My Birthday Gift !!

I would like to thank my wife, parents, mother & father-in-law, sisters-in-law & brother-in-law for all chipping in to buy me a brand new factory Ford Leather wrap steering wheel for my truck. If you have ridden in my truck lately you would know that the my steering wheel was in horrible condition and has been this way since 30,000 miles Ford did admit that most steering wheels in the Super Duty Series were defective but would not replace them because they did not deem them to be a safety hazard. Well Thanks to everyone my truck now looks good as new again!! THE UGLY WHEEL!!!!

OK!! I REMOVED THE AIRBAG WITH OUT BLOWING OFF MY HEAD! WARNING!! IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO THIS YOURSELF DO YOUR HOMEWORK FIRST LIKE I DID AND LEARN HOW TO REMOVE IT WITH OUT BLOWING YOUR HEAD OFF!! BECAUSE THEY WILL GO OFF WHEN YOU TAMPER WITH THEM!!

UM!! NOT GOING ANYWHERE NOW!!

O!! YESS!! THE NEW STEERING WHEEL ASSEMBLY IS COMPLETE AND LOOKING GOOD!!

Happy Birthday Andy

Happy Birthday Uncle Andy. Hope you had a great day. Enjoy a cold one. I know you will.

Happy Birthday Steve

Happy Birthday to my wonderful husband and Conner's wonderful daddy. He is so great to us and deserves to have a great day. We love you very much.

Happy Birthday Michelle

Happy Birthday Michelle. Have a great evening. We love you.

Party at the Broekers

Today was the party at the Broekers. We had great food, especially the BBQ pork, and great company. It was great to see a lot of people we haven't seen in awhile. Thanks Jamie and Ben for the great party.

Conner hadn't seen his girlfriends for over a week since he has started Daycare. I don't know who was more excited to see who. Conner to see the girls or the girls to see Conner. He knew instantly who they were. He knows their voices and faces very well. He talked up a storm with them almost like he was telling them everything that had been going on since he saw them last.

This is Conner and Lilly. They are two days apart in age. Lilly was born on May 6th and Conner on May 8th and we were neighbors at St. Mary's Hospital. Conner weighs 20 lbs and Lilly weighs 10 lbs.

Conner turned 3 months old today. I told him this party was for his birthday. I told him that all of the people came for him, and the blow up jumper and the slip and slide were for his party too. He seemed really happy to know that. Thanks Jamie and Ben for throwing such a great 3 month birthday party for Conner. I can't wait to see what you do for his 1 year Birthday.

Party before the Party

Our good friends, Jamie and Ben are having a huge party Saturday to end the summer. They asked Steve to work his magic and smoke his famous pork butts for the party. Now, if you have never tasted Steve's BBQ pork butts, you have simply missed out on one of the best things in the world. He is a pro on the smoker. So, Friday afternoon, the cooking started. He smoked 19 butts or 160 lbs.. It wasn't all for the party but also for friends and family who ordered butts for themselves. Things got going around 3 pm and they were finally off the grill at midnight. They cooled over night and then they were pulled Saturday morning and sauced. I sampled the finished product and remembered why he is the best cook I know.

We made a party out of it to kick off Saturday's party. We grilled hamburgers, made cheesy potatoes, carrot cake and yellow watermelon. Yes, yellow watermelon. Of course, a few beverages were consumed. A great time was had by all and I can't wait until the real party today.

Oh Look. Hannah sitting on the Cooler.

A cooler containing her BUBBY.

Paybacks are HECK Hannah.