Carving pumpkins for Grandpa Sutch's Birthday

Field trips and fall fun

We are all still alive...

Tonight was the car show we were taking my Dad's car to, the Rib City Cruise Night. I got the car to and from safely, no incidents! It was not quite as nerve racking as the lesson, but I did keep checking the rear view mirror to see if he was following me to check up on me. It was a fun night, and the car won an award! Jake thinks we got robbed for the best costume award. We got a lot of complement's on the car, I told my Dad but I don't know if he believes me. People would stop and talk to Jake about the car and he would just agree with them. He needed a history lesson about the car before we went. At one point Max informed the guy that it was not Jake's car it was Ned's. Bob and Cindy were there all dressed up as skeletons, that is his truck next to the T-Bird. I do think Jake makes a pretty sweet Elvis! He was even bustin out some moves in the picture! Thanks for letting us take it Papa Ned!

Driving lessons...how old am I???

I had to write this down because it is so funny to me. My dad bought himself a new car this year, well a new old car. It is a Red 1959 Thunderbird convertible and it is fabulous! He has put every spare second this summer into replacing old parts and sprucing it up. It was in really good condition when he got it and he has put it in tip top condition.

OK so back to the driving lesson. Jake has wanted him to enter it in a car show but he says it is just his cruiser and won't. So Jake asked if we could take it to one this week and he somewhat agreed, Jake was hoping he would come but he said he would give me driving lesson so I can drive it. SHOCK! I have only rode in it once and Nan Nan Nana Jake ,I GET TO DRIVE IT! Well that is what I thought until the driving lesson and I had nightmares about driving it last night. I am the only girl and his baby but I fear for anything happening to that car and what the punishment might be.

So I get in the driver seat and he tells me about the mirrors, lights, park break, key switch, gear shift and how do manage all of these right. Next he tells me " YOU have to DRIVE this CAR, it is NOT like these new cars that DRIVE themselves... 2 HAND ON THE WHEEL AT ALL TIMES!!" Ok I am so nervous it is not even funny. We pull out on the road, I am checking my mirrors, the speedometer, 2 hands on the wheel. He tells me to change lanes so I can feel how it pulls to the cracks and breaks in the road. 2 hands he reminds me. Next he tells me now try out the breaks get used to them, so I push on the breaks and slowly slow down. We are now off the main road and again he tells me try try out the breaks, I start to slow down and he says NO SLAM on the BRAKES! So I do and he tells me see it's not like these new cars that just stop and do it for you, YOU have to DRIVE the CAR! He makes me take a U turn so I realize this does not turn on a dime its a boat. We get back to his shop, and park the car. He is never yelling at me or mad but man my heart was pounding and gut gurgling. WHAT the HELL has JAKE got me into????

My dad is the best and I am so glad to see him passionate about something for HIM! Thanks Dad I will treat it like my first born or a newborn... something!

I love Sunday afternoon naps........

I spy with my little eye

Max was eating breakfast this morning and spotted these deer right across the street at our neighbors house. He said there was 3 but by the time I made it out with the camera there were only 2. Too bad I did not have time to put on my zoom lens. Max was out with his binoculars trying to spot more.

Zing Zang Zoom...

We took the kids to the Circus on Saturday and had a lot of fun. It was Zing Zang Zoom and it was a magic show. They made an elephant disappear and made the bad clown turn into a tiger! Max thought the magic part was a lot of fun. Kate really liked the dog show and the kitty's(tigers).She thought the tigers wanted to eat their trainer. They both really liked all the acrobat's. The tight rope was right in front of us and they had a great view of it.

Jake bought the kids a $15 snow cone. I about died when Jake told me how much he had spent. And to top it off Max spilled more than half of it on the ground, I almost died laughing when he did it. I asked Jake how $15 dollars looked melting on the ground. It had these flashing lights at the bottom of the cup and Max would raise up his cup like a big stein of beer when something was cool in the show. Watch out college frat parties here come Max! Well those fancy flashing lights stopped working about 1 hour after the show ended, again me laughing at Jake.
Sorry honey!

Before the big show we were able to go down in the arena and meet some of the clowns and some were doing some of their acts.

And of course we needs some good lunch, we hit Happy Sumo at Gateway and enjoyed some good food. Max is getting quite handy with his chop sticks. He ate his entire meal with them. He is concentrating very hard in this picture. Sorry the pictures are not great we took are crappy little point and shoot camera.
Check these two out, they both want a hand on that fancy cup dad bought them!