Knights and Dragons

Every good Knight must practice for that day when he has to defend the honor of his beloved princess. Today I watched as one of my knights prepared for battle against a vicious creature that he found in our yard.

(Warning!! The following pictures may be to graphic for some viewers. You have been warned.)

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The beast attacked from the West across the sandy desert.

The ferocious dragon immediately went for the gugular of the noble knight. It appeared early on that the battle would be short and all hope would be lost......

but the brave night continued to fight in the face of this horrific advacery. With pure grit and determination he fought with all his might.

When the dust and blood of battle had cleared both warriors were on the ground. From a distance a mothers cries could be heard as she feared the worst. Then slowly our hero began to rise, bruised and battered the victory was his.
The scary dragon was captured and convinced to never attack this place again.

First Day of School for JJG

Well my third son has started school. He did not understand when I told him that he would be going to school for the next 14 years straight and maybe 18 years or more without a break. Even at 4 years of age that did not sound so good to him. How is that possible that schooling takes 18 years. Isn't there a crash course we can take so the kids can just be done at 12-14 and get a job. Although it seems like a long time I cannot believe how the boys have grown up so fast so early. They already speak of being authors, and ball players, and knights. They are planning their lives and they are not out of elementary yet. It all makes my head spin when I stop to think about it. At least I still have my baby for another two years.

Various Summer Shots

Jordan loves the water. All he wants to do is play in the hose. I was fine with that until we used 12,242 gallons of water in May.

Our little danger rangers. They love to ride down the hill and wreck when they get to the bottom.

Jordan cheering on his brother.

Everybody survived but stunt work is exhausting.

Grammy and PawPaw come to town

Stephanies parents came to town to catch the last regular season game of the season for Elijah. His team went 8-1 in the second half and this just happened to be that 1. We still had a blast and love it when the grandparents are here. Hopefully we will get to Texas this summer to see my parents.

Paw Paw and his fishing buddy...

Grammy getting in one more kiss...

Summer Hair Cuts

Well its summer time and the boys went in for a trim. Elijah has been talking about a flat top all year and we finally found a place that would do one. I had no idea that flat top cuts were becoming a lost art. He looks so good and cool.

Morgan was all set to get a mowhawk but at the last minute lost the nerve and just got a regular hair cut. He was not happy but we let him make his own decision.

We still have not talked Joseph and Jordan into getting those blond locks cut off yet maybe later this summer.

Trey and Morgan go to Tellico, NC

Morgan and I set out Friday evening for Tellico, NC. This is the east coast mecca of offroading. I have been wanting to go here for years. I was very excited about the fact that we have not had any rain. Lots of rain makes for nasty difficult trails but as I found out no rain makes for more dust than the sahara desert. Morgan and I almost choked just getting into the woods. Once there we had a blast.

We stayed at an awesome cabin in the mountains with 15 of our other jeeping friends. Morgan and I slept in the attic which had been turned into a sleeping loft.

Parking at the cabin next to Chris and Christine..... We drove up some amazing trails.
I know the baby blue windshield doesn't match but it works when you are throwing things together at the last minute.

After about 9-10 hours on the trail we loaded up and went in hunt of some food. We found a great Rib Country BBQ resturaunt and did we ever do some damage to those ribs. After a full plate of meat we made room for apple cobbler and choclate cake and ice cream. When we were all done we decided we had had enough and hit the highway heading for home. It was a great trip and we will definitely be back again.

Trey and Joseph go to Gulfport, MS

We have a good friend that was hurt in a bad car accident on Feb. 13 of this year. The jeep club that we are members of decided to jump in and fix his jeep up. Well one thing snowballed into another and this turned into a complete overhaul. This became a whos who of offroad vendors project.

Before....

After....

We got donations from.....

JC Whitney

www.jcwhitney.com

Soft Top, Center Console, Front Suspension Seats, Rear fold and Tumble seat, Front 5-point harness w/ camlock, 5Star tranny shifter

White Rhino Fabrication

www.whiterhinofab.com

Chris and Chip also were responsible for lots of the vendor contact and donations and coordination so I will let them fill in most of their items.

Custom roll cage built in one day, Tube Fenders, Rock Sliders, One Sick Dash

Performance Offroad

Chris & Tony and the crew did alot of the grease and sweat work for the drivetrain on this job as well as coordinating vendor donations. Shocks, Custom built Stinger, Final set up and pieces for the steering system

Randy's Ring and Pinion

Front axle locker and gears

Gulfport Powder Coat

Terry layed down some nice powder for lots of the pieces on this jeep. I don't know if he has a website someone update me if so.

Klien Muffler

Eddie Klien and his boys did the exhaust system with a Magnaflow muffler and a blingin tip.

Advanced Audio

Kings offroad enterprise

http://www.kore4x4customs.com/ DIY Beadlock kit & HD Crossover Steering

Stan's Powertrain

Yoke and Ujoints for the rear end

Majestic Tires

Rich in Mobile provided the spare tire and beadlock rim.

Interco Tires

www.intercotires.com

Interco provided the 36" Iroks for an at cost price. I am not sure who picked up the tab for the rest of the tires.

Solid Axle

Northridge4x4

Corinet Bolt and Screw

Yukon Gears

Aussie Locker

Inchworm

Hummer Club of Jackson

Powertank

Searchers 4wd

A1 Radiator

Advance Auto Parts - Grant Steering wheel and install kit

O'Reilly's - Trans Temp

B3Concepts did the from bumper

12 Volt Guy - http://www.12voltguy.com/ - donated a custom switch panel for the Critter

More pictures can be seen at this link.

http://msstate.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2073637&l=cd3e2&id=26502552