Our Recent Past

Here are some pictures of the boys taken over the past week. If you're reading this on Facebook, you can see all the pictures at AdamandSaraWright.com

Joseph enjoying a cold drink

Parker on slide in Easley

Parker and Kallsen at Sertoma Field

Me and my boys coming down giant slide

Kallsen in his race car

Kallsen Driving

Looking for some fun this weekend, we found an amusement park in Greenville. On Saturday, we went to Frankie's Fun Park. At Frankies children as young as 4 are able to drive their own go cart. Parker was about 3 inches too short. In order to drive, he would need a booster in the back to allow him to reach the pedals. With that, his face would have been too close to the steering wheel and unsafe. He was upset about the situation, but he cheered for his brother.

Kallsen was able to drive without incident. Kallsen did a great job. He started out slow, but in the end was able to go around the track at least 4 times. He only hit the wall once, when another child tried to pass in a turn..Kallsen was aggressive and didn't want the other child to pass him. He did a great job! We are so proud of him. Here is a clip of him toward the end of his driving experience.

The 'Fix' Was In

Tonight after a great day that included a trip to Wal Mart, Zone 7 Nursery and Pizza Buffet; planting new flowers in new flower pots and a nice dinner; Momma, Kallsen, Parker and Daddy played Uno Spin. Daddy thinks the 'fix' was in.

We played seven games of Uno Spin. Momma won three games, Kallsen won three games and Parker won one game. Daddy won no games. None. Nada. I was shut out.

I tend to believe that Momma and the boys had worked on a conspiracy. There's no other way that seven games could be played and Daddy not win at least one game. I'm asking for a rematch tomorrow!

Joseph's Week

Joseph has been hanging out with Mom all week long. He has been growing his hair out and needed to figure out how to fix his hair.(His hair is really long and curly, but it frizzes all the time.) So I took him with me to my hair dresser. He got a wash and trim and watched as I had my eye brows waxed. Then he pointed out that he has a UNIBROW! So I offered to pay for him to have his unibrow waxed. TOO FUNNY!!!! He pulled both feet up and jumped from the seat and screamed. Audrey (the hairdresser) and I laughed so hard that I was crying.

Then he needed to go to the doctor today for shots. When his height was measured, he came in at a whopping 5ft 8.25 inches. Oh my gosh! He weighs 128 pounds. The doctor said that he is in the 105th percentile for height and 90th percentile for weight. He is getting TOO big. Then the doctor went through the exam. Part of the exam was where he needed to check Joseph's abodmen. Joseph was totally caught off guard when the doctor said his stomach was fine and then playfully slapped Joseph on his stomach. Then the doctor asked Joseph to drop his pants so he could check on other things. The look on Joseph's face was of horror! Joseph was so stunned he just looked at me and had to be asked again. I excused myself to help Joseph to be more relaxed. If he could be relaxed!

Next were the shots! Joseph chewed 4 pieces of gum and tensed up. It was a sight. This tall guy with a twisted up face awaiting a shot.

The car:
In the car I received a play by play of the occurences in the office. He was totally morified at the words, Turn your head and COUGH! I can only imagined the way in which his life has now been changed.

Sometimes it is fun to laugh at your kids!

I will post some pictures once I can get them off of my phone.

Sara Beth

A Dry Night

Wednesday was a very eventful day! Parker participated in Water Day at the daycare, Joseph and I spent time working on my research paper at the local library, and Adam sold 2 or 3 clients. After work, Adam picked up the kids (I was at school) and brought them home. They played, ate dinner and got ready for bed. As the night wore on, Adam put Kallsen and Parker to bed. (Joseph was spending the night at a friend's house.) Adam decided that he should go to bed right after them since he needed to be at work at 4:45am to participate in the company fun day. Everyone was in bed about 9 pm. When I arrive home at 10:15pm, Kallsen meets me in the kitchen while Adam is sound asleep in the bedroom. (I was not surprised at this! Kallsen is a night owl!)

With today being Kallsen's water day at school, I need to get the boys to school before taking Joseph to the doctor for a physical. I went to help Parker change his clothes and realized that he slept all night in Big Boy Underwear! I asked him if daddy put underwear on him and he said, "NO". According to Parker, he waited until daddy went to sleep and took off the pull-up, threw it away and put on underwear for the night. He was still dry this morning. I am so proud of my big boy! I have no more babies :(

Sara Beth

A Picture of Health

On Thursday the radio station did a Senior Living Expo for the community. One of the sponsors was a chiropractor that was doing free NASA neck scans. I had one done. You can see the results to the left.

The NASA neck scan shows where pinched nerves might be causing problems or where you might be having some complications. The more red and the longer the red lines are, the worse you are.

