redneck summer in review

to recap:

royals vs. cardinals game. a father's day tradition!

daddy hungry!

new duo-griller for 4th of july's beer chicken.

redneck luau IV.

the tripods reunite for one more luau.

visiting friends in springfield. and bonus! a quick trip to silver dollar city...

what? no mickey mouse?

... and all the cheese you can sample at osceola cheese factory!

this doesn't count mom!

watching the shanks at castaways marina.

race for the cure. grammy didn't intend on the entire 5k, but began at the wrong start line. she did it though!

the .2 of a mile that e actually walked. the rest? piggyback.

fishing trip to truman lake. bugs and mold in room and pontoon almost sank twice (like water over the front and everything!) but we still had a great time!

e constructing his beer-can castle

this about concludes our redneck summer in review.

red dirt

we love our red dirt music and texas singer/songwriters. our faves do not come up to kc very often, so we're forced to jump in the car and chase them all over south missouri, kansas, and oklahoma. we've yet to hit up a texas concert, but i'm sure it's in the not-too-distant future. would love to see a show at billy bob's or gruene hall.

the best venues have been wormy dog in okc, snorty horse (the old springfield, mo location), and knuckleheads in kc.

the worst? the grenada in lawrence (thanks to the uber-trashed college kids only there for the free beer from their bartender friends) and some random ass park outside of tulsa to see brandon jenkins play in his hometown. it's all part of the experience folks.

what's not to love? music written from the gut, cheap (or free) tix, small yet rowdy crowds, smoky honky tonks, and the best part.. you can get up close and personal!

my future ex-husband: charlie robison at wormy dog

pat green and cory morrow at the grenada. love me some pat f-in green.

tonight we're off to see randy rogers band! for free! i love this stuff!

fall cravings

just a few more weekends of summer fun left. and i couldn't be happier about that. don't get me wrong, i enjoy summertime and last winter was dreadful, but i am having serious cravings for all things fall right now.

we have fully taken advantage of our hot summer days. we've been to the ballpark twice, the water park, grammy's pool, through numerous sprinklers and spraygrounds. we've played golf, tennis, baseball, bouncyball, ran 5ks. we've grilled almost every other night, made sangria and margaritas, shucked corn from the farmer's market. just last night we sat outside at smithville lake marina and watched my brother play in his band. and now we're getting ready to go to truman lake on a family fishing trip. it's been a great summer.

but we're hot and sunburned, and had all the hot dogs we can handle. i'm ready to dye the highlights out of my hair, grab my hoodie and some hot apple cider, and head on out to the pumpkin patch.

picking apples in grammy's backyard