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The Fourth

Now we have been going to friends for the Fourth for a few years in a row. They roast a pig, have a keg of beer and have about 10,000,000,000 kids running around all day. I would have taken pictures of that but the amount of kids might have put you in shock. Instead, here are some pics of the pre-party at the in-laws house. No pig, definitely no keg and only my 10,000 kids running around. Of course, there is my gut on display so you might still end up in shock.

Bottling Day

I have been real lazy with my posts. You can blame Facebook. I post on there often and am so incredibly popular, it takes all my time.

Here are some pictures of bottling day at my house. I bottled my first two batches of Mr. Beer two weeks ago. They are soon to go in the fridge to chill for a couple more weeks and then probably come out and taste like ass. But you never know.

The Oldest is a Teen

Here are some pictures from my oldest kids birthday. He is now a teenager. As you can see he is already close to my height. That is why I need to keep beating him down so he will stay intimidated. If not, he will own me in sports the way I always abused my father. In the dinner picture, we were not sure if we had enough people at the table so we brought a priest with us. You can never have too many for dinner when I am paying.

Beach 09

Normally we go to the beach in September. This year we decided to change things up and go in June. The weather was incredible, especially since it rained like a monsoon back home. There were still no crowds and no traffic. The only bad part is now I am sure the wife will still want some type of vacation in the fall. I am sure many things happened. I will try to remember the highlights.

1. We went with another family. Total 12 kids in one house. People always love to hear how many kids are running around.

2. The realty company failed to mention that our house was bordered by a house on each side and those houses happened to have a hotel on the other side. Nice.

3. One night while the wife and I are watching all twelve kids so the other couple can go out for dinner, she conveniently breaks her toe so I now have thirteen people to take care of. Perfect timing.

4. The beach was mostly empty around us which I like. But the one time we actually got young people near us with bikinis, the wives send the kids running around them hollering so they take off for a quieter place on the beach.

5. Only one person got all four bags in on one turn while playing cornhole and surprisingly it wasn't me. Worse for the ego? It was the wife.

Here are some pictures of the week long joyride I call my life.


My throwing technique is great, but check out the hat.

View from our deck to the wondrous Comfort Inn.

View of the beach from the deck.

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.

Some random dude on the beach. I need to get me one of those suits.

Sugarcreek restaurant.

What kind of awesome location did we have? Here is a picture of the house FROM the restaurant. Sweet.

Sugarcreek.

Have boards, will travel.

Everybody smile.

Memorial Day

I have gotten a little behind in my updates. Here is what I can remember from the last month or so. Memorial Day weekend. Four day weekend. I am excited for some relaxation. Then I get the bomb dropped on me. Some of the homeschool moms are taking the kids to DC to see the Natural History museum on THE FRIDAY BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY. Of course the wife agrees this is a great idea and we are in the mix. The day wasn't too horrible. A group of 20 something riding the metro to the nations capital. Great weather. Then the horrific (and somehow shocking to the women) ride home. Four hours (granted an hour was stopping for dinner) later and we are back home. Awesome. We should do this again next holiday. Here are some pictures.




Fear the Turtle and the fat guy.



I didn't know Uncle Nosaj was coming.



Put the kids to work early.




The big pencil thingie is still there.

Grape Lady

I have been told this is old, way old. However, it is new to me and ohhh so funny. Just know that no actual grapes were harmed in me linking to this video.

She's Baaaaaaaaaaaaaack

As you previously read on my May 7th entry, we got rid of the dog. Just like a bad penny she has returned. Supposedly she was fighting with other dogs and killed a random pet cat. She won't kill mine of course, why help out the Jiggy? So she is back. She seems a little saddened right now. Or sick. Or mad. Something. She is not her usual, attacking, jumping, demonic self. Of course, we tried to put her in the cage overnight and she was back to her whining, drooling, slobbering self real quickly. That much hasn't changed. We are getting a fence put up to replace the fence I took down when my last two dogs died and I vowed never, ever to have another dog. The fencing company must love me.

Tennis started up last week. I will not brag. It just isn't worth it anymore. We did have a surprise superstar come out. Super Mario's previous physical activities resulted in him nearly cutting off his finger with an exacto knife and trying to skip his bag across the road while playing cornhole. There was not any high hopes that he would be a star on the court. He shocked a few players, although he did fall down in the first minute of playing. Good balance.

Love that chicken

Now some of you that read this blog might actually have jobs and were not able to watch Oprah. Well she is hooking up with KFC and offering a free two-piece grilled chicken meal. Just print off a coupon and get your free chicken. I can attest that it works. I got a free meal today and I got a free meal yesterday. I also have enough coupons printed out to get a free meal each day until the deal ends on May 19th. Sorry if you were unable to print out your coupons. More chicken for me. Hopefully it never gets to be like this situation at Popeyes.





On to other news. The garden starts this weekend. I have borrowed another tiller so we will have two of them out there preparing the earth. Most of the plants have been purchased and are in the living room right now. Just need it to stop raining for a couple hours so I can get them in the ground.


Dog update. The beast has, at least temporarily, found a new home. We had some friends come visit and they were looking for a dog. I was able to accommodate them. This way the kids can still go visit the dog and if she is too crazy, they can always return her. So of course now that she is gone, I am missing her. So don't come around the house asking about the dog and sending the kids into tears you heartless bastards.