Life out on the Farm

Life on the family farm near a small town, remodeling an old farmhouse and enjoying rural life, except for the dust!

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Married with 2 kids, live in the midwest.

Sunday, September 24, 2006

Family Golf Outing

What a weekend. We had family in town for our annual family golf outing on Saturday. The weather wasn't too bad. A little rain, but otherwise decent temperatures. Everyone had a good time and Debbie did an awesome job setting it all up. Normally it is just the siblings and cousins that play, no kids, however this year they were short a foursome/1 tee time. So the prince and his cousin got to play (next generation) along with a friend. They played well and were very good at following the course rules, so they may get to play next year too - which he is excited about.

The Princess had her 1st soccer game of the fall season today, gorgeous weather.
Kay came to watch it with me, we had a fun time. The twins gave her some "helpful hints" from the sidelines - it was a riot! (acutally it was good advice- just funny how they phrased it!)

Shawn took the nephews - all 3 older boys (except Alex) to play 9 holes of golf today. The twins really loved it, since they were too young and didn't get to play yesterday. Good time for them. When they got back we went out to supper (I know "dinner"...but this is the midwest!).
Great food, was fun spending time chatting with him.

Shawn lost his job a few weeks ago. He has been with the company since college graduation. They were changing directions, downsizing, etc. The good part was he has a good severence package. Now he just has to decide what he wants to do for the next part of his life! So he is doing some soul searching and deep thinking about what he wants to do next. The "good" part of it all - is that we get to see him more often now!

Pat's dad had the rest of his teeth pulled Friday and was not feeling too good later that day still. Personally I think he should switch dentists - he was bruised on his chin and his jaw felt misaligned from pounding on it. But - it is over now and they are all out. He said the dentist held a chisel while he had the hygentist use a hammer to hit it - to break the tooth up!? Sounds barbaric to me! Plus he said he told the dentist his left arm was numb to his fingers and his thumb felt like an ear of corn. He was in the chair for over 2 hours. Oh well...over and done.
Stories like this are why I have such problems going to the dentist!

Have a good night.