The Bunch Celebrate D's Award And Get Ready For Nationals

T had fun with Grandpa! His sole mission is to beat Grandpa at Madden one day....this was NOT that day!🤣

We have had a crazy busy week trying to get everything done we need to get done before we leave, plus L had a set back this week so we also had to deal with that. It's only Tuesday, but this feels like the LONGEST week! We attended the annual banquet that D's work has every year. We thought we were just getting a dinner out, but to our surprise D won an award! We weren't expecting that, but it was a fun surprise. He works hard and it's nice when it's recognized. However, the pics of the guys who have been there 15+ years seriously needs to be updated! There was one guy who's pic had crazy amounts of hair and when he went up there he was pretty much grey and bald! D's wasn't too much better, but it least it still obviously resembled him. They had a nice buffet with turkey, potatoes, and cobbler. Since I had to eat Gluten Free and wasn't sure what the buffet would include D ordered me the vegetarian dish which was quinoa and green beans. It was really good, but boy did they give me a ton of it! Overall, it was a nice night. We talked with one of his coworkers we have known for years, and D got his award. I dropped L and T off at my parents house to spend some quality time with them while we were at the banquet since they live just down the street from where it was held.

My vegetarian dish...it was actually really good.

My wonderful husband getting recognized for his hard work ❤️

We also managed to get T's little garden tilled before the handle on the tiller we got from D's Grandpa (circa 1964) broke off. We already have a replacement handle so hopefully it is pretty easy to fix and we can get the big garden tilled when we get back from Nationals. We planted onions and carrots in the little garden and plan on okra, zucchini, and cantaloupe in the big garden.

D has been working tons of overtime lately to help with unexpected expenses. We basically have had to get new tires for every vehicle and trailer plus had a few other expenses pop up. I really look forward to visiting Springfield. T has his one game a day early in the morning so we will basically have all day to do fun stuff. We plan to spend at least one day in Branson. It is one of our favorite places, though I think T just really likes it for the fantastic fudge!😂

The weather should be nice most of the time we're there so this year we can actually do some outside stuff!

T has gotten really good at guitar. Lately, he's been working on his Guns N Roses stuff. 😂

L's latest art project. It is made from the paint color samples at the home improvement store....we had to go twice. She plans to enter it in an art exhibition next month. It is 18x24 inches so it's pretty large.

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