Palin for President

Hey All,

I know it has been awhile since I last updated the blog and I do have lots of pictures to share including Grandpa's birthday party, Rilley's brithday party, some Big Moe's caught on film on our new trail camera.... and maybe even some shots of my new bow - we have been practicing every day.

So I hope everyone is having a great summer and come back and visit soon - I will add more pictures as soon as I can. PS - go PALIN for VP!

Ribfest at the Peck's

11:00 a.m. on sat.

Bill: "Ribs were on sale so I bought a few packs"

Traci: "Ok did you want to invite some friends over to party"

Bill: "Sure"

Traci: "How many ribs did you by?"

Bill "15lbs"

ohmygosh - it's summertime and the Peck's Patio is the place to be.... and what better reason to have a party than ribs being on sale... it was a great party and the weather was perfect. Everyone had a blast and all went home full... but if anyone needs some dinner this week,we

have a few leftover ribs!!! The kids had fun playing Wii. Collin built some blocks with Daryl and we all had a very competitive game of Blockus (The cheaters won)- I think this will be a favorite new passtime. Strawberry Marshmellow Smores were also a hit...

5th of July in 052

Requirements for 4th of July Bash

1. Grown Men who love fire and explosions
2. A few road trips to Indiana - the firework capital of the world
3. Fearlessness of getting caught - even when tailgate falls down and exposes an entire truck full of illegal fireworks (and that was only 1 of the trucks)
4. Big Guns, Feel the 500 Grams, Pyro for Professionals, 3" Golden Bear, Saturn Rockets and more.... most importantly ALL WITH REPORT
5. Builder Bob & homemade launch platforms (in the corn no less)
6. Brand spankin' new pool and deck (guy's don't try this at home without Builder Jim)
7. Brand spankin' new Harley (who's buying one next year?)
8. Burgers, Hotdogs, potato salad, pasta salad, cucumbers, fruit, CORN......... & don't forget the deserts - oh ya and ribs all you eat on the charcoal grill
9. 1/4 of Hershel... favorite steer of the Bennett farm (sorry Hershel)
10. No fewer than 3 grills and more chefs (men) then you could ever want or need
11. 60lbs of propane and 2 bags of charcoal
12. Free Advice - worth all you paid for it - from the many chefs regarding the propane
13. 150 lbs of ice & 16 coolers - no lack of beverages of your choosing
14. Mortar and Pestal, Fresh Mint, Rum, SUGAR, Limes & Lime Juice (and a lot of people asking Bill & Traci what the heck they were drinking)
15. An extensive guest list spanning 5 counties of some of our very best friends
    Mix this all together starting with the slowly adding some adult beverages and the best fireworks show in the state and you hear comments like this....

"OOOOhhhhhhhhhhhh AAAAAAAAhhhhhhhhhhh WoW"

Do you want to get ARRESTED?"
"You are all going to jail"
"Those were the best fireworks ever"

"DUCK and COVER the mortars are on fire"

"Look at that bucket - it melted"

"Did you see that one, what color was that?"

"There goes the sweet corn"

"Sorry about the corn Lare"

"Anybody have a hose?"

and my personal favorite - We Love BOBBY (from Bobby's new fanclub the 20 kids in attendance)

In all seriousness it was a GREAT party and the fireworks were FANTASTIC - Big thanks to Trevor and Cindi for hosting Bobby for being program coodinator (and buying most of the fireworks), and Jim & Bill for the grilling and everyone for coming, enjoying and bringing delicious food. I will let the pictures tell you the story....

To see all the pictures and watch a slideshow click http://picasaweb.google.com/PeckontheWebGallery/4thOfJulyParty?authkey=AKzjhz7yr3w

Sugar and Spice and all that's Nice (and FISHING?)

It's your first birthday, Lilly,
One candle on your cake;
Proud parents stare in wonder
At each new move you make.
We join in celebration,
As this special date arrives,
For Lilly has brought pleasure
Into all our lives.
We look forward now to seeing
How you progress and grow,
From the cute and tiny infant
You were one year ago.
So dig into your icing;
Enjoy your presents, too.
The reason for this day
Is a special person--you!











