The
Hooning Family get
togethers are always a lot of fun....and some fun conversations take place...I don't remember them all, but at one point Robin said, "I wish I was recording this" since I guess we all say ODD things. We were talking about Hyundai cars. I pronounce it "Hi-
un-DIE", Dad says "Hun-DIE" and William, over and over again, said that it is "Hun-Day, like Sunday".
Hunday, like Sunday...
Hunday like Sunday. Robin, snickering the whole time, says, stop everyone, William is correct, well, almost...and she says it the correct way...it had some kind of different sound, but very similar to what William was saying. Quite the conversation....hard to describe, I guess you had to be there. (Also, they were talking about Audi's (OW-D) and the correct way to say it and Scott piped in with "It's pronounced "ODD-Y") WRONG!
The next funny thing was that Robin was in the kitchen preparing all the food. My dad was doing things like setting the table and getting everything out and ready for the meal. He told me that I was the assistant cook. So I went into the kitchen. Robin had everything on schedule, going great. So I was handed the corn. That was my job....I had to prepare THE CORN. I was such a help!
And possibly the funniest conversation took place during dinner. Have you ever heard of KJ wine? Seriously, I want comments on this one....Is KJ wine a special treat?
Well, my dad, who drinks wine tells David, my brother, to enjoy the wine because it is Kendall Jackson and they ONLY make top quality, high end, the ultimate in wine. David says, "Yeah, it's good". "smells sweet" "not bitter" I cant remember exactly all the funny things he was saying, but just imagine him pretending to be a top win connoisseur, doing a wine taste testing. BUT...then he makes the FATAL mistake of telling my dad that KJ makes a mass produced cheaper bottle of wine. That REALLY upset my dad, you could see the steam coming out of his ears.....and the discussion went on....David saying, yeah, they have another label, dad saying NO THEY DONT. And ending with my dad stating that it doesn't matter anyway, anymore, because David was never getting anymore KJ. haha.
(I think it was another conversation that you had to be there....but believe me that it was funny.)
There is a pretty cool restaurant, sports bar type place in Chico called the Graduate or the GRAD. Our friends from Alturas met there and LOVE to go there when they are in town. It's a big place so they can invite all of their friends and family in Chico to come and get together. There are games for the kids, tv's with all the NBA, NFL, college football playing all over the place, and there are also pool tables for the big kids. Here are Bradley and Andrew playing the basketball game they LOVE.
William ordered this...forgetting that it's still sort of hard for him to open his mouth this wide. 
Andrew enjoying the curly fries.
The Hooning Family get togethers are always a lot of fun....and some fun conversations take place...I don't remember them all, but at one point Robin said, "I wish I was recording this" since I guess we all say ODD things. We were talking about Hyundai cars. I pronounce it "Hi-un-DIE", Dad says "Hun-DIE" and William, over and over again, said that it is "Hun-Day, like Sunday". Hunday, like Sunday...Hunday like Sunday. Robin, snickering the whole time, says, stop everyone, William is correct, well, almost...and she says it the correct way...it had some kind of different sound, but very similar to what William was saying. Quite the conversation....hard to describe, I guess you had to be there. (Also, they were talking about Audi's (OW-D) and the correct way to say it and Scott piped in with "It's pronounced "ODD-Y") WRONG!
William graduated to the GROWN UPS TABLE in 2009. It was a monumental occasion.
Someday Bradley and Andrew will get there (maybe).
Hey, they got to eat dessert at the grown-ups table (on SUPER fancy, plastic, disposable, recyclable, reusable plates).
Here's how Robin looked most of the night.
Philip, Andrew, and Bradley reading flash cards. 
The cousins....haha...look closely at William and then Philip. 
The group shot. 
Here are some pictures of William today...day 3 after his surgery....he's doing fine....just a little swelling on the bottom right side.....he should have iced it the first day.....the main reason these pictures are so funny is (not the Guymon family picture in the background) that it HURTS him to SMILE....hahahaha
Melanee finally sent me ONE picture from Tamara's dad's camera...here it is.
*teeth, that is!
I think William has been missing the last few stake dances, cuz it's been a long time since I took his picture before he walks out the door. 
Andrew and I went with Scott to one of his side jobs today and Andrew really liked the backyard. He kept asking me if I wish I had a backyard like that. Then he went and sat on all the benches that Scott built a couple years ago. 
Then he started climbing the trees. He had fun. (And, yes, I wish I had that backyard.)
Andrew was very happy and sang the whole time.
