Just call me "Danger"

This is the conversation we woke up to this morning. (Everyone is home sick so we are all just lounging around.)

Kambree to Jaxon, "No your middle name is Courtney."
Jaxon, "No, dad said its danger."
This goes back and forth a few times. And of course is getting louder and louder.
Kambree comes running in and says, "Mom, Jaxon says his middle name is danger and I told him it is Courtney. Which is it?"
We ask, "On his birth certificate or just what we call him."
She thinks about it a second and chooses birth certificate.
We answer, "His middle name is Courtney."
She runs off all vindicated to tell Jaxon that his middle name is indeed Courtney not "Danger".

So, I know you all are curious how this all ends. Jaxon is all upset that his middle name isn't danger. He is sure that we need to officially change it. Oh, and Kambree has informed us that it is just not fair that she doesn't have a middle name. She has asked us to come up with one and then, of course, legally change it. Which actually got us thinking, why did we not give the girls middle names? I don't have a middle name, my sister and mom didn't have middle names. Even Courtney's sisters and mom didn't have middle names. But I always hated not having a middle name. So...maybe we will have to consider her request.

Trash Talker

So Rylan has decide to hone his vocabulary skills using the fine art of "talking junk." Unfortunately, he is exceptional with his skills (I mean for a nearly three year old). Kellee gets a little upset at me because I egg him on a bit but he has quit copying me and now comes up with his own original stuff. Here is some of his best stuff.

"I'n gonna fro you in a boat an sink it. You goin down babe." (just happened tonight, Kellee nearly choked on a bow tie pasta)

"I'n goin rip you head off and poop down you neck." (I am going to use this in real life situations.)

"I'n goin trade you for boots." (Pretty fair trade when it boils right down to it.)

"I'n goinna jump on your face." (Right before our every other Wed. night family wrestling event. Everyone brings their game face. Gets pretty rowdy.)

There is more, but sometimes he is a bit more than PG rated. Can't even tell where he has heard that stuff before.

If anyone needs some material for co-workers or rec league trash talk, drop me a line and I will have him work up some material. There will be a nominal fee of course.

Courtney turns 30

In August we celebrated Courtney's 30th birthday. We didn't have anything big planned but we did have fun. When Courtney got to work on his birthday, he was surprised to find his office completely filled with....all sorts of stuff. Seriously, it was pretty funny. There was all sorts of stereotypical "hillbilly/country" stuff.
The picture with the hand and the pen on the string is Court's new "palm pilot". The one you can't see the writing on is a sign showing off Courtney's retirement account, aka, the plastic container holding all of the coins. There was hay, saddles, sign, and all sorts of goodies everywhere (even a box of cow turd). The one picture is Court holding his new flyswapper. It is the kids favorite-unfortunatley, they already broke it. The whole family was able to go to Courtney's work for cake and ice cream. It was the first time that the kids had been so they got to meet everyone.

Later that night we had Jeremy, David (Courtney's boss') family, and Alan (guy Court works with) family over for a barbecue. We had Court's famous hamburgers, pasta salad, and fruit. It was all delicious. The kids made him some amazing things. He of course got a birthday crown, that is the most important part, and numerous other crafts. And finally, on Saturday we were able to go and find him some boots. Yep. It is official, he can now live in Texas. (We do laugh at this because he did grow up on a farm and have a lot of boots in his life but apparently you have to have boots in Texas.) We had a lot of fun and can't wait to celebrate many more.