Recently, I took the boys to a county fair that is about 40 miles north of our town. Here are some fun pics from that day. Enjoy!!!!
Hunter's checking out the big pig. I had to keep cleaning his fingers, cuz he would keep sticking his index finger in the pig's nose as the pig would sniff him. Last year was Hunter's first time at the fair and he was too young to really enjoy the fair, so this year he truly got to experience all the fun with the animals. Hopefully in the next couple years, he'll be big enough to enjoy some of the kiddie rides.
The bumper cars ride is one of Justin's fave rides at the fair. It's hard to believe he'll be old enough to drive a real car in a couple months when he turns 14, even though he will be driving with an adult. I wonder if the way he's driving with one hand on the steering wheel will be the way he'll drive a real car??
Another area of the fair that Justin enjoys to visit is all the farm machinery. Even though these are pics of RED (Case IH) farm equipment, he also likes to check out the GREEN (John Deere) farm equipment. Justin isn't biased when it comes to farm equipment color, but if it was up to Daddy & Papa Valentine, he'd better like RED. Justin got to enjoy & love John Deere farm equipment from Darren's employer (as Kevin only farms with John Deere).
I saw this truck at the fair and I had to take a picture of it. This is a sweet looking truck!!!
Justin got to meet a well-known celebrity while at the fair. Justin got to get an autograph and have his picture taken with Jesse James, well-known for his West Coast Choppers company, Monster Garage, among other things. Jesse was at the fair promoting his Jesse James Work Wear line http://www.jessejamesworkwear.com/ which is available at selected Walmart stores. Look how close in height both Justin & Jesse are. I'm not sure how tall Jesse is, but Justin is at least 5' 10" or 5' 11" (he's almost as tall at Darren {6' 1"} and definitely taller than me at 5' 6").
27 September 2009
Fun time at the fair
14 September 2009
RIP Patrick Swayze
Hollywood has lost another one of their great and sexy actors!!! Patrick Swayze, age 57 died today (Monday) from a long battle with pancreatic cancer (a terrible cancer that also claimed the life of my 86 y/o Great-Aunt Virginia who died yesterday (Sunday). Sending many thoughts and prayers out to the family & friends of Patrick and to all his fans all over the world (which includes me & my mom).
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12 September 2009
Pittsburgh Steelers football
Even though the Pittsburgh Steelers season opener game has come and gone, thought I'd share 3 pics of the boys I took while watching the game. The game against the Tennessee Titans was an awesome game and definitely a nail-biter towards the end, especially after Hines Ward had the ball knocked out of his hands on the 4 yd. line while trying for a touchdown.
Here's hoping for a speedy recovery for the great, fast, & powerful Troy Polamalu, who was injured during the season opener. According to the Steelers website, he may be out for at least three to six weeks with an injury they refer to as a sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee. GET WELL SOON, TROY!!!!
31 August 2009
12 Years ago today...
The World's Beloved Princess Diana was killed in an automobile accident in Paris, France, along with her boyfriend Dodi Al Fayed and their driver Henri Paul.
She was and still is truly missed by all her loved her.
22 August 2009
Tall Corn Days Car Show July 2009
Here's some pics from Tall Corn Days Car Show in Sioux Rapids, IA on July 25, 2009. Sioux Rapids is about 18 miles NW of Laurens and is the town where I work at.
Justin is standing beside his "dream car."
I will be adding some more pics from the car show in the next day or two. If I ever won the lottery, I'd buy myself several of these types of cars and I'd even buy a few of them as project cars, so that I can restore them the way I want too.
19 July 2009
Let's Ride!!!
Here's some pics of Hunter riding his four-wheeler that Daddy got him for his 1st bday. Now that he's older & a lot bigger he's able to move it by himself. Enjoy the pics!!!
18 July 2009
A New Background
I've changed my background again. Since Diabetes runs in my family, I figured this would be a nice one to display. Tell me what ya think.
Two U.S. Air Force Crew Members Killed
Sending my thoughts and prayers to the families & friends of the two crew members from a U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet that were killed in central Afghanistan today.
Here's a link to the story.
http://home.peoplepc.com/psp/newsstory.asp?cat=TopStories&referrer=welcome&id=20090718/4a6156d0_3426_1335020090718471870766&print=true
17 July 2009
Beautiful Smelling Flowers
RIP WALTER CRONKITE 1917-2009
Sending my thoughts & prayers to his family & friends at this time. He will surely be missed.
11 July 2009
New Background
Well, I'm experimenting with new backgrounds for my blog and I think I've found a cool one so far. Since I'm a huge Steelers fan, I figured this would be a perfect on. I found this background in the "guy stuff blogger templates" at http://www.pyzam.com/ . The only thing I don't like about the background is the orange bar towards the top with all the info junk from pyzam. But I guess I'll deal with it now, until I change it in the future.
