Destruction to Construction!

Destruction to Construction! We have a very large wrap around deck that has been a mess from the very first day we moved in. Well the boyz are well on there way to having it complete. Darin chose cedar decking that matches the Kato stone on our home perfectly. He is adding on a few more feet to make room for our patio set and a table and chair set. Can wait to have a party to show it off.

Out to Vikings Training Camp!

And we are up early and out the door for the 1st day of Vikings training camp! The boyz have all there Sharpe markers and merchandise to be signed along with a couple of chairs to take with for the autograph lines. With the rumors of Farve coming to the Vikes the Mankato area is exploding with people. The street vendors have a big sale on the #4 jersey's! And then we still have all those nut jobs who show up wearing packer clothes and putting up cheese heads all over town. Stay tuned I'm sure we'll have a story or 2 to share.

And the End of the Season

This past weekend Dalton's dream team season came to an end. The boyz finished with a 2nd place trophy for the year. We were tied 1-1 until the bottom of the 8Th when Maple River pulled ahead. It was a hard loss to take but the boyz sure fought a good fight. We have officially moved on to FOOTBALL! The football cleats have been ordered and the Vikes will be in town in just a couple of days but.......no Farve! We should all say a prayer to the dog pound in the sky that we don't get VICK. The last thing we need on Mankato streets is P.E.T.A! Watch for next weeks posts from Vikings Training Camp as the ELLIOTT BOYZ will be reporting from each day of camp.

Smack ~n~Duck Golf Fundraiser

Today we had our fundraiser for Raider Wrestling. Amazing weather for a day at the golf course! Tabor and Darin won some drawings and Darin won a closest to the hole pin. All the boys worked for tips and helped load and unload clubs. So summer officially starts tomorrow after Dalton's baseball game. That means 2 weeks off before school starts. The boyz still have football practice 4 times a week but it will give us some time at the lake & training camp which starts on Thursday. Will we have Farve or Not?

Summer Harvest

The garden maybe short on Mother Natures rain but it is really starting to produce this week. We are getting a lot of broccoli & cabbage, peas, tomatoes and summer squash. We are still waiting for the sweet corn to ripen. It might be a bad sign that the mini pumpkins are already turning orange. Naturally all teenage boyz decide to joke around with the vegetables they just don't believe there mother will post the photo. Today we picked 8 head of broccoli & 4 heads of cabbage. Which we will use Grandma King's coleslaw recipe on! Friends of ours have a sweetcorn stand and they have invited the boyz to join them this year and sell veggies from our garden. The boyz will have plenty to sell with 60lbs of seed potatoes planted and 60 each of tomatoes,cabbage & pepper plants.

YaHOO!

Yahoo! Its back to normal at the ball park. Who knew how relaxing it would feel to be back at the ball diamond 4 nights a week. And this is the last week with playoffs and the tournament starting this weekend. Dalton had a hard time finding a ball to hit last night and they walk him. The boyz did a great job seeing some new pitches. We got rained out for tonight in Mankato but not a drop here at our house. I'm making everyone go outside and line up for a rain dance! The plants should not turn orange from the rust in the water from the sprinkler use!

A toast for you Great Grandma!

We gathered at the farm after the burial on Wednesday to raise our glass to honor Great Grandma Elliott. Around 47 family members toasted Grandma with stories and more stories. Some I had forgotten about but laugh every time I hear them. We had such a huge spread of food! Shorty you better email me that cowboy caviar recipe! She would have been so proud of seeing everyone all dressed up and looking good. And a big thank you and kiss to Becky & John and my wonderful husband who was able to get up and speak at the service. With Uncle John staying until Sunday that means Darin & the boyz will stay in ND for a few extra days. So that leaves me to do the running for the football fundraiser and the remote for the TV and Great Grandma's quilt.