Friday Night Football

The first week of fall meant a father-son trip to the local high school football game. The Tonganoxie Chieftains took on an inner-city team from Kansas City at Beaty Field. It wasn't much of a game with Tongie dominating the Wyandotte Bulldogs 34-8. Perhaps the most entertaining part of the evening was when a breaker blew and some of the lights went out (see picture) delaying the game. All the moths had to migrate to our side of the field. What a shame. What a game.

A Trip to the Mental Hospital

What better way to spend a beautiful Saturday afternoon than visiting your local State Lunatic Asylum ... well, at least that's what they used to call it back in the 1930's before they were more politically correct in calling it the State Psychiatric Hospital. An hour jaunt up I-29 to the city of St. Joseph, MO and we found ourselves learning the antiquated methods of treating depression, hysteria, and the like at the Glore Psychiatric Museum. Fascinating for the future psychologist in the family (Paige)! Intriguing for the family mental patient (Tyson)! Mind-boggling for the tour guide (Cody)! The place even came with it's own morgue. One thing we all agreed on ... we're grateful for modern technology, science and the general understanding of mental disorders. None of us would want to have to endure hydrotherapy, leeches, or a frontal lobotomy to release the demons. We prefer better living through chemistry.

5 Inches of Wet Rain

We probably could have floated to church today if we would have had time to build an ark Almost 5" of rain over the weekend almost had us gathering two of every kind. The sump pump in the basement was working 24-7 to keep the basement dry and it did a fine job in deed. Mushrooms in all variety have found sprung up everywhere to remind us of just how wet it is outside. 5 inches! By comparison, Logan's average rainfall is only 16" in a given year! But because this is Kansas, one can add the thrill of a tornado to the mix as well. There were elven in the area Friday night, including one about 10 miles from the Edwards plantation. And when it was all over, said and done, a beautiful double rainbow graced our view (a portion of our house is in the bottom left hand corner).

Headstone Hunting

The 5th business trip in 3 weeks landed Cody in the land of his ancestors and four fathers (still looking for two of them). In an effort to document and archive the family history of both the Edwards and Hull side of the family, a massive headstone hunting expedition was undertaken. With the help of his parents and a friend, the following cemeteries were searched, scoured and scanned for loved ones:

• Richmond, UT
• Lewiston, UT
• Fairview, ID
• Robin, ID
• Marsh Center, ID
• McCammon, ID
• Rockland, ID
• Honeyville, UT
• Ogden, UT
  

With a success rate of 98.2%, over 25 headstones were photographed and added to the database of family headstones. These headstone pictures will be added with other photos, stories, biographies and other family history elements being compiled in the aforementioned family history project.

Mashmallow Roast

We spent the "labor" part of Labor Day mowing our lawn ... for the first time in almost 4 weeks! The grass was so long that we would often lose Kallie in the backyard. There was a time or two that Tyson would disappear as well. Yes, it was deep and ready to cut, bale and sell as hay. We spent hours on Saturday trying to fix our lawnmower and ended up taking it to the lawnmower man down the street who in an act of genuine kindness loaned us his mower to keep our yard at bay. With the yard once again under control, we had our other neighbors Jay and Wendy over for a marshmallow roast - a fitting way to end the summer.