Happy Birthday LAKOTA!

This year marks 125 years of existance for some of our area communities. Devils Lake and Lakota both celebrated their Quasiquicentennial over the 4th of July. I was able to attend Lakota's celebration. Friday they had a street dance with the Roosters providing the music. It was AWESOME!! The bass players' neice is my cousin Kaylas best friend, so I got to meet the band! This isn't some garage band. This band has a song on the radio!! I met my brother and his friend at the beer garden and we had a blast. Especially when my uncle Randy found us! He is a one man party that man!

Saturday Morning brought the best of the weekend! The Parade!!

Waiting for it to start!

HERE THEY COME!! & The Shriners from Devils Lake.

Old Glory!!

Dave's brother John on the "H" that they restored with his wife and 4 sons in the manure spreader. I love the sign it says "Here's to the cows, the chores keep us fit. The chore we like least is shoveling...........MANURE!!"

Hardware Hank and the Johnsons hardware crew. That's my cousin Ian in the inflatable suit. He said the fan went out in it so it wasn't really inflated. He thought Elton (the parade announcer) would make a comment about liposuction!!

This is what we will all be driving if the gas prices get much higher!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAYLAKOTA!!!!!

OOOOOOOOO Shiny Thing!!! This sign is cute!

This is the COOLEST flame job ever!!! & That is a HUGE trike!

OOPS!!! I think he has a flat tire!

These are just a few of the great parade entries!! My camera battery went dead half way through. I missed the horses which included the Budweiser Clydesdales, the Stump Lake Tractor Club, and SO much more!! The parade began at 10:30 and didn't end until just after noon!!

I was able to take McKayla to the "Bouncy games" on the lawn of the courthouse and out to supper at Dairy Queen. Then we had another street dance and the Fireworks!!! It was a very fun filled weekend. Now, we can prepare for Michigans' 125th the weekend of July 24-27. I hope that we have good weather and a great time their as well!! I assume that my house will be full--Dave's sisters will have to sleep somewhere!!

Father's Day 2008

Yes I know I haven't posted anything recently, ok so I haven't posted in the last month! S0 I will be doing some "marathon posting" tonight! First up is Father's Day!





Father's Day is a happy and sad occasion for David and I. We are sad that his dad isn't here to celebrate with us but we know Pete is celebrating in heaven with his Heavenly Father!! We are also happy that we are able to celebrate with my Grandpa and my daddy! This year we also celebrated with my uncle Jeff, who is a Father and Papa Jeffy to his grandchildren!!

I gave my dad a hawaiian shirt, I was scared that he wouldn't wear it but to my knowledge has worn it twice!

Everyone came over here to eat a most delicious meal! Dad made a turkey in the turkey fryer (in the rain) that turned out beautifully! When the weather cleared up, Jeff, Dad, Gpa, Jamie and Sean went fishing on Lake Laretta. They did pretty good. They caught a good haul of Northern Pike!




Here is Father and Son with their big fish!!
The dogs felt a little left out so I figured I should get a picture of them with the fish too!! In the evening we went to Gma and Gpas for supper! I bet you can't guess what we ate!!! U got it! FISH--beer battered fish, and some other breaded fish. It was an awesome day and we are all very thankful for one more Father's Day spent with our Fathers....and uncles!

LOOK @ WHAT I JUST FOUND lmao!!!!

David thinks he is in color wheel hell stuck on PINK!! I was researching vacuums just now and found this beautiful specimen of femininity!

A Pink Vacuum Too?

Today was the day I was finally going to vacuum the sand from last Sunday out of my carpet. I started in the hallway and was working my way around "the wall." My vacuum has been my favorite toy since Dave gave it to me for Christmas in 2006. I usually get excited to use it~~it is pretty and it has a power paw for the furniture! So, near the bathroom door, I smell smoke. I have smelled it before while vacuuming so I paid it no attention. Soon near the railing to the basement I SAW smoke. LOTS OF SMOKE! I picked it up and took it outside yanking the cord from the outlet. I laid it down and saw the flames coming from the side where the belt is. I was so panicky I couldn't think of what I should use to put out the fire. I decided on my coffee maker. I doused the flames and grabbed my camera. I was nervous about what Dave would say about this one for sure. Fire has been the ongoing theme this last week. He had been in town at church so, thankfully he was feeling mellow. He didn't say much. Except he did say that he didn't know if they make PINK vacuum cleaner. OH and word from the wise~~if you are shopping for a vacuum cleaner DO NOT buy a Eureka Altima

Random thought for today.

So there are 3 weddings of people I personally know today. I wondered whats the deal?
What is so special about this weekend? JUNE 7, 2008

THEN IT HIT ME!


June (6) 7, 08 6,7,8

One of the weddings is at 3:45pm. So their wedding begins at 3:45 on 6-7-08 ! How cool is that!

Sorry like I said random thought!

Pizza Cutter go BYE BYE!

Remember my last blog about the almost perfect day! Well, I realized on Thursday night that my pizza cutter was missing when I went to cut the most delicious homemade taco pizza ever! So I had to think hard "when was the last time you used it, Angela?"

Almost instantly, I remembered the gooey pizzas from Hotstuff in Lakota on Sunday. I used it to re-cut the pizzas so surely it had to have been washed and put away. I hunted high and low but could not find it. "Well I laid it the box lid when I was done......." THAT my friends is when I had what I call "a moment of clarity". I left the pizza cutter in the pizza box, someone ate the pizza, and didn't remove the cutter. I was about to get another dose of clarity. I BURNED those pizza boxes. In the burn barrel. THIS burn barrel to be exact!

Can you find what's left of the pizza cutter amidst the ash?

Here it is! I felt so foolish when I told David!! He kind of chuckled and told me that he thought it was all a part of my evil plan to get a pink handled Kitchen Aid Pizza cutter, which simply isn't true! There was no evil plan, but since we need a pizza cutter, I might as well get the pink one!!

The (ALMOST) Perfect Day!

Yesterday brought warm weather, a beautiful blue sky, and my family over for dinner! It was very last minute and I had an agenda, Dave and I needed Dad's, Jamie's, and Sean's muscles to help move some furniture to the "man cave" a.k.a my thunderstorm haven! We grilled burgers and deer sausage, and ate on the deck. You can see everyone assembled and ready to pray!

We had a yummy watermelon for dessert. Everyone looks so excited:) ok... so maybe dad looks a little grumpy ;)

After we ate, Jamie and Sean found my tennis ball slingshot and had fun shooting the balls at each other. They even tried a golf ball to see how far it would go! Dad and David enjoyed watching in the shade from our adirondack chairs.

We also went fishing at Lake Laretta just north of my house about a mile away! Jamie caught the first northern, Amber caught the next 3 and Dad caught one. Sean had a couple get away as did Amber, Dad and Jamie. As for me, well.... let me just say that if we are lost in the wilderness and it is up to me catch food, we will all starve!! I never even had a nibble.

We had Hotstuff pizza for supper, and then ended the day with a bonfire at Mom and Dads.