OCT 15-19 Cold Front at Mack Creek

Monday morning I loaded all my gear and headed to the lease. When I went thru Moss Hill it was 78 and sunny, by the time I got to Mack Creek it was 65 and raining.  It sure felt good. It was great to have the ole Ranger back. In between rain I checked all my feeders and picked up my game camera. I had a few nice deer pictures. Pretty much just chilled all day. Tuesday morning I went and got some corn and fertilizer. I fertilized all the rye grass plots and put some corn in some of my feeders. It mostly just drizzled off and on all day. The temperature was great with a high of about 60. It still was drizzling on and off all day on Wednesday. I finished getting some corn in feeders and put a new seat in one of my tree climbers.  Just chilled out most of the day. Thursday was our first dry day. I did a little walking in the woods and trimmed a few trails. Little John showed up and brought Danny Espree (exxon hand) with him.We had a good evening and Danny cooked some steaks. We found out that his daughter and my middle granddaughter will play on the same club volleyball team this year. I went home Friday morning. I managed to get the yard mowed and then we went to Mackenna"s last freshmen volleyball game. They won easily over Humble.  They finished the season schedule undefeated. Their only losses came in tournaments. With all the rain we have had Kristis lakehouse in Riverside was flooded.  Their house was but fine but you could only get there by boat. The house across the street caught fire and burned down. They think an electrical problem cause it.

Found some fresh scrapes

Glad to have the Ranger back

fertilizing some rye grass

just chilling

Mackenna

Neighbors boathouse at lake

House fire

Oct. 10- 14 Finally a little Cool Weather-Still Busy

I got home Tuesday morning. Susan was busy cleaning out her sewing room to make a little room for her new machine. It was still too wet to do any mowing.We went to Mackennas game in Pasadena . We came straight home after wards as I decided to  move a daybed out of Susans room. We don't use it that much and it will give her a lot more space. Wednesday morning the Bernina guy showed up at 8:15. He got the machine set up and then he and Susan practiced with it for several hours. I cleaned up the garage and made it presentable. I also did some mowing along the road and at Kevin's. I'm letting my yard dry a little bit more. Thursday morning I worked on our drain from the kitchen, I don't know why but it will plug up sometimes. My tractor is at the lease so I had to use my lawn tractor and wagon to move the power snake. I then did a little spraying for weeds hopefully for the last time this year. We went to Ashleys volleyball game Thursday night. Friday morning I was able to mow the front yard and 3/4 of the back. Friday night we went to Kennas volleyball game in Kingwood. After that game we went to Humble to watch Ashly play in a tournament, we saw their first game which they won, they played again later that night but we headed home. Saturday morning we went to Sammi"s softball game at 9:00 am. After that we went to see Ashleys two more games in their tournament. When we got home I was able to finish mowing the rest of the backyard. Sunday I  just chilled out till Kyle came. He replaced the bendix on my Ranger.  As usual we ran into a few more issues but finally it was put back together and it runs good now. Tomorrow I'm headed to the deer lease for a week. we are supposed to get our first real cold front along with more rain.

