Ninja Guy!

I think that Brett really caught the essence of this GI Joe ninja guy... I think he is on his way to the Y in YMCA... not really sure.
Did the village people lose their ninja?

Sammy by Brett

Brett took this picture of Sammy today.

Brett the Photographer

Brett got a little camera happy and started taking pictures of his toys.

bike 

Brett... 

Helping Daddy... 

Tear Down..

Charlie ran in a race yesterday. It will be the last for this year. So, he decided to begin tearing down his bike.

Mohawk

Brett is silly. He gave himself a mohawk.

Red Barn

Red Barn

Old Shed 

Flower

I went for a walk today and took a couple pictures, so I thought I'd share them with you.

Field

Field

Sunday

On Sunday we went to a cook out at our neigbors house, Jim. Jim is the second one in from the left. On the far left is Preston, then Jim, then Neck and of course Chuckie. We had a blast!

Brett and Brandon

Brett and Brandon on Sunday

PW 50 For Sale

For Sale:

Sammy

We have another a new addition to our family. This is Sammy. He is a five month old Golden Retriever.

School / Football

What a long day for our little Brett.  School is back in full swing.  School officially started last Monday, but there was no homework given.  Today, we had about an hours worth of homework, which had to be done after a two hour football practice.  Poor guy... he did not get to bed until 10pm. 

I found out today that we need to make a poster for the "Homecoming" weekend this weekend for Brett's football team.  He plays for the Winfield Cavaliers, he is Division E.  DivE is 6 to 8 year olds under 80 pounds.  Brett only weighs 47.  I've never heard of little gridders having homecoming... but hey... I'm open to new ideas.  So, Charlie went to Wal-Mart and picked up some posterboard and some supplies.  So, I've spent about the last three hours working on that.  It has to be good.  I don't want Brett to look bad.  I can tell that this community takes their football very seriously and a lot of the Mom's out here are stay at home, so they are probably pretty crafty.  I'll be sure to take a picture of it when it is done

School Day...

Marigolds

These marigolds just keep on coming.... They grow so fast that I've never even had to dead head them.

Basement

Charlie spent all day today taping and mudding in the basement. Only dywall left to do is in the bathroom.

More Zuchinni

Isn't Charlie sweet? Here he is helping me shred zuchinni so that I could make some bread.

Meeker's Sun Room

Dawn and Jason put a new sunroom and deck on their house in Virginia. It looks awesome!

Cassie

Cassie is chillin' out on my latest crochet project. I'm making a cardigan.

Mr. Flopsy

Mr. Flopsy peeks out of his cage so I can scratch his head.

1st Football Game

Yesterday Brett played in his first football game. His team is the Winfield Caveliers. Their colors are Black and Gold. He is on Black offense and Black defense... which basically means he is on second string. The coach is real fair about getting all the kids equal game time though. Brett did really well on the line; he held his ground even with kids bigger than him. At half time the coach was talking to the team and he said "Even little Brett Knox who only weighs 45 pounds soaking wet was standing up to the big guys." Brett is among the three or four smallest kids on the team, but he is showing how tough he can be. He is too cute on the field, he gets pumped up on the line and he already has a routine of playing with his mouth piece and jumping up and down before they get set. He is really enjoying the sport. After the game, the coach gave out some packs of football cards as "game cards" (can't really give out footballs, that would be too expensive). There is this little boy named Mike, number 28. Man is he fast. He had tackle after tackle all day. So, of course he got the cards. It was a really good game and Charlie and I both had a great time watching the kids.

Before the game, we broke down and went to Wal-Mart and got a Digital Video Recorder. I think it is very similar to the one Shelby and Bud have. It's a slick little thing. So, we were able to get a lot of good video of Brett. As soon as I figure it out, I'll try to put some video on crazyside.com.

I got a call from Brandi

All, As most of you know Christopher and Brandi transferred from Atsugi Japan back to Gulf Port MS this past spring. They bought a house in Waveland. The move went very well. Christopher is in the Navy as a Sea Bea. The Sea Bea's, while stationed in Gulf Port are part of the "detachment" that deploys around the world for six month missions. About 10, or so days ago Christopher and his battalion shipped out to Misawa Japan. Brandi, Libby (10 years) and Tyler (2 years) endured Hurricane Katrina without him. Thank God they are fine. Please see the message below... This is Brandi's Mom relaying a message to Christopher. As you can see, the help of the Red Cross is essential for the people who are now without power, water, food and some without homes.
Love to all!
jo

To: young_kountry@yahoo.com
Subject: I got a call from Brandi
From: Debbie Mason
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 08:53:47 -0500


Chris I got to hear Brandi's voice, Libby's too. She said they are safe and they have shelter.

They are okay, they are really okay. Paula's house has a tree (or tree limb) in the roof. Brandi said you guys lost almost all of your trees in the yard. They looked out at one point and seen a neighbors roof blow off, all they could see was debris flying thru the air, the sound was horrid, she said she dropped to her knee's and prayed, (she was afraid). The water came up and up, it came up to six feet from the house but never into the house. A tree limb broke Paula's windshield, but her car and your truck do not have a scratch on them. The tree beside the barn came down within 2 inches of your truck but not a scratch. They drove out and met the Red Cross trucks and got more drinking water and ice and maybe she said MRE's. They have checked in with the neighbors that are still there. One woman has a generator, she told them to bring their milk and perishables to her house when the ice is gone. The Bonnells checked in with them and Mrs Bonnell said she has a semi load of generators coming in today and she put Brandi's name on one of them. They all were going to the neighbors swimming pool to take a quick bath (with their clothes on due to the debris in the pool) and wash their hair. When done they are going to carry buckets of water to the house to flush the toilets with. The Red Cross is coming back today with more water and food, medical supplies, chain saws and diapers. Oh yeah, LaBeau has got some guys to help with the tree clean up. I told them to watch for snakes, the rescue people are freaking out over all the snakes. Libby wants you to know that the most horrible part was that she got stung by a wasp. Bless her heart, she really is the sunshine in our world. I was afraid she would have nightmares over this. I told Brandi I will come down as soon as the roads open up and we can buy gas along the interstate again. She thinks there is nothing I can do, I am her Momma, I can bring peace of mind and security, I can also kill snakes.
Oh yeah she said when they got to the rail road tracks they stopped and all got out and stood on the tracks and starred...you can see the ocean from the railroad tracks, she said at least 3 mile of the coast is just gone, everything gone. She also wants you to know she loves you very much and she also wants to hear your voice but the relay system will do for now. They are alive and well and she will save some fix-it jobs for you when you come home. Isn't she funny.

I have to get to work now but I will stay in touch.
Love Ya
Deb