Long Weekend...

This weekend went by in a quick breeze! It's already Sunday night and I still have so many things to do. Friday night we went to the football game at Platte County. It was Senior's night...and there wasn't a dry eye in the place. The band had a Senior's meal before the game and the parents made posters of their student from early childhood through their senior year - all in pictures. We proceeded to the game where they recognized Seniors who had participated in fall sports - Shallen played tennis. She gave Steph a rose and a big hug on the 50 yard line...here's where the crying started. At half time, before the band took the field, they recognized the Seniors...another rose for Steph and more crying (I think you're getting the picture). Luckily, it was a good game and the football team came away with a much needed win against Kansas City Central.

Saturday morning, Steph and I broke away and enjoyed a nice breakfast at Panera's. As we sat there thinking about the day that would unfold for us, Steph brough up the front porch railing. It was starting to get wobblie and paint wouldn't stick to the wood anymore because it was always soaked to the center of the posts. I just looked at her because I knew what was coming next. With a big smile she said, "let's check on the supplies for that at Lowe's." I though, no harm can come from finding out what it will cost to redo the front railing. After taking measurements back home and figuring what I would need in supplies, we headed to Lowe's. After writing down all the prices for what we wanted, I was ready to leave...we had done what we said we were going to do! Not so fast!!! Steph says, "well, let's go ahead and get it all...we can start today." The next thing I know, I was loading 2x6's into the back of the Xterra. When we got back to the house, Steph wanted a sledge hammer to start demolision. After rethinking the plan, I went back up to Lowe's for some exchange items. When I pulled back into the drive, the front porch was bare. It's still a work in progress as we got busy today as well.

This morning we got up early and went to church. I wanted to get back home early enough to mow the lawn before we went down to Steph's brother's house (Craig and Nedra) who live in Lee's Summit. On the way to LS, we stopped by my mom's in Independence and dropped off to Stephan (he was there mowing grandma's lawn) his new insurance paperwork for his truck.

Stephan gave me this picture. Last weekend, he went hunting on the family property up north and got a hen (turkey). He's always proud to show off his skills with a gun. Honestly, he's a pretty good shot and shouldn't have too much trouble qualifying for the S.E.A.L.s following graduation next year.

While in Lee's Summit, my brother Jeff calls and asks me for some help in turning his garage into the neighborhood haunted house. He has a particular item in the haunted house he needs help with. After finishing the Chiefs game (they actually showed signs of progress with their 3rd string quarterback) and lunch, I went over to Jeff's for about an hour. We got the mirror operational and he had his garage transformed into a haunted maze - the kids are going to love it! We made it back home right at dusk. The temperature has dropped about 20 degrees since this morning. We should be expecting our first frost tonight.

It was a good weekend...I need another one to finish all the projects that were started this weekend. I guess I'll get to them after work throughout the week. Have a great week everybody!