I went to a Graduation and Kid Rock Showed up

I’ve never seen anything like this 8th grade promotion, or graduation as some people call it.  Ottawa Middle School Gym was packed!  I’m not sure if you could get another body in there.  When I was in school, we went from 8th grade to 9th grade without any “pomp or circumstance”.

So.. I’m sitting there.. waiting for it all to begin and..

Holy Smokes! Who is that guy?

Could it be.. could Ottawa Middle School promotion snagged a celebrity?

Nope.. but it looked like  him.. huh?

This “graduation” or Promotion included the normal stuff…

Hugs..

Smiles..

Sadness….

Frustration..

AND…. What’s this?

Have I entered an alternate universe? The side pony tail, the satin jacket, blue print mini skirt… Could I be back in 1981?

Holy Smokes.. I think I’ve traveled back in time.. there’s the “1980’s girl”,  the “Mizzou” Missouri shirt.. and see that guy in the red tie? That was MY TEACHER when I was in school..

(side note.. I “graduated” from 8th grade in 1981.. from Raymore-Peculiar Middle School in Peculiar Missouri.. where everyone wore their “Missouri” shirts… and their hair in side ponytails  and that guy was my teacher.. my senior year)

I’ve now entered the Twilight Zone.

How Much is that Froggie in the Window?


Every summer and spring the frogs hang out on our french doors.

Check out this frogs yellow legs.  Don’t look at my dirty windows.

#3 looks freaked out by the frog… #2 doesn’t care.. he just wants to play Sim City

Pretty Cute.. I don’t want to touch them.. but it’s ok if they eat the bugs OUTSIDE..

Kick Ball anyone?

Part of my team.. Suzie’s Sprockets..

Our church’s Parent Adult Advisory Council (PAAC) or to some the Youth Advisor Council… (YAC) got together and thought it would be great to have an intergenerational Kick Ball Game.  The game was between Jessie’s Jammin’ Juleps and Suzie’s Sprockets.

Here’s The Man… kicking the ball.. I sure hope he doesn’t break a hip!

#1 Running to first base.

Professional Bull Riders.. or How I want a new job..

In March The Man and I went to the Professional Bull Riders Event in Kansas City. He loves the PBR, but not quite as much as I do. I bought the tickets as a birthday gift for him.

You should know I secretly love the PBR. I love the PBR like a fat kid loves cake, like a hot dog loves ketchup, like most people love football or basketball. If I won the lottery, my family and I would travel the US, following the PBR. I’ve never talked to the man about it, but I am pretty sure that he’d go along with it.

See how close I was? 2nd row Baby.. by the shoots.

Here’s the bulls in their pen.

Here’s the Man & I in our Seats..

The Bull’s took a little hair off my eyebrows I was so close.

I was so close..I had dirt hit me.. I know.. I know.. I have on flip flops at a Rodeo. That does not take away from the fact that secretly I should be a bull rider.

PBR Clown Flint.. he’s very entertaining.

See that hump on the back of the cow.. I want to touch it.

I love it when they run from the bulls and jump on the fence.

Ok.. so here’s what I think about at least a couple of times a week. I would love to sit on a bulls back in the shoot. I don’t want to ride it. I just want to know what it would feel like to sit on his back.

Look.. this cow is BEGGING me to come and sit on his back…. If I ever do it. I’ll take plenty of pictures.