They told me they've never seen a scan this bad before. At least I can say, 'I'm Number One!'

I've been suffering from headaches recently and been a bit over-stressed. This might be reason enough for me to start seeing a Chiropractor again. I saw one for several years from about 1999 - 2003.

Pre-School Graduation

Kallsen graduated pre-school last night. It was a wonderful program. This is just a little snippet of him 'Walking The Line' and getting his diploma.

An Interesting Blast from the Past

As many of my friends and family know, my main hobby for most of my life as been the sport of Disc Golf. That is golf with a flying disc. Many of my friends from over the years play and I enjoy playing league on Mondays through the summer months and the occasional tournament. I also run the South Carolina Disc Golf Doubles Championship.

Years ago Disc Golf led me to South Carolina. There was a promoter named Bill Boylan that had Christmas Tree Farms in North Carolina. Bill and his family lived in Greenville, SC. Bill had his own private Disc Golf course on his tree farm in Laurel Springs, NC. Bill's course was only open to play one weekend a year. His course is no longer available to play and has become a 'legendary' course.

Bill would hire only disc golf players to come and harvest and sell his trees every fall. I thought what an excellent opportunity to see another part of the country! I answered his ad that appeared in Disc Golf Journal and Disc Golf World News. Bill hired me and I drove to Greenville. We set up tree lots then headed to the NC Mountains to cut and bail trees and then back to Greenville to sell trees. This was back in either 1990 or 1991.

One year, I want to say it was 1992, a friend of mine (This is the Blast from the Past) Dave Myers, decided to travel with me to Greenville to harvest and sell trees. Dave ended up meeting a lady and shortly after we got back to Minnesota, Dave moved down to South Carolina to be with her.

Dave and I along with others (Matt - you're included) used to play Disc Golf regularly at Northwoods Park in New Hope. I haven't seen or heard from Dave since sometime in the mid 1990s. That until recently.

I was checking the online forum as part of the Upstate Disc Golf Club's website and there was a post from none other than Dave Myers! Apparently Dave Myers moved to New Jersey several years ago. I learned that Dave is the original member of the Upstate Club (001) and the one responsible for the course at Timmons Park in Greenville. Timmons is probable the course in the upstate that gets the most play. It's also the course that led to the course in Easley that led to the course in Seneca.

I had wondered from time to time what happened to Dave. Back in the day we used to meet up at the course in New Hope and play Disc Golf. We also traveled to tournaments several times together. It was good to learn that he was so instrumental in the growth of the sport in South Carolina.

Another note...after beginning my career in radio, I was working my second full-time job in Detroit Lakes, MN when I really felt the need to not work there. I called my friend Bill Boylan and asked if I could come down to SC and harvest and sell trees again. That was back in 1996. That led me to my job as a radio newsman in Greenwood, SC. I'm still working for that same company today. That job in Greenwood is what led me to Union which led me to Sara, my wife, of the past 8 1/2 years.

The Quiet Game

On Sunday we were driving home from the in-laws when Kallsen decided we should play the 'quite game.' The Quiet Game is when we try to see who can be quiet the longest.

I think I won every game. Kallsen decided he would be the 'official judge' of the quiet game. So here is how of went...

Kallsen: Okay everyone...time to play the quiet game...let's start right NOW!...okay, everybody be quiet, it's the quiet game...nobody talk, it's the QUIET GAME...Parker, Parker, make sure you don't talk because we're playing the quiet game...that means you can't talk. Okay, are we ready to start? One, two, three...okay everyone be quiet...we're playing the quiet game...time to be quiet...alright lets start NOW...everyone be quiet...no talking...we're playing the quiet game...

These went one most of the way home. I think Kallsen lost every game.

Why, Hello There...

Sunday afternoon, shortly after the Direct TV guy had left and my wife and I were playing with the HiDef, something happened that really caught us off guard.

Kallsen and Parker were in our bedroom watching Dora or Diego. They came into the living room and said there was a dog in our house. My wife told Parker (the one that offered in the info) that no, there wasn't a dog in the house. The boys looked at their Momma and said, "oh, okay". They then went back into our bedroom.

Shortly there after, a large black and white dog came walking out of the boys bedroom and into the living room! Apparently the dog walk into the house when we were 'airing' it out. It was a nice day and we had the front and back door open to create a nice cross breeze. Low and behold...a dog came in with the breeze!

Momma and Daddy had to tell the boys we were sorry for not believing them.

Of course, this gets me to thinking, if other things the boys tell us - like stories of 'imaginary friends' - how real are they to the boys? If they so easily accepted the answer, 'There's not a dog in our house.'

Makes you wonder.