An Afternoon of Culture

...Redneck culture that is. We went to the monster truck rally on Saturday. Hunter loved the big trucks and I loved checking out the crowd. Here are some things we learned:

1. Snow cones at this event are $10.

2. If you don't have a mullet, you can buy one. (We saw a nice asian man in a blonde mullet wig).

3. You are never too old or too overwieght to be in a heavy metal band with your buds.

4. This is unrelated to redneck culture, but something else we learned that afternoon was that Hunter does not chew his food... at all. We now know this because he laid out his last two meals on the sidewalk for us. You didn't need to be a forensic to decipher what he had eaten.

It really was a super fun way to spend an afternoon. Hunter won't stop talking about monster trucks and how noisy they are, and how they jump in the air, and go on hills, and he has to wear earplugs. Thanks Uncle Ross for the tickets!

Happy B-day Hunter!!!!!

Hunter's Birthday was a couple of weeks ago, but I am just now getting around to blogging the big fun! Can't believe he is 2!! Hunter had a Cars birthday. He talked about having a "Cars cake" for like a month. We put butcher paper up with pictures of Sally, McQueen, and Mater for the kids to color and put stickers on. They loved it (and hopefully didn't reenact any of it at home on their parents' walls, sorry folks, it was a fun b-day game though).

Here are Hunter's cute b-day buddies.

Here are 10 b-day boy facts so I can remember just how precious this little guy is when he's too big to sit in my lap and play with my hair.

1. Hunter can identify, give at least two facts and properly pronounce the names of brontosaurous, t-rex, brachiosaurous, triceratops, raptor, stegasaurous, allosaurous, and terodactyl (mommy can't spell them though).

2. He loves to sing and dance and can sing the themes songs of his favorite two shows, Little Einstiens and Thomas and Friends as well as several other church songs and lullabies. One of his favorite songs is Take Me Out to the Ball Game. Root, root, root for the MARINERS!

3. He loves swimming with his water wings and jumping in the pool without anyone catching him.

4. He loves to lay on his tummy and watch the wheels of his cars as he races them back an forth on the ground, while making car noises.

5. He asks what everything is doing. Random people, animals, trees, toys, everything needs explaining.

6. Hunter loves to run. He has a famous "tae-bo run" where he punches his little fists as he runs yelling "go, go, go, go, go!"

7. Hunter does the best imperssonation of a raptor. (Thank you Uncle Clayson)

8. Hunter has a very tender heart. He has a toy puppy that makes a whiney noise that causes Hunter to drop everything to run to the puppy and gently pat its head and say, "There, there," until the puppy is quiet again.

9. Hunter loves talking. He is quite the conversationalist. He will choose a topic and then force you into asking him questions about it, which he in return gives plenty of details. If you slack in your responses or lose interest he will stick his little face in yours and say, "More things?"

10. Hunter is a thrill seeker. He loves going on rides at Lagoona-goona (Lagoon) and Disneyland. I think he's going to grow up to be an adrenaline junky!

MOMMY AND DADDY LOVE YOU SOOOOO MUCH HUNTER! HAPPY 2!

We Are Still Alive

What have we been up to, besides mourning the loss of our computer? Well... camping, swimming, rodeo, fireworks, bbq's, family, cousins, sleep-overs, school (Craig), birthday, buddies, work, broken car, working car, giggling, Lagoona-goona, and not acting too quickly to fix our situation with our computer because it would be a shame for us to rejoin the rest of 21st century society. One day when we get off our lazy bums, I will show you the pictures that prove we have really been busy doing all of these things. In the mean time, we love viewing all of your sophisticated blogs to see what you all have been doing this summer.
Love the Barnards