Happy B-Day to my Grandpa Jug

Today is my Grandpa Jug (Flippin) 70th birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDPA!!!!!

He is such a great man that I have looked up to all my life. I am so proud to say that I am now following in his footsteps of a career. Now, Dad, don't get jealous their your footsteps too!! Just kidding! I really love being able to talk to my Grandpa about the different jobs we go to. And many of them are ones that he was there at many years ago. There is always someone asking me how my grandpa is doing. It is amazing how people remember other people that has been to their place to work on their wells/pumps from so long ago. I love you Grandpa!!!

Our evening...

This afternoon, Bubba and I took all of our burnable trash to our pit. He set it on fire and then stood back. We had a few visitors while we were in the field. The heifers we have right now are very nosey. I think they could tell you the front page gossip stories if they could talk!! ha!
This is Miss Daisy. Marcus bought Daisy with his own money. He then told me all about her while we were watching the fire. Such as how much she eats, what he thinks she weighs, how much he thinks she is worth, and so on. Sometimes I wonder if this smart, brilliant child of mine already has his Ag-Business degree! But I won't give my hopes up on an executive since he has a dream of becoming a veterinarian. I told him if he aimed to the stars and back that he would get whatever he set his mind too.

And this is my Bubby. This week is spirit week at school since homecoming is on Friday. Today was camo day. He told me that I needed to make sure this outfit was washed because he would need it very early Saturday morning for the youth hunt.

GO-CART

After I got back from Fayetteville today, I went to pick up Marcus at my mom and dad's. While I was on my way there, my phone rang. So, instantly I answered and it was mom. She was needing to know how long before I got there because Marcus was wanting me to ride the go-cart first and then he would. Let me tell you, it has been a long time since I have been on one of those things. I thought I was never going to get out of it! After I took my joy ride, Marcus tried it out. He didn't stay on very long, but said he liked it. On the ride home, he confessed that he was still a little bit afraid of it though!!

I did get to laugh for a little bit because everytime it would start to bounce, he would slam on the brakes! Maybe he won't be afraid of it very long and will enjoy all of the hard work that is Papa put into getting it running again!

Lucas & Marcus

Monday night, we kept Lucas until Megan got back from teacher's meetings. He absolutely loves Marcus and vice versa. Here he is giving Bubby some love. Marcus really "mother hens" him. Everytime he would fall, Marcus would pick him up and say "it's okay buddy". It is so fun to have them both together a lot. Of course, they played outside until it got dark and then we came in to play with tractors.

One of Lucas's favorite toys at our house is Marcus's collection of John Deere tractors. He played with this tractor for nearly 30 minutes without saying anything but "Voom, Voo". It is so funny to listen to him starting to try to put words together. He knows "Bub Bub" by heart. And he let Marcus know he knew how to say that when he thought Marcus was not paying enough attention to him! Another cute thing he has started to do is "call the cows". It sounds like this "woo boo, sue boo" Which means "woo bull, woo bull". He is just so darn cute.

Field Trip

Today, this monkey has a field trip. He is going to Friend's Fruit Market and then to the Bull Shoals State Park to have a picnic and go hiking. He made sure that I made a very healthy lunch for him which consisted of a PBJ sandwich, TGIF potato skin chips, apple, rice krispy treat, strawberry shortcake roll, and a water and capri-sun to drink. He will not even start to make a dent on that lunch but that is what he wanted. So, yes, I gave in and packed everything he asked for. They are also going to be buying a pumpkin at the market and we were to send money. I had all of this ready last night for him, but I htink he had checked to make sure I had put his money in his lunch box about 8 times before we got out of the door this morning. I asked him if he wanted me to meet him at the park for his hike and he made sure that I understood him that I was not to go because I was not going to risk falling on the trail or anything that might hurt my back even more. I was almost in tears because of how thoughtful this little man is for his momma. He has been extra good and has even gave me a few back rubs that I definately enjoyed. He is so proud of himself helping his momma out. He has even done the dishwasher and cleaned up his room without being asked. The more time I get to spend with my boy, the more I just fall in love with him. So, I hope you have fun Bubby!!