Tractor Crankin

With the long weekend upon us, we were looking forward to some Aggie Football and Waco. My buddy Ty and his family have some extra season tickets, so Cassie, her best friend Megan, Ty and Myself got on the road around 10:00 Saturday morning and headed to College Station for the 6:00 game. We met quite a few friends at Blue Bake for a few Club Blues and Powder Blues . . . such good food. After lunch we headed over to the see Chris' new house. We also stopped off at Traci's new school and Cassie was floored with the technology and the amazing stuff her new school has set up. We hung around the house, played a little washers and then made out way to the Stadium. Before the game there are tons of activities and tons of tailgating so we all split up and went to see our people and hang out. The game was awesome, we had good seats (yea so what if we sat down, deal with it), we won, it didn't rain but was very cool, just couldn't ask for a better game day. After the game we headed to the after party at Ty's parent's hotel and had some pizza and refreshments before getting on the road. Going back to College Station after a 6 month stint was such a cool feeling. I really loved my time there and going back feels like home. My kids will not have a choice of where they go to school . . . end of subject.

We arrived in Waco around 1:00 and didn't waste anytime getting to bed. We were staying at Ty's ranch and the bed was very comfortable so we dozed off quite happy. The next morning his sweet grandma got up and made us a great breakfast and we checked out the Ranch. That afternoon we went and saw the Dr. Pepper Museum and went grocery shopping for dinner. We grilled a bunch of food and had a great time playing cards and hanging out with his folks.

Monday we got up early for a little Tractor Crankin. Ty's family is big into tractor collecting and it was like being a kid in a candy shop. I was a little apprehensive driving these beasts but I quickly got the hang of it and was having a great time. The girls were entertained with watching and playing games on my phone.

It was a quick trip, but before we left town we stopped at a small hamburger joint for some homemade burgers and pies, it was the perfect ending to an awesome weekend.

5:00a.m. came very early on Tuesday, but we pushed through the pain and made it back to work. It has been a short week and we needed it after such a busy weekend.

Dad landed on Monday for his 3 week vacation. This go around Dad decided to do a little golf work-shop so Mom and Dad have been staying with us since Wednesday and are going t0 their golf lessons up the road in Kingwood. Mom was very sunburned yesterday evening, but seemed like she was having a good time learning how to play.

On other fronts, Grandpa has been in the hospital since being released last week, they are thinking it might be pneumonia, so keep him in your prayers. The Methodist Church in Texas City also sustained quite a bit of damage last night from a Fire so be thinking of those church members.

This weekend we are going to finish hanging the stupid back door, and might do a little painting in the house.

Have a great weekend.