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Post by shannon on Jun 10, 2002 21:31:56 GMT -5
There are happy babies.....Then there's JAMIE!!  Shelby and her Magga (their word for Grandma. Don't ask where it came from) relaxing on the grass at the World Pork Expo  Alicen proving to be a true Weyant and tearing up a plate of ribs. Notice the plate of bare bones beside her!  And finally, by the end of the day, Jamie was just all porked out. The hot dog bun was a present fom Shelby. At least she shares.  |
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Post by heidi-ashlies_mom on Jun 10, 2002 22:13:47 GMT -5
Oh shannon love the pics so sweet looks like jamie had fun and your girls LOL Hugs Heidi
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Post by Renee' on Jun 10, 2002 22:25:46 GMT -5
Shannon
Great photos! Your little one was beat! Looks like you all had fun...
Hugs
Renee'
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Post by vannahsmommy on Jun 11, 2002 18:53:41 GMT -5
LOL...you thought my dh was your brother  You have 3 great looking kids yourself ;D |
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Post by shannon on Jun 11, 2002 22:29:20 GMT -5
You know, it just occured to me to explain what the World Pork Expo (where most of the pics were taken) actually is. When I think about how the name sounds, I sound like a serious hillbilly!
The Pork Expo is mainly a barbecue contest. You pay to get in, then you walk around all day getting samples from the people in the contest who are grilling pork ribs, loin, all kinds of fun stuff. Then there's the Big Grill which is this giant barbecue about the width and length of a semi trailer. Basically, you just walk around and pork out, no pun intended. Then you can go look at all the products for hog-raising, if you're into that sort of thing. Then you finish it up with the pig races, where baby pigs race like mad to get to an Oreo.
By the end of the day, you're stuffed, sunburned, tired as death, and smell like a hog. But the kids are worn out, you don't have to cook dinner, and your husband leaves you alone. At least until you shower.
Shannon
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Post by Cathy on Jun 11, 2002 23:56:45 GMT -5
Shannon,
What beautiful pics.. I loved the last one where Jamie looks like he is falling through the stroller.
I am so glad you clarified what the World Pork Expo was. It was a tough visual for me. LOL. You can always tell someone from a midwestern town... Beef, pork or dairy... here it is mushrooms. We celebrate a gigantic mushroom on August... "Humungous Fungus Fest" Yep it is for real!!
Topped off (no pun intended) with a 12 foot x 12 foot mushroom pizza!!! Just another town drunk!
LOL. I got way off track there... but your family is beautiful!!
Hugs,
Cathy
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Post by shannon on Jun 12, 2002 7:11:04 GMT -5
Thanks, Cathy! By the way, do you have Mushroom Queen? Because, by golly, Iowa has a Pork Queen AND a Pork Princess. How would you like to THAT title-holder? Between our Pork Princess and your Fungus Queen....where do people come up with this???
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Post by Radonna on Jun 12, 2002 8:21:42 GMT -5
Shannon,
Jamie is so so cute!! So are his big sisters!! I too am glad that you explained the Pork Expo~
When we were chatting the other day I thought it was a resteraunt!! LOL
We don't have anything like that here really except in October in Hohenwald they have and Oktober fest!
They have all kinds of stuff! But what has people coming from different states is the 13 mile yard sale!!! No kidding 13 miles (gets bigger every year) of nothing but stuff to buy. It isn't like a flea market you would just have to see it.
They have this huge craft fair at the Natchez Trace (Yeap the route Mary Ingalls took in Follow the River)
and all the houses on the road to the Trace started having yard sales on the same day hoping that the people on their way to the craft fair would stop. Now it is a Total zoo!!
But in 14 years that I have been in Tennessee. I have NEVER missed it. I LOVE other peoples junk!!
I love the picture of ALicen with that plate of ribs!! TOO cute. SHelby and Jamie favor each other so much! You make beautiful children!!
Radonna
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Post by shannon on Jun 12, 2002 10:20:54 GMT -5
Radonna,
A 13 mile yard sale would make me soooo happy! We have a community garage sale in Urbandale (another suburb of Des Moines) That people from other towns actually bring busses to! These people set up grills and pop stands, set out picnic tables and lawn chairs, and turn on music. It's a lot of fun. It rained like crazy this year but there were just as many people. The Urbandale sale is where i got most of my baby stuff when I was pg with Shelby, too. Isn't it fun?
Shannon
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Post by shannon on Jun 12, 2002 10:23:46 GMT -5
By the way, Radonna....WHEN and WHERE did you say that yard sale is?? I'm thinking I may have to take a trip for that.
Shannon
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Post by Jenn on Jun 12, 2002 14:24:23 GMT -5
Sweet pictures!! Looks like they had a good time and had some filling food.....
Very cute kids!!
Jenn
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Post by Cathy on Jun 12, 2002 17:28:16 GMT -5
Shannon... We do not have a fungus queen..but last year my little puffbutton (Emily non ds, then 2) was the fungus princess. Here'sher photo....  By the way... I was Miss Portabello... and notice.... I cropped myself out of the photo!!LOL Hugs, Cathy |
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Post by SuziF on Jun 12, 2002 22:50:34 GMT -5
Um.....I think the Pittsburgh equivilent would be our "Rib & Wing Cookoff"  ?Or maybe the Rolling Rock Towne Fair.... Great pics! My 6year old would probably think Alicen is his kind of gal~ we take him to stock car races & he wants to know where the Rib & Wing stand is ! ~ And Cathy...Should we even ask about the fungus princess....Do ya keep her in the dark & feed her_____ well, I'm sure you've heard that joke before |
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Post by shannon on Jun 13, 2002 7:40:27 GMT -5
Suzi,
Whatever you do, do not tell my husband that you have a rib & wing cookoff!! He'll have us transferred to PA in 3 minutes! And then I'll never see him or Alicen again!
What's really sad is that I'll be moving to TN to go to Radonna's 13 mile garage sale so we won't even be around each other! We'd better keep this under our hats...lol
Shannon
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You have 3 great looking kids yourself ;D
?Or maybe the Rolling Rock Towne Fair....