That's My Boy

Today when I got home from work Max melted my heart. He heard me come in the door and said "dada". Then when he saw me he got the biggest smile on his face and crawled as fast as he could to get to me. I picked him up and gave him a kiss hello. He pointed to his blue ball and said "baw dada", which meant he wanted to roll the ball back and forth with me. He is just growing up so stinking fast.

Max's First Vacation

So last week we took Max on his first vacation. We went to Branson for a couple days with some friends from Jerseyville. We all had a blast. I would love to show you the funny pictures of Max in the car, in the pool, at the condo and playing putt-putt golf....however, we forgot the camera at home. Classic Yenchko move. Fear not. We are going on two more vacations this year and will rack up the pictures for you all to see. Max will soon visit the beach for the first time. Odds of him eating the sand are pretty high, so place your bets.

Top 10 Speeding

People always ask, "What can I say to get out of a ticket", or "How fast can I really go before getting pulled over". My response to those, there is nothing you can say to get out of a ticket and if you are going over the speed limit, you can be pulled over and given a ticket.
I have been a troop for 3 years now and have compiled my top ten sayings of people trying to get out of a speeding ticket. Granted with in the next couple weeks I will no doubt have several more to add, but at the moment here are the top 10 thus far:

10. "I have to use the restroom" (even though they have passed 5 exits)
9. "I am thankful for the job you do, but could you just not do it now?"
8. "Are you single?"
7. "I am on my way to a funeral to mourn the dead, hello" (yeah, she was sassy)
6. "Don't you know who I am?"
5. "You are wrong, I dont speed"
4. "I promise I will never speed again"
3. "My brother's wife's newphew is a cop in Utah"
2. "I just peed my pants" (yes they did)
1. "But my dog has no back legs" (seriously this happend it was a lil pug dog and she held it up
for me to see)

24 Hour Handyman

A couple nights ago Kate and I were getting ready for bed. I always stack the extra pillows next to my side of the bed, as my night stand (yes, I know very classy). Anyway, we go to bed and in the morning I am getting up to get ready for work. I noticed on my "night stand" there are 5 bulbs neatly placed in a row. So now I am really confused. I know those were not there the night before. I then look up at the chandelier above our bed and see that 5 bulbs are missing. I wake Kate up and tell her whats going on. I then remember I did dream about removing bulbs from somewhere, but not sure where. The real kicker is the ones on the very top. I would have had to stand on the bed to reach them. Makes me wonder, what else do I do in my sleep. I guess if you need some work done around your house call me before I go to bed and I will be over sometime in the night to take care of it.

Kid At Heart

The other night Heath and Lindsey were over playing Killer Bunnies into the wee hours of the morning (if you look closely you can see Mia passed out on the couch behind me). During the heated competion I grabbed a bag full of grapes. Heath said he would like to see me get 20 in my mouth at once. Being the mature man I am, I said no problem. Even though I am married, have a son and carry a gun for a living.....I still enjoy being a kid at heart
Ps I did get 20 in there

Allowance

As soon as Max began to learn how to crawl I informed him that he would soon be allowed to do chores to earn an allowance. Well, the young man wants an early start, and recently was caught sweeping the floor for us. Now, if only he can learn to wash the cars we will be set.... His allowance is a dollar a week, tax free.