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Today we got up to join MH and Big Mike geocaching. There are pictures, but none available to me. Maybe I don't want you to see pictures. We went to our greenway with coordinates and gps in hand. The cach was on the other side of Mouse Creek. Payne, Rheagan and myself decided it was all an "adventure" and crossed the creek. One un-named person fell in. No change of clothes. Not in water shoes. No fun.

Rheagan came home to take a nap and I made a doctor's appointment for her. Come to find out, no strep, no mono, no problems other than a little virus that is tormenting her. Should be ok in a day or so.

Soccer tonight for Rheagan while the rest of the gang went to the Lookouts game. Last I heard it was 1-12. Not a good night for the lookouts.

Polk County adventures

A better Rheagan NEEDED to join the family for an adventure to Polk County. We first went to Smardee's for Breakfast. (Trippism for Hardee's.) We checked out the Mennonite Community in Delano. We enjoyed seeing several unique sights like a horse on a water treadmill, lots of horse-drawn buggies, and farming EVERYWHERE.

We then went to the Whitewater Center for a snack lunch. Here we are as we began our journey. After a Lunner (Dunch) (Sunch) a combo lunch/dinner at Cici's, Rheagan went to soccer camp. We then joined the fam again for firefly catching and ice cream. What a day!

Rebecca and Evan head home tomorrow. We've had a great time and wish they could stay longer. Come back soon!

A full House

3 boys and 2 girls count as a full house at the Seagos. Welcome Payne! Rebecca and Evan will be here until Tuesday while Payne gets to stay and hang out until next Sunday. What kind of fun can we have!?????

Rheagan is still in isolation (can't you tell?) Hopefully we'll be able to really join the fun tomorrow.

Garden War I

War has been officially declared by me on the deer of our community. I think every deer in the neighborhood visited our garden last night for a party. Here is the garden a few weeks ago looking lovely. Few weeds. Good dirt. NO DEER.

I am still too upset to take a picture of what it looks like now. The thousands of purple hulls I planned to pick this morning are GONE. HALF EATEN. CHEWED UP. I did pick about a Tripp-size handful of peas.

Such tacky animals to go where they are not invited. Any suggestions on how to keep them out? There are still unprotected veggies left to grow and I want to claim them before the deer get them.

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Payne's boy

Amy Gail and I enjoying a Braves WIN (rare these days).

Tripp's Boy

Payne's boy, again.

I would have gotten a picture of Rheagan's boy, too, but he got sent back down to the minors the day of our game. Just her luck. She even had Jeff's shirt to wear to the game. I opted to get her to wear something else. Maybe he'll be back once he figures out how to make contact with the ball.

Happy 4th!

We went to Atlanta to enjoy some time away. We started our day at the PGA Golf Store where I got a new hybrid club. Watch out - here I come! (Several of you are shaking in your golf shoes!) We then headed to the hotel where the littlest and oldest stayed to swim while Amy, Linda and I went to the mall to find all the bargains no one else wanted. I did come away with several new articles of clothing for school. Here we are heading into the Braves game vs. Houston Astros.

We were in 2 different sets of seats. One set was RIGHT BEHIND HOME PLATE BY THE ON-DECK OF THE VISITORS. We were closer to home plate than the pitcher! We could turn and see the faces of the Astros in the dugout. They were UNREAL seats!!! Did I mention they came with valet parking and all you could eat food? The costs of the seats for someone was $300 a seat. Yes - $300 bucks for one seat with an incredible view, any type of food you could dream of in a flash, easy parking and perfect fireworks. What a way to watch a game! Thank goodness McKamy has buddies who will share Braves tickets. All the adults got to experience the seats for a few innings.

The other seats were good "average Joe" seats that most anyone would love to have. Now that we've been on the front row these look pretty sad though. Our dinner consisted of 4 slices of pizza, 1 bag of chips, 1 bottled water and 1 large coke for the low cost of $48. UNREAL! Forty-eight dollars for a snack. It was so sad. The parking was the same because we rode together and the fireworks were the best ever at the Braves.

For my eldest nephew, here is how I saw Lance. For my only son, here is how we saw Chipper.

Rheagan was so thrilled about the whole game that she got sick with tummy troubles and a high fever. She didn't take advantage of the unlimited good food. Should have known something was up at that point!

The Cousins and Friends are here!

My really good friend, Jules and family, are here from Valdosta, GA. We went to play at the CCC pool last week. Here is her daughter hanging with my kids.

My cousins from California are here to visit. Rebecca and Evan are here for 10 days to join Rheagan at X-Play at FBC. It's a day camp where the kids have 5 "tracks" to choose to do all week. Rheagan's choices are tumbling, desserts, digital photography, water games, and geo-caching. Some she is loving and others she wish would get over SOON.

Rebecca and Evan have fit right into our busy schedules just fine. They are so much fun for Rheagan and Tripp to around. We've been to X-Play, soccer and just played around the house. Today we're going swimming and tomorrow we'll fish.

We (the whole Hall family) are going to Hotlanta on Friday for the Braves game.