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The burnout! This can go down as being Bubba's first burnout contest!
Matt and Bubba moving the boat away from the semi! Do you see Matt's big CHEESY smile??? Better to laugh then burn about something you can't change!
Damage to Kenosis signs

The puppies oblivious to life. No worries and no concerns other then if one takes the other one's bone.
Bubba having a hard time with life right now.

Memories

Memorial Day

Well today has been a memorable day to say the least. Matt told me yesterday not to make any plans for today during the day because he wanted to get semi work done. For those of you who don't know. DuPeire Trucking is getting it's first employee starting next Monday. So Matt has bought another truck and needed to get it ready to go. The boys were out in the shop working on the "pete". Here is Matt working and Bubba eating his ENORMOUS sucker with a bubble gum center!
Austyn buffing the "pete"

Matt working on something.

At this point I go into the house and began to download these pictures. Bubba says I am going to move the pickup to the shop and unload the church stuff. I tell him to be careful. I go to my computer and hear the pickup start and move then I hear a crunch and loud noise and screaming.....my blood goes cold....I throw the camera on the couch on my way out the door and run barefoot across our yard of stickers. Ouch! I see Austyn in the middle of our driveway just screaming at the top of his lungs...whose child is he?? He takes things so good and reacts in such a lovely way! I proceed to direct my eyes to the shop and I see the blue pickup with a garage door laying on it pushed into the green pickup and Bubba getting out of the pickup. I respond not so good with haven't I told you that you are too young to drive. He is bawling and I later feel bad for yelling that at him. I go to the shop and Matt says okay we need to figure this out. He tells me to get in the blue pickup and slowly pull out. As he instructs me I pull forward and then stop so he can try and get the door unhooked. The garage door is being held up by two small cables the rest is on the pickup and wrapped under the bumpers of the blue and green trucks. We almost get it out and a cable pops and Matt gets his finger stuck in it. He hunches over and all I know is that his finger is gone and I am thinking okay how do we do this?? I need to get him some help and All of our vehicles are hooked together! What a scene driving the blue truck to town with a garage door on it pulling a green pickup attached to a boat with a semi behind it. I can so see it now! Anyways Matt is okay he has scrapped up fingers and a big blood blister on one. When this happens; Austyn runs out of the shop as Matt puts it screaming like a little girl! :-) We finally get the blue pickup out and the garage door all the way down. The green pickup just had a few small dents in it. The blue pickup has a messed up bumper, the boat faired no damage and neither did the semi. Matt's pressure washer was crushed under the green pickup and the Kenosis signs have some damage. Now that we look back we are like why didn't we take pictures of when it first happened! At this point Matt and I just look at each other and start laughing. What else can we do? We can't change anything or take anything back. We are praising God that no person was injured and that Austyn was not guiding Bubba back and stuck between the middle of the accident. Life Lessons! Isn't life fun??? Bubba is feeling awful and is very upset but we are trying to encourage him that he can't change it just learn from it. He got the brake and gas pedal mixed up!

We will post some pictures above!!!

Tornado Season

Well it's that time of year again. We have had crazy weather and most of it has been to the East and the West of us and South of us has gotten hit really bad too. Many tornado warnings, rain, and tons of wind just yucky weather. That's what the last few days have been like for us. We have spent alot of time in the house because you just don't want to get blown away or sucked up. Today we are heading to do some much needed grocery shopping.

We hope you are all doing well!

Austyn's New Toy

Austyn used his birthday money plus money he has been saving to buy this truck that he has been eyeing for months. It finally came!

There it is!
Getting it hooked up
The huge remote

The Boys

Austyn helping me take tables back to the church
Austyn being goofy!
Silly Austyn
Bubba wanting to know why he was missing the fun.

DuPeire Ranch

The DuPeire Ranch is beginning to grow. We had a guy bring over some more steers and heifers this weekend. I think we have about 50 head out there now. Only 8 of them our ours but the boys are responsible for making sure they have water everyday and checking minerals and just checking up on them.
Buster
Daisy had her workout for the day

End of a WONDERFUL Day!

We were cleaning up from Kenosis today and somehow a spur of the moment bbq happened. After we had softball practice we had a bbq and it was a great time. I don't have any pictures but you can go to the Buffington Buzz and find some. It was a wonderful day and these are pictures just before we headed home.
The boys look tired. They had a fun filled day.
Jordon, Dirk, and Matt reflecting.....
The boys!

Softball Practice

Today was our first day of practice for our church softball league. Can you tell what I like the most about softball??? The fellowship! :-) LOL!! Good thing a ball didn't come to me since I wasn't even in my position!
Bubba running the bases. I wish I had more pictures of practice but I can tell you we had a wonderful time. I am exicted about our season even if we don't win a game I know we will have a great time and many laughs.

Kenosis Worship Team and FOOD!! YUMMY!!!

Worship
Part of the Worship Team
Thank you Pastor Lopez and Esmirna for the WONDERFUL FOOD!!! You bless us SO MUCH!!! Thank you!!

Hey Ashley! I told you I would post your picture on my blog!

Kenosis Community Church Service

Today was an AWESOME day! It was the 2nd annual PRE-Kenosis Community Church Service. It was neat to see christians in the community come together and worship for a day. The weather was BEAUTIFUL! A gorgeous morning not too hot with just the right amount of breeze! Thank you God for giving us this beautiful day!!
Austyn helping with sound
Matt doing announcements
Pastor Dirk brought forth the Word of God and really challenged us to go out and get the live catch that is awaiting us. God has told us to "GO" and he did not give us a choice He just said "GO" and we must be the BIG GAME HUNTERS that He has called us to be!

Matt and the boys at the sound table

Whip Cream Fun

The night would not have been complete without someone getting whipped cream on them!
Matt sharing from God's Word. Matt encouraged us from God's Word. He encouraged wives to submit and for husbands to love their wives just as Christ loved the church. He encouraged us to remember back to our first date and to bring freshness into our marriages and to keep them alive and new. He read us some Simple Romantic Tips from Family Life Today the ministry of Dennis Rainey. It was a good night and we learned about crock pots and going to the races. It was a good time to spur each other on in our marriages! What a blessing it was!!!

Honey Your Right

The food and Jordon one of our "SPONSORS"
Some of the couples!
Matt feeding me!
Matt and I
We got a question right! WHOO HOOO!!!
Matt and I had a GREAT time and it was wonderful to have a night away from the kids just to focus on each other! We need to make this more of a priority!