Garage Sale

Had a garage sale this week-end and now I know why I haven't had one for years. It's a lot of work. This is day 2. We didn't have time on day one to think much less take a picture. All together we sold $460.00. Dick sold a dulcimer for $100.00 and all most everything else was under a dollar. We moved lots of stuff!!. Still had some thing left. Going to the bargain box. After we got set up it was very nice to sit in the shade and watch people.

Miss Marly Rose came to visit. She had grown so much! Such a cutie. Kirby was good to help us tear down and put stuff away.

August with Kyann

Kyann still like to ride in her wagon. I'm surprised she still fits in it she has gotten so tall! Still had the cute smile.

Shane was getting ready to take her on her morning walk. She still calls him Shane not daddy. It is really funny to hear her call him that. He doesn't look too proud, does he?

She is leaning new skills all the time. Here she was stringing beads. She still is a sorter and organizer. Keeps her busy.

Here she cooking with mom. It was a hoot to watch. Cindy has much more patience with her than I would. But she had a lot of fun.

We had gone shopping in the morning and she was watching a video here. She is such a sweet baby. Free with her kisses and hugs. We had a good time.

Back 40 Bluegrass Fetival

Saturday morning we went to Curryville Mo to the 3rd annual Back 40 Bluegrass Festival. We left about 8 A.M. Jennine, Dan , Katlin and I. It is about 2 1/2 hours but the road was good and the time went by quickly. Jennine had been last year. Some of Dan's favorite groups were playing. It was hot in the 90's and humid. What else is new? We parked by some friends of Jeanine and Dan's and picked for a while till they wanted to go see someone on stage. We ate our picnic lunch and then went to see some of the stage show. Decided to stay and watch so they all went back for chairs and drinks. And we watched till about 4:30 when Jeanine's friends had asked us to supper. They had fixed brats and burgers and all kinds of salads. Very tasty.

This is Barry Scott and Second Wind (AKA) Mountain Faith. His whole band had left him about a month ago and these kids were filling in till he could replace them. They ranged from 15 to 20 years old and were very good. Dan had seen his band last year and said he was disappointed because his former band had been so good.
This was who we went to see IIIrd Tyme Out. And they were worth the drive. Awesome harmonies and just easy to listen to. Also really enjoyed Audie Blaylock and Redline. Just amazing harmonies! I listened to most of the show. It was non stop from 11 A.M. to 11 P.M.. Even the house bands were good. If it hadn't of been so hot it would have been perfect. There was a breeze and if you weren't moving it was tolerable. When the sun went down it was nice, but then the skeeters came out. We had fought the sweat bees all day. Was fun all the same. Didn't get home till after 2:30 but was worth it. This is the next generation playing.

Drew (11) Katlin (12) and Zack (16). They spent a lot of time playing. You could really tell they were enjoying themselves.

Memphis Trip

Well again Blogger has changed their format so I guess I will do this one day at a time. This may be kind of disjointed. Starting with the final two days.  We drove from Memphis to Murfreesboro Friday and checked into our B & B.    It was very nice and Karen was very friendly.  Here are Dan, Katlin and Connor swimming in the pool.  They really liked it cause it was deep and they could jump in.  Dan and Connor had a cannon ball contest.  Not sure who won but think it was Connor.  This picture was taken from our balcony with stairs leading down to the pool.



They were nice enough to use two blow up mattresses so we could all be in one room.  Connors is the one to the right and mine is the one with the blue blanket.  It was a very long night.  The mattresses had a pillow made into them and so was impossible to sleep any way but on your back.  My feet hung off the end and Dan and Katlin said I snored like a freight train,  Possible as my neck was pushed forward and I could hardly breathe. 




Dan and Katlin slept in the king sized bed but Dan said it sloped to the outside and was not the best bed.










This is the outside.  It really was very nice.  Fresh cookies and brownies. They even had a tanning bed you could use if you wanted. 

We got up early (for this bunch anyway) 7:30 and went to have breakfast at Buddy's Ranch house.  It was included in the  B & B and was very good.  Then off to the diamond fields.  We got there about 9 and the parking lot was already pretty full.  The B & B had equipment you could use  so we had two screen sets and a shovel.  We had brought our own bucket and trowels.  We kept to the edge cause there was some shade there. and worked until noon and decided all the diamonds were hiding for the day and took off for home.  We drove to Springdale Arkansas where Teresa met us for the evening.  Went to the Chicken House for supper and then let the kids swim for a while.  Grandma rested.  We stayed at a Double Tree Motel.  It was very nice and were running a week end special. Slept much better that night.  No neck cramps.  Up at the crack of 9:30 on Sunday for the trip home. We left about 11:00. It was about 8 hours of nothing much but driving.  The kids had watched all their movies so was a long day for them.  We dropped Connor off about 6:30 and headed on home.

