Snakes and Paint

Friday Noah and I traveled to the 43rd annual Mangum Rattlesnake Derby. It was an interesting experience. The 44th annual event will not be high on my priority list, but it was a nice day with some tasty snacks. Noah is a big fan of the corndog as you can tell from his picture. He also downed about 10 ounces of a strawberry lemonade.
Saturday we went to the park and cleaned house while Travis did inventories. We also feed the ducks and geese who were very pushy. One took a piece of bread out of Noah's hand.
Sunday Travis and Noah went to the park and to see the ducks (Noah is a big fan of both the park and the ducks) while I finished cleaning the house. Later Travis played golf and Noah and I watched puppies (101 Dalmatians) and ran a few errands. We also did some Mother's Day crafts for the Grandmas (I would show them off but that would ruin the surprise). Once we finished Noah painted for a little while.
As you can tell from his pictures, he had a series of bumps, bruises, and scratches this weekend. He bumped his head, scratched the side of his face and skinned his knees a couple of times. He scratched his chin once on Saturday and fell down at the park and did it up right on Sunday. I promise we don't beat him.

Ducks Part III

This critter is among the ducks and geese at the reservoir. We can't figure out what he is. He's as big as a goose but has a turkey face.

Ducks Part II

I was having difficulty posting texts with pictures with Noah climbing around and talking on the phone at the same time. So two new posts today.
As you can tell from the previous post, Noah enjoyed feeding the "geese-ducks" as he would say at the reservoir today before going to play at the park. I was feeling guilty because Travis and I have been so busy with school and work, so we enjoyed the fine weather outside this morning.
Thankfully prom is over and all of us survived although Noah was yelled at when he pulled the picture backdrop down about eight hours before the big event. Mommy was not happy. Daddy received a curt on-the-golf course cell phone call informing him that he needed to come and help.
Travis and I attended while Noah went to Grandpa and Grandma Gracey's where he fell asleep at 9:30. He has not been to bed before 11 all week. I'm thinking about sending him there every night. (just kidding)
Less than a month left of school. Hooray! Although I don't know what I will do with myself.
Travis will be busy with inventory all week, but Grandma Barnes is coming for a visit. We've been cleaning house in preparation and also b/c it had been more neglected than Noah during the last couple of weeks.
A great week to all!
Next weekend is the Mangum Rattlesnake Derby. I think we'll attend so maybe we'll get some good material from that.

Still busy

We're still very busy with work, school, and prom. Fortunately, the prom will be over soon. School will be close behind. Noah and I did have a nice Saturday shopping with Tamara and Isabel. I got new shoes and Noah got a new hat and book (he's already torn up the book). Have a great week!

Busy, Busy, Busy

We Graceys have been very busy lately with school, work, and helping Grandpa & Grandma Barnes get ready for their move over the weekend. Travis has a whole two days off this month. I have EOI tests to prepare students for and the prom is coming up, too. Also, my graduate classes are wrapping up so that means we're all swamped. Noah has been busy growing and talking like crazy. His new words today were mower and Hummer. Grandpa and Grandma said that he said Wal-Mart, but we're in denial about that. Noah got a pretty serious boo-boo on his big toe, but he has announced that it is all better a couple of times. It still looks pretty painful to me. I'm not sure what we'll do tomorrow when he has to wear tennis shoes.
His pictures we had made over spring break came in, and I've posted a sample. Don't tell the copyright police. I hope everyone has a great week. It looks to be a little soggy around here.