Gourds Gone Wild

Last year we planted some gourd and pumpkin seeds that we'd saved from the year before.

This year AD didn't want to plant anything.

But we had a volunteer - or is it really volunteers - come up.

I took these photos on Sunday and they are looking kind of droopy.

But we had some rain early Monday so they are happier now.

There are lots of flowers on the vines and I spied this almost fully grown gourd already.

You know what all this means don't you?

Fall is just around the corner. Yea!

More Weekend Celebrations

Following G1's birthday on Friday, we continued celebrating on Saturday night when he won not 1, but 2 feature races at the local dirt track.

He wins in his turf car pretty regularly and is the currently the leader in the points.

Saturday night he won his very 1st B Mod race.

While his car is technically a Sport Mod (one step below a B Mod), he races with the B Mods because the track doesn't race a Sport Mod class.

It was an exciting night to be sure!

Son, G3, G4 and Girlie were there too making it a real family celebration.



L to R: G4, Daughter, Girlie, G3, AD, G1 and a track official



Not to mention a pretty good early birthday present for Daughter, G1's mom.

She's celebrating a pretty special birthday today. It's not one of those that ends in a zero. 

It's the one where her age is exactly double of G1's.

In the Words of Kenny Chesney . . .

. . . "Don't blink . . ."

Today is G1's 19th birthday!

I can hardly believe it.

Where has the time gone?

It seems like it was only yesterday that we were sitting in the hospital waiting for his arrival.

That day the television was filled with news of Hurricane Andrew as it made its final landfall in Louisiana.

Today we are watching as Hurricane Irene approaches the east coast of the U.S. Please keep those in Irene's path in your thoughts and prayers.

On a lighter note, my blogging friend, Leilani Lee's, latest post on her blog, Ozark Oddments, included a funny little birthday dittie in honor of her husband's birthday. It's from a local kiddie tv show she used to watch from back in the day.

I don't think she'll mind that I include it here to share with G1.

It's hard to imagine that this is G1's last year to be a teenager!

Like Kenny said, "Don't Blink."

Gymnastics, Donuts and Cookies

Girlie participated in her 1st gymnastics meet last Friday.

Her scores were very good.

Everyone received a medal and scoring sheet.

Although there was no mention of 1st place, 2nd place, 3rd place, et cetera, from the order that the participants' names were called we're pretty sure Girlie placed 2nd.

We are very proud of the ability she is showing in this sport.

The next morning she asked to go to "Christmas" Kreme for breakfast.

It's fun to watch the donuts going down the conveyor .

It's even more fun eating them.

Then we were off to the Williams-Sonoma store.

They've just come out with Super Hero cookie cutters and were hosting an event to raise money for the "No Kid Hungry" program.

Spiderman even made an appearance. Girlie and G5 weren't too excited about him being there so Spidey, being the considerate super hero he is, kept his distance.

Each child could decorate 2 cookies from the collection. G3 did an outstanding decorating job, don't you think?

This Granny and Spidey gave everyone a big "thumbs up"!