Mornin all...
E and Lyz -
My B-day was spent from 9am-NOON at 3 football scrimages for Treyner over 1 hour away...then from 12-3 eating lunch - stadium food, driving to get Tupp flyers at my uplines who lives that way and looking at lake property I someday want to own but cannot at the moment...

...then driving back 45 minutes towards home for a soccer game that we got spanked at...(Treyner is really understanding the importance of him leaving his town teammates to play at the upper level he did for the past 2 years) and then flew to our town Blue/Gold Football game (10-12th graders play against each other to kick off the season) and got there as fast as we could after soccer to catch the last 2 quarters...Treyner played for the gold team..(changed in the car...can you say stink?) and ended up scoring the winning field goal for their team!

Loser's had to man a car wash on Sunday to raise money for the program so he was treated like he just won the Super Bowl by his team...
This is one reason I am glad my kids don't play sports.. I don't think I could keep up and I would be sad if I missed one because I had to go to the others. WE are a HUGE soccer town here too! State champs Like 5 times running for both Girls and Boys! It's kinda sad though because if you don't play soccer you are kinda a misfit here... none of my kids PLAY.
Then watched a movie at home....so although I love my kids...a long day...litterally from 8am-9pm on sports...
What did ya watch???
Yesterday we went to the State Fair..all 3 kids...plus Dan....and had a great day...the boys split off a bit...Carsyn hung with us during that time..and we all had a blast...was there from 3pm-10pm...our fair is massive...and we still did not walk down every street....
Food:
#1 Massive pile of Worlds Greatest French Fries (voted by national rest. mag) that we all shared
YUMMMY did ya have gravy and cheese curds on it?????
#2/3 Sweet Marthas chocolate chip cookies (a small ice cream bucket for $12 hot and fresh and sooo darn good...followed by a run accross the grounds to the Dairy Milk expo...where it is all you can drink milk for a $1

(chocolate for Baylor...white for the rest....) which is still a great value...I had 3 cookies...about the size of a snack cup seal...as did Carsyn...the boys...finished the rest throughout our walk...

I cannot handle that much sweets....The milk is the best tasting....love me some milk...
MMM nothing like warm chewy Chocolate chip cookies!!!
#4 We tried something new...We being Carsyn and I...and stopped at the Norweigen booth...and had..."HOTDISH ON A STICK"...it wasn't bad...basically is a stick with 3 meatballs...and tater -tots between...deepfried in a corn dog batter...with country gravy for a dipping sauce... will not buy again...but always willing to try something new each year....it is nice when you sample and split with someone...not too much...and you do not feel like ya splurged too bad...
I was falling for it until you said CORN DOG BATTER YUCK!
#5 Then....Dan...spotted....
A Dole Whip Stand...
and we got 2 cones....Treyner/Baylor not thrilled..Carsyn and Dan loved and I ate 3 licks....
MMMMMM
#6 We went to the International Bazaar...and found an olive bar...and Carsyn had a stick with 5 olives (jalepeno and garlic stuffed) and Dan and I shared one with garlic, onion, jalepeno, pimento and sun dried tomatoes....then he bought some Calammeta (sp) and Carsyn has a new fave
Can't bring myself to eat those! Are they salty I can't do salty.. well for some things right??
#7 We all shared a piece of Baklava....and that is it...
MMMM that sounds good!!!
Not too bad ...no corn dogs, no cheese curds...no mini donoughts....deep fried candy bars or twinkies and Dan did not get his elusive freshly made salted nut roll...
MMM cheese curd is soo good!!! add that to fries with some beef or chicken gravy and HEAVEN!!!! GOING TO LEAVE THE SALTY "NUT ROLL" COMMENT TO MYSELF
We did share 4 glasses of pop total....but mostly had water....our friend is a volunteer St. Paul cop...and we got free tickets (saved $11 a piece...) and found a free street parking spot which usually is $10-20 to park on someone's lawn...so that was awesome!
Was it Diet POP???? I always love to hear what it is called all over the country I call it soda and one call it TONIC???
The highlight though..was at the swine bar (thought of you Lyz) they give out free paper pig ears....Carsyn is much to cool for that...as is the boys...but she had her hair all in a cute loose bun...and Dan slipped the ring o 'ears around her bun...and we took pics...and she would not let anyone take them with her camera cause she is sooo good at holding it out....so she never could see the ears because they were far back on her head...we all dropped hints...."How old is too old to wear ears...why are people weird for wearing them...do you think people look silly with them on"...etc...but for 1 hour...through the cow barn, horse barn and walking...she had them on...she even messed with her hair a few times and never touched it...and then...we ran into Treyner's summer soccer coach...Casey....and Carsyn has always had a kinda crush on him (he is younger...just graduated from college) and after we walked away...she is feeling her hair...seeing what she had looked like...and she was like..."WTH"....and she was hot...we were laughing so hard we were crying at her...she was laughing but maaaad...one of those priceless moments as a parent to innocently embarrass your kid...she has no clue who did it...thought Dan was Rainman for not dropping the ears questions for 20 minutes...now understood it...and syas that we are all evil enough to do something like that to her...so she has no clue who to blame....bWAHHHH...
SO MEAN ... I would have done that too!!!
Carsyn could not find anyone to go with work, soccer etc...but I am glad it turned out how it did....
We have those same problems mostly it is soccer practice
She is having friends go to the drive in for her B-day on Sat....so that will be an in-expensive good time...
We don't have any left here ... Well the one we DO have is in VT and that is over a 45 min drive away!
Baylor has made almost $400 helping his friend move...so he is shopping for a dirt-bike....
SO cool!
Soccer game tonight for Treyner...WW probably tom...can you say stalling and eating dirt today?
YOU'LL BE FINE... GOT TO SPLURGE EVERY ONCE AND A WHILE
Anyway..miss ya all and December cannot come soon enough...
Goof - glad ya had a great time...Kat...love the countdown and glad you are liking the new employment digs....