Neal Annual Bonfire/Hayride

I am so tired!!!
Peek a boo!
Pawpaw, Connor, and Grandy (Neal's) Connor just loves animals! This little pup was the only thing that would put a smile on his face!I just love this picture! Thanks Dad for helping to keep Connor happy! Me and my GrandyConnor really liked playing on the hay bales. This was his scarecrow costume for the night.

Last night we went to the Neal family weiner roast. It was lots of fun to see family and people who I live amongst but dont know that well. It is really strange to be living here, where my grandparents grew up. If you had told me that I would be living here 10 years ago, I would have told you that you were crazy! You see the town I live in now, (I wont name it on here because you never know what weirdos are out there) used to be a small, small quiet farm town with nothing besides a few banks and a farmers CO-OP. I have many great memories riding in my Pawpaws truck riding to the CO-OP to get some supplies before going to the farm. He would usually stop and get me an Orange Crush and anything else I desired and we would be off. The farm I am speaking of was only a few short miles from the house we just moved from. The farm was sold last year and is being developed as we speak. Yes, it is sad to see... The barns that I grew up playing in and slept in when I was just a baby will soon be bulldozed to the ground as they make way for progress. Our town is now one of the fastest growing in the country and is growing by leaps and bounds everyday. It is hard for me to say anything negative towards this since I am the very reason that all of this building is going on. I moved here because of all of the growth and opportunity like the rest of the people here and fell in love with the small town feel, since that is how I grew up. It also felt like home in a sense, because of the farm and my ties to the town. Sorry I will get back to the bonfire now. I just wanted to give you a little background.

Brad and I went to the Neal reunion in May of 2006 when I was pregnant, but havent seen anyone since Connor was born. It was great to take him to meet some of his Mommy's kin folk. We had a great time but as you can tell by the pictures, Connor wasnt in the greatest mood. He had a long day and hadnt had his normal nap routine that day. Early that morning we went to see Hillary in her wedding dress and I got fitted for my bridesmaid dress. It goes without saying Hillary was beautiful in her dress! Brett is very very lucky! Connor just stared and stared at her. It was so sweet! I got an extra push to lose some weight when they measured me for my dress! WOW! I hadnt realized how bad it had gotten. I told them they could order me whatever size they wanted but they WOULD be taking it in a lot by the time it gets here! Needless to say tomorrow starts my diet!!!

Unfortunately we didnt get to go on the hayride because they left pretty late and from what Dad and Brett told me from last year, it can be a pretty long excursion. They take marshmallows and have a marshmallow fight on the ride. I didnt think that this sounded like too much fun with a tired baby. There were some guys (Neals of course but I dont know who they actually were) playing bluegrass and Connor was absolutely mesmerized by it! As you can tell, a great time was had by all!