Memphis Trip

We left Memphis Friday morning with a change of plans.  I had planned to go to the Metal museum but Dan thought the kids would like the Indian Mounds in Murfreesboro better so we headed out.  It was to be 102 with heat indices of 110-115 Friday so were glad to be out of the big city.  Not that is was cooler temperature wise but at least you were where the breeze could hit you.  We drove on Interstate 40 (never use this road) to Little Rock then headed south on 55.  Just outside Little Rock Dan saw a sign for a 100 foot buffet.  We laughed about it but little did I know the lure was too great for him.  When we came to it  we had to stop..  Would highly recommend it.  Browns 100 foot buffet.  The foot was very good maybe home cooked.  Lots of southern dishes, greens, fried green tomatoes, hush puppies, cornbread, really good fried chicken.  We filled up and and took off again.   Got to Murfreesboro and went to the Ka-Do-Ha Indian mounds.  There were five excavations.  The picture is a Buffalo kill.  The museum explained how the mounds were formed.  They also had a field you could hunt for arrow heads.  I went in to look at the museum/gift shop while everyone else hunted.  Dan actually found an arrow head.  It was pretty interesting.  To the B & B and then when to Buddy's Ranch House for supper.  Buddy's is one of those places where every one can sign the walls, furniture any thing you could find.  We all did that and went to the B & B.  The kids swam and I rested for a while.  Ready to hunt those diamonds!!

Memphis Trip

Front of Graceland

This is what I went to Memphis for. I didn't know it was so commercialized , but all the same I enjoyed it. It was about 1:30 or 2:00 when we got there and stood in line to ride the shuttles over to the big house. It didn't take too long and you got an audio player to tell you what you were seeing.

The Lisa Marie

Pink Caddy

Gold plated seat belt

Bar area

Picture at the bottom of stairs

Costume from Jail House Rock

Gold records

Elvis Grave

This is one of the planes the Lisa Marie. The other was called the Hound Dog II. The Lisa Marie was opulent. It had a dining table, a bedroom and office and the seat belts were 16 caret gold plated. Connor had never been on a plane but I told him this was not was the planes were normally like. We also got to see the car museum and really liked that. The Pink caddy was my favorite.This is Elvis grave. The Meditation Garden was very beautiful. They had a lot of costumes from his movies and even the blue swede shoes.

After we were done about 4:30 we went back to the hotel to cool off and rest. Dan wanted to go to Pete and Sam's Italian restaurant to have the bar-b-q pizza he saw on TV that was supposed to be the best ever. There was so much food. Dan ate half but no one else even came close. We drove in a downpour to the restaurant but it had quit raining by the time we got there. Unfortunately it was pouring when we were ready to leave. Dan and Connor went for the car. Connor didn't know Dan could run that fast. He said he only got two drops of rain on him. A good day.

Priscilla and Elvis wedding clothes

Memphis Trip

These pictures all all mixed up and I am having trouble figuring out how to get them to the right place. Anyway we started Thursday off at the Mud Island River Park. We rode a monorail to the Island. The kids thought that was pretty neat. Then we went to the museum. It tells the history of the river at Memphis. There are all kinds of wax figures representing different people of the river. They have one section that is like a paddle boat, one like a civil was army boat,one like a new river boat with radar. There are sound effects with some . It also had once section on the music of the river with old instruments like the one in the picture. Real "bones", a bottle neck slide and a cigar box fiddle. It took you through the ages up to Elvis and BB King. There was an escalator that had no steps! InterestingThis is the inside of one of the boats. Outside there was a scale model of the Mississippi River. It started in Minnesota (where we were last year) and went to the Gulf of Mexico. It is graded so the "river" actually flows. We made it all the way to the Gulf and guess what? No tarballs! Lots of Mayflies though. We had to stop once for me to rest and cool off. Then headed to our second Bar-B-Q place. This one was called Central Bar-B-Q and was quite different than the first. It was definitely in a better part of town. There was a chain link fence all around the building with barbed wire on the top. Kind of like a prison. Dan said it was to keep people from stealing the smoker. You could really smell the Bar-B-Q as soon as you got out of the car. Do you remember the episode of Seinfeld about the soup Nazi? That is kind of what it was like. There was a billboard when you came in with all these rules. 1. Know what you want to order! 2. Don't for get your number! I can't remember the rest but their were several more. I was afraid to order and wouldn't you know I was last and had to remember the number. Go figure!. The food was good and after you ordered it was OK. Next we were off to Graceland!