did end up finding five pumpkins to take home. It was dark by the time we got home, so no pictures of the final decorations. Perhaps in a couple days, we can post those. It was a great afternoon. Lots of memories were made. We'll be back in the spring to pick some strawberries.

Grandpa's '55

This morning, we stopped by a car show at Buford High School that Allison's Dad entered with his '55 Chevrolet. Zachary loved getting to see all of the old cars on display. It is not often that we get to see the car out from under the cover in the garage, so this was a real treat.

A candid shot of Marty and Grandpa.

We were very excited to hear that Grandpa won a trophy for his car. Congratulations!

Glad he doesn't look like Spicoli

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Go Wolves!

On Friday night, we took Zachary to his first football game. We went with the Crozier Crew to see the Buford Wolves play the North Hall Trojans. All four kids had a blast and the parents quickly realized how old we are all getting. When the game was over (after Buford toppled the Trojans 45-14) Zachary got to go out on the field and run wild with every other child within the 30518 zip code. That was the highlight of the evening. He can't wait to go back to next week's game. Amazing - the kid hasn't even started Kindergarten yet, but we get the feeling we have at least 13 more years of Buford football games to attend. Just like the rest of town. Guess there is still some Small Town America left in Suburban Atlanta. What a fun evening!

Zachary's First Sleepover

Zachary had his first sleepover on Friday night. One of his best buds, Bryson, came over for the evening and most of the day Saturday. We waited until Thursday to give him the exciting news. Once he found out, though, that is all we heard about until he came over on Friday. Here's a photo of their excitement when we first picked Bryson up.

On Friday night, they boys could not contain their excitement. It was after 8:30 that we got to the house, so we let them play for about an hour then they headed to bed. Zachary was nice enough to let Bryson sleep in his new bed tent while Zachary slept on the air mattress. It was a nice treat for both boys. Saturday morning, Bryson said that he wanted a tent for his bed at his house.

Speaking of Saturday morning... We were up at 6:58am. Bryson made sure that we didn't waste any part of our day. Even the early part. Here's a picture of the playroom at 7:10.

Here's a picture of the playroom at 7:15.

The boys played for much of the morning with all of Zachary's toys. And yes, we mean all of them. Every toy got touched at least once.After a few hours of playing, we all got dressed and went out to start our day. We wanted Zachary's first sleepover to be extra special. We went to Bogan Park for about two hours. The boys played on the playground and rode the swings until they were starving for lunch. From Bogan Park, we went to McDonalds for a delicious lunch. As adults, McDonalds is not our first choice for lunch, but at five and four years old, it is at the top of the list of choices. After the boys cleaned their plates, they spent close to an hour playing on the playground. It was great - and air conditioned.

From the park, we decided to make sure that Bryson got a taste of just how redneck we really are. We all trucked over to Marty's parents' house to play in their huge yard for a while. Within 15 minutes, the boys had found the riding lawn mowers. Marty's parents are probably the only people in Gwinnett County with three riding lawn mowers. Two of them got put to good use. Bryson had never ridden a lawn mower before, so it took him a minute to get used to the idea. Then, here's the face we saw for the next half hour.

He was so focused on driving. It was too funny. The boys got to take turns riding each of the mowers. Here's a picture of Bryson on the other mower with Marty.When they got used to the idea of driving the mowers, they began chasing each other. Not sure who was the more excited one of the two. They laughed and giggled for the longest time. Of course, a couple of pictures to go with that as well.Zachary hated to see Bryson have to go home. He cried two or three times last night wanting him to come back. The only way to get him to agree to go to bed last night was to let him sleep on the air mattress one more night. He was worn out, though. He slept until almost 9:30 this morning. 13 hours of sleep. Wow. Needless to say, we didn't make it to church.

It was such a special day that Zachary will not soon forget. Now that we've been broken in on sleepovers, we're ready for the next one.