Kellie's 50th B-day

Wednesday, Sept 17th was Kellie (my mother-in-law's) 50th B-day. We had a surprise party for her on Monday courtesy of Anita's great planning skills once again. It was tons of fun! Kellie seemed very surprised and all of her friends came and celebrated! It was great. Congrats on 50 great years Kellie!

Anita lighting the candles
The cake
Rick and Kellie
LJ, Jayson, Jake, and Kim
Jayson and LJ

The Surprise!

Jayson's 30th B-day

Thursday, September 11th, LJ's older brother Jayson turned 30 years old. It was a very traumatic event for him. As long as I have known Jayson, he has dreaded this day. He has this belief that he was supposed to me a millionaire by the time he was 30. Now that he is 30 and not a millionaire, I think he feels like he failed in some way. Well, Jayson I am hear to tell you that you have no reason to be sad about being 30. You have a fantastic wife, Anita (who threw you a great party), 3 wonderful children, and many great accomplishments. So follow Tim McGraw's advice in his song, "My Next 30 Years" and have some more fun. Here's to another great 30 years!!

Anita threw Jayson a killer party on Friday. We had a pinata, cake walk, dinner, and a miniature softball game. It was a great night. Of course there was wrestling, arm wrestling, and brotherly bonding time. Thanks for a great night Anita!

Jayson- the old man
The pinata
LJ
Rick showing Matt and Jayson the rules
Rigging up the pinata

Boondocks

On Labor Day we got home from Elk City and met my family at Boondocks for a farewell party for Kris before he leaves for college. We played miniature golf, rode the go carts, bumper boats, played laser tag, and played games. It was so much fun!! Thanks Mom and Dad for a wonderful day! Good luck at college Kris- we will miss you!!!

Jack
Kris
Kade got to drive the little go karts all by himself
Jack, Kris, Luke, Mat, LJ
Jeff

Kiley, Mom, Jeff, Kade, Dad, Ryan
LJ, Garrett, Kris, Kody, Mat
Me
LJ and I
Kori, Kenzie, Kade, etc

Hunting & The Shack

Over Labor Day LJ and I went to Elk City. LJ went hunting and I walked with the dogs, read, slept, and watched lots of College Football. It was a nice weekend of just relaxing. These are updated pictures of the not so shack in Elk City.