gameday

IMG_6958, originally uploaded by Gilkata.

akello and mama and me at a football game. akello is clapping for the kicker. BIG KICK!!

Right now akello is at grandma pearls house while theresa and gil catch a breath, (and write on the blog). Here is a video from the last trip to Grandma Pearls house. Akello loves to go to grandmas, he starts packing up the whole house once he hears that hes going to grandmas for a couple of days, and just keeps asking," whens grandma coming to get me?"
once grandma opens the door, he is out the door, arms full of everything he needs for the trip, hanging out by the door of grandmas car. "lets go grandma lets go!"

Crowes Nest Farm

so this past weekend we loaded up the CRV and went to Crowes nest farms out in manor for thier Once a year "open house". It was pretty cool, hayrides, sausage wraps, exotic chickens and pigs, a cow milking demonstration, hayrides, ostriches and emus, and tons of other fun things and animals. This is their fundraiser for the slow part of the season. it was really fun and we'll be back next year.



We actually only knew about it b/c one of akello's friends told him that he'd be there if he wanted to join, so we did.

I give thanks for my bike

That little chair im sitting in is from target. a little 50 dollar pho-leather chair for kids. thank god my ass fits in it. theres no where else comfy to sit in the living room while the living room is in "school mode". anyway....

When we eat dinner we hold hands and say prayers. Theresa and I take turns and sometimes we forget, but akello is always there to remind us. "say prayers mama!" as he extends his hands to both of us. He is usually quiet during this but the day he got his bike he interuppted mama

THERESA - "DEAR LORD, WE GIVE THANKS FOR..."

AKELLO - "MY BICYCLE!"

THERESA - "...AKELLOS BICYCLE AND WE ALSO GIVE THANKS FOR..."

AKELLO - "MY HELMET!"

THERESA - "YES, HIS HELMET TOO AND ..."

AKELLO - "MY TRUCKS. MY LEMONADE, AND MY PANTS"

GIL - "PANTS ESPECIALLY LORD"


so today we were at church, and for whatever reason akello didnt want to hang in the nursery but wanted to be in the "grown up church"

Akello was being as talkative as usual, no big deal...but then came the prayers.

The sanctuary was quiet as the rector said " we give thanks lord..."

akello - "they're doing prayers too!"
gil - "yes, we are all praying and being quiet right now."

I thought for sure akello was going to yell it out. "i pray for my bicycle!"
but it didnt happen. whew!

BUT

whenever they started the communion ceremony, (were episco's if you didnt know)
akello spies the homeade bread that they use for communion and shouts out,"i want some of that bread!!" "i want some of that bread daddy!"

you'd think we never fed the kid!

Heres a video!

All the live long day

Akello and I were rocking out the other day. He somehow found the beat for "ive been working on the railroad" in my drum solo. We had the drum pads on so it sounds a little weird.

I read this quote today in a book my dad gave me.

When you teach your son, you teach your son's son. ~The Talmud

my parents didn't know how to play drums, and yet, they taught me how to work for them.

i had to show intrest in the drums for 5 years and play on a 100 dollar used drumset from sears that had cymbals that would bend when you hit them before they sprung for a beginner set from a respectable company (Pearl). And that set was for me AND my sister!

maybe they were just poor.

either way, i learned to work for what i wanted.

I saw this thing on the millenials. the generation after me. I was reading up on how teenagers think and stumbled across it. I am definitley not part of this generation but i can still relate a little bit. I definitely dont want akello getting a trophy if he looses. click here to see what i mean

hello

IMG_7431, originally uploaded by Gilkata.

im sooo behind on the blog i know... will try to offer up something this weekend

pimp this yard

so this shed of our has been in the middle of the backyard since we moved in. lOOOONG story short, My dad came over and helped me move it last month. the pic above had us emptying it out. then we moved it via the Egyptian pyramid method.







akello is totally into taking pictures these days with his disposable camera. he hasnt figured out to point it away from him so he's been taking ALOT of self portraits.



that brings up a good point, as soon as you point the camera at him, he wants to take the picture and runs towards you to look at the viewfinder display. so its been kinda tough taking pics or video lately

Rain hat

Rain hat, originally uploaded by Gilkata.

akello went to the store to walmart to get rainboots, but of course, the only ones they had were spongebob and dora.
I am so sick of those two. So they went to REI were they found a rain hat and boot combo!!! of course he wears them everywhere now