Little to Report

Pretty much an uneventful weekend - which is good. Ron and I had fun at the Hog Races held at the Elks Lodge, a fundraiser for the Boy Scouts. Our table of 8 friends made the evening of whole hog dinner and video hog races a hoot. Ended the evening with yummy frozen custard at Half Pint's. Church and a relaxing afternoon today. Our 36th wedding anniversary is tomorrow - we're going out to dinner somewhere - pretty low key.

Weekend at the Lake

We had a great time visiting Mark and Mary at their condo at Blue Anchor Bay, Lake of the Ozarks. Ron & I arrived Friday, early afternoon, and enjoyed lunch and a visit with the Mintuns before Amanda, Chad and Peyton arrived that evening. The guys played golf with Gary and Denise Cover at Porta Cima on Saturday while Grammy, Amanda and Peyton shopped at Osage Beach - Peyton is such a good little shopper. We attempted a boat ride that evening, however, the battery on the boat didn't cooperate - everyone went later after the repairs except Grammy, Grandpa and Peyton who stayed behind since Peyton's bedtime was nearing - we actually were the big winners on that deal. We had planned another boat ride on Sunday morning before coming home, but the fog was too thick - wasn't in the cards this trip for a boat ride for Peyton, her first. She sure looked cute in her life jacket, even though she wasn't a big fan! We all met in Clinton for lunch and another entertaining time with Peyton before the Todds went back to Olathe. Apollo and Murray enjoyed their Clinton vacation at Mom and Daddy's. Good time had by all!

Updated Pics with Peyton!

Busy Weekend - Fun, Fun

We had a fantastic couple of days with Peyton, Amanda, Chad and Apollo - Peyton is more fun every day! We took her to the neighborhood pool. She was a little upset while we were in the baby pool - too many kids and too much splashing. School had already started in Olathe, so the big pool was empty - she kind of liked the private pool with her Grammy and Grandpa! She splashed a little bit and had fun. She will probably like Mark and Mary's pool better next weekend because it is heated! We made a short trip to the Great Mall of the Great Plains - found a few things at Carter's (imagine that) and new sippy cups too.

Peyton was hungry while we were at the mall, so she got to eat sitting in her stroller while watching the kids play out in the middle part. She ate really good!

Grandpa was holding Peyton downstairs in the late afternoon when she went to sleep. I think he was pretty happy to get to hold her while she took a little snooze.

The parents went out on a "date" Friday night - lucky Grammy and Grandpa stayed at the house with Peyton and Apollo. Peyton enjoyed swinging out on the deck in her swing and enjoyed pushing her walking toy - she is getting quite good at the walking thing! Peyton took her bottle really good for Grammy and went to bed shortly after 8 p.m.

Saturday morning, we accompanied Amanda to the Picture Innovations to get Peyton's 9 month pictures taken - what a blast. Chad went to volunteer training for the Nationwide Golf Tournament he is working at next week, but he was able to join us at Panera for lunch.

We arrived back in Clinton about 2:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon and visited with Mom and Dad for a little while - Murray seemed happy to see us after 2 days. Then we went back to KC to a wedding with Mike and Roberta and Dennis - we had a good time and didn't get home until midnight - late for us old folks!

August Peyton Days

Grandpa and I are in Olathe staying with Peyton while her school is closed for teacher inservice. Lucky for us! We arrived last night after Grammy went to the eye doctor for routine check and new glasses-I'll be stylin' soon. After enjoying dinner together, Peyton went to bed, and we had a nice visit with Chad and Amanda.

Peyton seemed happy to see that Grammy and Grandpa were still here this morning when she woke up! We were. Her parents went to work - then the fun began. We have already been out on the swing, ate a good breakfast and played, played, played. We played so hard she went down for a nap a little while ago, so Grammy is catching up on e-mail, etc. for a few minutes.

Plans for the day include a trip to the neighborhood pool, a trip to the park, and possibly a little shopping expedition - of course, lunch has to be fit in there somewhere too.

Since we are here, Peyton's parents are going on a much deserved "date" tonight - that means Grammy and Grandpa get to have more Peyton fun! And Apollo too of course.

We will spend the night again tonight (lucky us again) and accompany Amanda to Picture Innovations tomorrow morning for Peyton's 9 month pictures (can you believe it) before going back to Clinton. Chad will be in training for his role with the Nationwide Golf Tournament being held at Lion's Gate Country Club next week - he is excited.

Saturday night we will come back to KC for a wedding/reception - a fun packed weekend for us old people.

Bonus Weekend

It's been a busy week. Work has been stressful, so I took off early two days this week. I was treated like royalty all week for my birthday with lunches, dinners, treats at work, calls, cards, presents, etc. It was pretty cool. Friday night, we went to a couples bridal shower for the son of one of Ron's friends - Mexican food and Margaritas - not a bad combination after a bad week at work.

The bonus weekend started Saturday around 2 p.m. - Amanda, Chad, Peyton and Apollo came to Clinton for basically 24 hours - they weren't scheduled to be home this weekend, but Ron invited them to play in a golf tournament on Sunday, so....... BONUS WEEKEND!!! Made Grammy pretty happy. Amanda and Chad decided to take advantage of the cooler weather and built-in child care for Peyton and played 9 holes of golf on Saturday afternoon. We had a great time with Peyton - Great Grandma Arthur stopped by to visit as well. Chad did a super job grilling some steaks for dinner which we all enjoyed.

Sunday, everyone but Peyton and I played golf in the Ag Appreciation Golf Tournament at Clinton Country Club. Peyton and I went to Great Grandma/pa Mintun's house around 7:30 a.m. Peyton entertained everyone and took a short nap before we went to church. She has really taken to Great Grandma Mintun and has a great time playing with her. Everyone at church made over Peyton and enjoyed getting to see her. Great Grandma Arthur helped out Monica in the nursery - there were several kids in there today. I think she really enjoyed getting to spend some extra time with Peyton, and I appreciated her being willing to stay back there so I could play the organ. Worked out great. I checked on her during the sermon, and she was not crying - my goal for the day.

After church, Peyton and I went back to the Mintuns for lunch. Peyton is such a great little eater and quite a conversationalist during meals sometimes. After lunch, Great Grandma took Peyton for a walk in her stroller - I'm not sure which one had the greater time.

Soon afterward, the golfers were back home, and the Todds headed back to Olathe pretty quickly.

Ron and I followed them to Olathe (planned) - we went to Sam's Club on the way, then we stayed with Peyton while her parents had a date night at Bonefish Restaurant. We had a blast! I realized I was privileged to get to feed her all 3 of her meals today! We took her outside and pushed her in her swing, which she loved We played and played and watched her crawl and pull up. It is so cute how she puts her arms out now to be picked up. We'll head back to Clinton tomorrow after a short visit in Olathe. Fun, fun.