This weekend we celebrated Lilly's first birthday at Lilly's favorite Aunt Ang & Uncle Kevin's house. We had great food, great friends, great cake and our man Rilley had some GREAT FISHING! Grandpa Briggs bought Rilley a Spiderman fishing pole and he was having a great time fishing in the kiddie/dog pool. Then Uncle Greg and Dad came back from fishing and brought their minnows, which ended up, you guessed it.... in the pool... so while Lilly was busy wallering in cake and opening presents, Rilley was catching some slabbers! Look out Grandpa Bill and Uncle Greg, you have some competition coming up... Rilley is a fishing machine.

The weather was perfect for the party and the kids and the adults had a great time eating way too much food and cake, Lilly enjoyed the cake the most though, as she had her own and she figured out that frosting is YUMMY! Lilly got some great presents including some new clothes, a new bathing suit, a fun walk behind toy to practice her running and a purse which included lipstick, and other fun toys... The purse ended up in Rilley's hands which was very concerning to the Grandpa's, Uncles, and Dad so Rilley went back to fishing...

Toothfaries and learning to drive

Well it is summer time which means fun times at the Peck house on the patio....

It's been a long time since Bill & I have seen the tooth fairy, but tonight Morgan Pace is going to have her first tooth fairy visit and Bill and I were luck enough to be a part of it.... it took 4 of us to get the tooth out, but Aunt Jen finally helped Morgan pull that stubborn tooth out so that she could get a visit from the toothfairy tonight!

And then... as if we weren't having enough of a party trying to get Mo's tooth out... who comes driving up but our favorite CITY FOLK... and the crazy thing is HE IS DRIVING yes I said driving...... I could see him from all the way down the road and I couldn't find the camera fast enough... here comes CITY FOLK driving down the road - he isn't old enough for that.... or is he? Oh man Jaydn we can't beleive it... but... you were doing a great job so we know you can do it....

Fun @ Formula K

Around Chrismastime Cole came home from school and told his mom & dad that he got detention for being bad at school (we will spare Cole the embarrassment of all the details).... of course, everyone was shocked because Cole is a great student and all the teachers love him. So, typical me I decide a bet is in order... I asked Cole if he thought he could make it the rest of the year and not get into trouble again... we decided a trip to Formula K would be the reward if he could make it...

Well.... he made it the whole rest of the year without beating up on any other kids, yelling in class, throwing snowballs, or forgetting to write his name on his paper... or anything else you can get in trouble for when you are in first grade.... SO Formula K here we come! We played some arcade games, practiced our Tiger Woods moves on the putt-putt golf course and smashed into eachother on the bumper car course... The picture below is Cole's hole in 1 (yes he beat me at Putt-Putt and I cried)

After I dried up my tears from the severe beating I took in golf we went back for some more arcade games on a mission to get some more tickets so Cole could win a prize (Yes I did play the easiest game possible in order to rack up the tickets, come on what kind of Aunt would I be if I didn't do that?) We piled up a grand total of 277 tickets and had a serious debate over what toy/toys to choose... After much serious deliberation and mind changing we ended up with a stuffed animal and some other miscellaneous toys... then it was off to bumper cars where we smashed into eachother until our heads hurt... Last but not least Cole picked the spot for dinner.... and even though I tried I could not talk him out of McDonalds.... we need to work on Cole's culinary tastes... or we need to talk a good restaurant into having a playland....

Great Job Cole on finishing up First Grade without getting into trouble... I think we will up the odds next year, how about 1 whole year of not getting in trouble and we will go to Cedar Point....? I'm betting you can do it.

Finally...... Proof of the FISH STORY!

Hey faithful blog readers... I didn't forget about you - it was a little busy after getting back to work from vacation... but I was finally able to get the pictures of the fish I was telling you about (yes the one that Bill talked me into throwing back that I really wish was on my wall...) It does exist and for those non-fisherpeople out there - the fish in Bill's hand was big.... mine is just a little bigger :-)

and the triple.....

Can you say, "Can't wait for next year?"