Cleaned up and rearranging

Its set up

Long Arm Quilter

So much fun

Ashley

Mackenna

Sammi

Toothless

the Bendix sits inside gear case above fly wheel 

Oct 2018 It is a Busy Time

Grandkids have kept us petty busy.  Sammi has softball games on Monday nights, Kenna has volley ball games on Tuesday and Friday nights and Ashley has volleyball games on Thursday nights. Also a few Saturday tournaments throwed in the mix. I have been able to get to Mack Creek a couple of times doing some mowing,discing, and planting rye grass. My starter went out in the Ranger, replaced the starter motor and found out its the Bendix which is located inside gear case. Now waiting on parts.  We did grandparents lunch with Sammi one day. Kristen brought Peyton and Luke over to my Moms one day. Susan went on a quilt retreat for 5 days and I babysit (bus driver) the girls during that time as Kristi went to Dallas. I got back to Mack Creek Saturday morning. Several folks at the lease.  I did a little mowing and checked my game camera. I had a few deer pictures and strangely enough they were all daylight pictures. I moved my camera to a different location .  We had a great time Saturday night just visiting  and having fun. Sunday was a slow day. I managed to sight a couple of rifles in. Everyone went home so its just me and Callahan. I had another issues with kidney stones and so I didn't do much in the evening. I finally passed my kidney stone around 3;00 am Sunday night. Slept very good after that. Monday morning I did a little tractor work till about 12:30.Came in and took a little nap. John and Judy showed up and later  Jamie brought his trailer in and we got him set up. I cooked a pot of lima beans and sausage for supper and we had a nice night. I'm going home tomorrow. Susan has a new Long Arm Quilting Machine coming in on Wednesday morning. Also my parts are arriving Friday.Hope to have Ranger back together this weekend.

Grandparents day with Sammi

Peyton School picture

Peyton and Luke at Moms

Kenna volleyball game

Ashley volleyball game

Sammi at bat 

Mackenna, Susan at Breast Cancer ceremony

Doing some planting

Holly and Maggie

John and John

just chilling

John  Holly Mike

Sept 1-7 2018 Mack Creek and Ashleys First Jr. High Volleyball Game

I headed to the deer lease on Sunday and stayed till Thursday. Susan left Monday morning and went to Kristi's lake house  for a small quilt retreat till Thursday. It was really nice temperatures as I had rain showers all around but didn't get much rain at the lease. I got several feeders going and did some dirt work on roads. I then started doing some mowing.  In my old age I only mow early in the morning and late in the evening. After a few days my back needs a rest from all the bouncing around. I did manage to sight in a new scope I put on my lever action 44 Mag.  Both Susan and I came home Thursday morning so we could go to volleyball games.  Ashley had her first Jr. High game for Riverwood. They played Kingwood Middle School. I was surprised as we just dominated them.  They could not handle our servers. Ashley had a great night, She only served one time and racked up 14 straight points to finish our last set. She has worked very hard on improving her serves and it has really paid off.  Mackenna was playing in a tournament in Cypress , No way to be in two places at one time. They won 1 game and lost 1 game. That was their first loss of the season, the tournament will continue on Saturday.  We will have plenty of games to choose from this fall.  Sammi "s softball games will be on Monday nights, Mackenna plays on Tuesday and Fridays, Ashley plays on Thursdays,  all with a few tournaments throwed in on weekends.

Mackenna s Volleyball Picture

Ashley

July 8-August 31 Summer is over and Grandids back in school

We didn't make any more trips after we came home from Arkansas. Susan did go to a couple of quilt retreats and I just piddled around the house. Kevin came home for a short visit and then headed back to West Virginia. We went to Bryan for Peytons  5th birthday. Things stayed pretty slow till August started. Mackenna started her first year in High School, she made the freshman volleyball team. They started playing games almost two weeks before school started. They play on Tuesday and Friday nights. Ashley made the Jr. High 7th Grade volleyball team. They start next week and will play on Thursday nights. Sammi is going to softball tryouts this week and they will start playing later in the month. Peyton started kindergarten at a charter school in Bryan and Luke has to wait another year to start pre-k.   I moved the trailer to the deer lease last week, I probably will start staying up there quite a bit after Labor Day weekend.  I sure am hoping for cooler days.

Peytons 5th birthday

Maggie and I chilling at the lake

Luke Peyton

Mackenna

Kenna first day of high school

Peyton first day of kindergarten

Ashley first day of 7th grade

headed to the deer lease

Luke practicing at home

Sammi first day of 3rd grade

got the stand moved

Mack Creek

Trailer is set up for the season

Game time

Kyle Peyton Luke Kevin

Kevin Peyton

Working on the creek crossing

Ariel view of one of Kevins pipeyards

Kevin loading pipe

Vacum hoe picks up the pipe to move

After a volleyball game