Our apologies, if we woke the poor man.

A few weeks ago Leslie discovered the volume nob on the stereo in the game room. Of course, she turned it all the way up. So, Lance came out into the room and said "You'll wake the dead man down the street!" A common Gordieism (Lance's dad). So fast forward to one day this week and Leslie is again messing with the stereo. She turned it all the way up and of course I came sprinting in from where I was In an effort to save our eardrums. As I was running toward the offensive noise (even Laurie Berkner can be offensive at a high volume), Leslie was running straight to her bed with a very concerned look on her face. When I lowered the volume, I could finally hear what Lindsay was trying to ask me over all the noise. "Did we wake the poor man, momma?"

Balloon fun!

Something we have discovered since moving to Texas is that hot-air balloons are not an uncommon sight. In Washington, we may catch them once or twice a year. In our part of Texas, it is possible to see them nearly every Saturday or Sunday and the occasional weekday during good weather. Anyway, today, we went to the Plano Balloon Festival with some friends from our small group. We had one of the best times we've had in Texas. It was quite exciting and we took lots of pictures so please bear with me and enjoy!

This is the common positon while balloon watching
Lindsay wasn't too excited about this picture but we thought it was cool.
After all the balloons that are going to take off, take off, the "Just for Looks" balloons come out and as the sun goes down they do something called a "glow" The bunny and the cow on the right are demonstrating.

Go Blue??

Michigan Football. The winningest team ever!! Not this year! OH & 2!! Who would of thunk it??

I want to thank many of you for your phone calls and emails over the last two weeks. I think some of you have wanted to call and rub it in, but really feel bad for me (at least that is what I am telling myself).

To be honest, I think this is a really good thing because it is time for Lloyd Carr to step down and turn the Wolverines over to a new coach. Someone with a new mind set and who is able to handle the new spread offenses that are being played by many colleges, and after the results of the last two weeks.......WILL BE played by many more colleges very soon.

Anyway, the reason I was prompted to post on college football is because tomorrow at 2:30pm (central time) I have a choice! I have the Michigan/Notre Dame game on ABC. I heard one commentator say this past week that both programs would be 0-3 if they were not playing each other.......he might be right. OR, I can watch the 2-0 Washington Huskies with their new freshman quarterback (who is a stud) on ESPN. The bonus of the Washington game is they will be playing the Ohio State Buckeyes. I would love to see the Huskies win and hit the Buckeyes with their first loss of the season.

Anyway, think of me tomorrow when I am flipping between both games. Feel free to give me a call as you are doing the same. I find that I am pulling for the Huskies without really trying to. You know you are pulling for a team when you look Monday mornings to see where that team is in the national rankings. I actually did that for Washington this week. With a win this tomorrow, you should expect to see them in the top 25 on Monday. After all of their turmoil over the last six years, it is exciting to see them playing well with the hope of a great season. It is amazing to think that the coach(Ty Willingham) of the 2-0 Washington Huskies was fired by Notre Dame three years ago who is about to go 0-3.

Enjoy the college games tomorrow, you know I will!

Katie Bauslaugh

(JK...this is Lance)

It is a ZOO in Texas!!

Tonight in about 20 minutes we saw fireflies, bunny rabbits, and our first TEXAS TARANTULA!!!! We did not have our camera with us, so this is my best shot with my phone in the dark with the headlights pointed at him. I was about four feet away with my arm extended out. Katie picked her feet up off of the van's floor boards, as if the spider had the power to jump through the van door. :-) The big spider was about the size of a softball. When we got home we were talking about our night and Lindsay said, "IT IS A ZOO IN TEXAS!!!"



Once we were home, we had another first! The TEXAS TWO YEAR OLD went potty on the big girl potty!!!! Here is a picture of her eating her candies for her reward.

I have to brag on my Wife

We had Lindsay enrolled in preschool at our church. It was three half-days a week at $187 a month. Not bad, but we thought about it and really began to feel that Katie could provide the same and Leslie would also benefit. The only bummer would be the lack of social interaction she would get at the church preschool. WELL....

Katie did it and boy did she. She started a 38 week program this week. She is doing curriculum for both girls to meet their needs at their ages. She is getting direction from a website that you can check it out here. Below are a few pictures. The girls are really liking it!!!

Pics from August

It's been a while but here are some pictures from August:


Hitting up a State Patrolman for a quarter before hitting the tollway in Oklahoma at 12 am or so.

A visit with our friends in Sioux Falls, SD. We spent Sunday with the Grubers on their last day of "official" vacation. We got a family picture at the falls.

We stayed with Aunt Bonnie and Uncle Tim in Emery, SD.
We spend a weekend with Aunt Cathy and Uncle Bob in Madison, WI. It was fun to catch up with them and pretty eventful with a flooded basement at 2:40 in the morning.
A stop for dinner with Debra and a tour of her really cute house.
Now that is a Pizza! Real Chicago style, in the Chicago area.
Can you guess which famous people once lived in these houses? Hint: They are all in Illinois. (Leave your answers in a comment, I'll follow up with the correct answers in a few days)

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Branson, Missouri
Fun Water fountain

The Arkansas Ozarks, on our last day.