Great Check up for Ken..Grandkids visit! SNAKE!!!

We left home on Tuesday with plenty of time to spare so we stopped by Tractor Supply in Carson City to see if they had any new tires for Ken's garden cart.  They did so we put two in the basket.  We bought the "never flat" so Ken won't have that problem with 2 tires anyway.  He'll buy 2 more a little later.  One girl working there was really nice, so Ken asked her about the t shirt I looked at the day before and they didn't have my size.  She said she had restocked the day before (must have been after we left). Sure enough, there it was! One happy camper here.  I don't find a lot that I like there, but I loved this t shirt! 

Life is better in the Country...oh yeah! 

Seth and Jackson taking off

Headed to the Dr's office and we were still early.  We no more sat down, they called us back.  His appointment went great, and on to strengthening at Physical therapy. Pretty much after that we were done so we headed home.  We stopped in at Pioneer Crossing and had their one trip salad bar and then home.  

Wednesday morning we had a breakfast date with Susan, Stacey and Rylee.  We hadn't seen them in awhile so thought we'd get together and hear about Susan's trip to Canada and Alaska.  It was a nice visit, but we need to do it again to hear more of the trip :) 

Because of George, haha..we stopped at O'Reillys looking for some car wax that he uses.  Other than car wash containing wax my 08 Jeep Patriot has never been waxed so it was time!  It had been washed earlier, so Ken pulled it in the garage and that way I was able to wax and clean it out.  I know it feels so much better and looks it!  I have to say the paint job on this little Jeep has really held up well after the abuse it suffers here in Nevada and the strong sun rays.  

Next was the 2016 Jeep Patriot.  Time to give her some TLC.  Why do we have 2 Jeep Patriots? The 08 has the lifetime powertrain warranty and it's long paid for.  The 16 is 4 wheel drive and that's what I prefer to take to CA in the winter.  Got her all spiffied up and then got her waxed! Beautiful!  

Thursday, I spent time washing and cleaning out the inside of Tundra.  All 3 of the vehicles really needed some deep cleaning and they got it! The dust and sand around here is just awful. It was nice spending some time outside and enjoying the weather.  

Friday I was planning on going over to CA to pick up a few grandkids.  Got a text from Mason and he said Seth was coming too so he would bring them.  Love that the older boys can drive and still want to come.  

Friday morning I left the house early to head for Gardnerville and Smith's grocery store.  About 60 miles one way and I wanted to be home when the kids got here.  They had chicken thighs on sale for 77 cents a pound so found those and over $100.00 of other stuff haha..oh well I'm filling the freezer!  Kids got here about 1300 safe and sound.  

Jackson on the quad..Mason standing by

Seth and Ken

Seth, Ken and Mason on my quad...

We all just kind of took it easy and visited until later when they decided to take an ATV ride for a bit.  Ken had everything gassed up and off they went for a short ride.  

Mason driving the quad to the driveway to be sprayed off! 

 Mason rode my quad over to the driveway so Ken could spray off some bird dodo..Seth is standing there and he says..."Is that a snake" calm as could be!  Yes sir it was! Wrapped around the frame of the quad!! Thank goodness they hadn't gone any further and the snake decided to crawl up Mason's leg..accident waiting to happen!!  Needless to say I was on the porch telling Ken he needs to get rid of it!  He said he'd take it to Joe's property..uh not far enough!!  He ended up putting it in a bucket and took the truck to BLM property where he let it go! A gopher snake, but it's a SNAKE!!!

He blends right in on the frame...AHHHHH!!!!

AHHHHHHHH!!!!

Seth and Mason ready to go..

Seth and Jackson

Mason taking off snakeless! 

I made some vegan carrot cake cupcakes for the first time.  Not for us, but for our neighbor Karen and family.  Her niece is coming and because of health issues she's vegan. They turned out really good!  Karen and Amber came over in the evening, so using Amber as my guinea pig she ate one.  Her eye's got big and she said they're amazing! Oh good! Honestly, alot of sugar and brown sugar goes into this recipe! 

Vegan Carrot Cake cupcakes..

Regular cookies for the boys..

Ken bar b qued some hot links and hot dogs for dinner along with that I made some zucchini fries and oven fried potatoes for the boys..don't think they're ready for zucchini fries yet..haha. 

Dinner finished and out to the garage to watch the boys play some ping pong and then Ken started a fire in the fire pit.  Nice, we sat outside until after 2330! Not hide nor hair of the boys.  Jackson and Mason are in the fifth wheel and Seth in the back room. Maybe Saturday night. 

Mason waiting for his turn..so what else is there to do? Ha..

Seth and Jackson..

The fire burned brightly..

A late night for us...

Saturday morning the alarm went off at 0500..not sure why.  I played on my phone a bit and then time to plug in the coffee and get this day going.  Cool morning but going for 80 degrees so just about perfect! 

The boys slept in and then breakfast..

Mason's request..chocolate chip pancakes, with chocolate sauce,
ice cream and whipped cream..Oh yes bacon..no he didn't eat
all that bacon! 

Seth's request...2 eggs, cheese, bacon
on an english muffin..

Jackson is a late sleeper so I expect by the time he comes in it will be a sandwich kind of brunch.  Love these kids i'll  tell ya!  We are supposed to go to Karen's later she's bar b quing some ribs as her sister is coming into town.  I threw some chicken breasts in the crockpot just in case the boys don't want to go. I'm thinking some will, but we'll see.  They're at grandma's so they can do what makes them happy. :) 

Have a great day!