By Popular Demand...

 

It only took 1 hour and 17 minutes...Congrats Jen...Your Tops.

Happy (it's Not My) Birthday! Laura!

Pumpkin Carving Gone Wild!

On my way to work at 8:15am Saturday Morning...(Peebs)

A little Team Building...and Gunfire!

Hickory over PV 26-6...and

a Glendale Chamber Choir Concert...a Very good night for the Hillenblog Children...
Your mother and I love you both very much...and we are very proud of you!

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Chili Cook-off & Bonfire...

Thanks for inviting the Hillens to the Joe Reynolds Sunday School Class Activity. We had a great time!

1. Good to see Sam and Nat re-appear on the blogs...
2. Singing around a bonfire...
3. Cin and B...Sky was in Wichita with Steph, visiting her....family
4. The Meeting AFTER the meeting...
5. The Chili Supper Judges...Congratulations to Natalie Blaine...winning Chili Recipee
6. Emma...that fire is hot on your face...
7. Can Greg start a fire or what...I thought I was at Shepard of the Hills for a second.
8. is it me...or do these two remind you of Marty & Bobbi Mohan-Culp...
9. I can't say this often enough...I want to get one of these...

I've said it before...and I'll say it again... Teri is so beautiful...

...In her own way.... 

Turkey Buzzard/Vulture Migration Flight (Golden Eagle Post Redacted)

Ok...I know that this looks like a lot of blue Sky...but you have to look closely. As I was coming home from work Friday evening...(about 6:00...if Rick is reading this...ha ha)...I noticed a column of these large birds generally flying from the north to the south. I tried to take some pictures of them...and I could see that they were VERY high in the sky...and Very large. I came home and Cindy asked me why I was (home so early...ha ha) ...why I had my camera in my hand...I said...you have to come see these birds. So we all got into the car.....and started "chasing them if you will....like a tornado chaser... The column of birds went on for about as far as you could see to the north...came right over hwy 65 and Chestnut Expwy...and went south, south east almost like they were headed to Rogersville...or more like Highland Springs.

I tried to take as many pictures as I could...but only a few turned out. I estimate that there were between 700 and 1000 birds in the 30 minutes or so that we watched them.

As I started doing research...I first thought they were golden eagles... However...When I contacted my great Aunt Becky...she has some friends that identified these pictures as Turkey Buzzards...Then I found this article about the Great Turkey Buzzard Migration to Branson.

Also this conversation about them...

...It was very incredible to watch...Did anyone else see them?

Volleyball was had by all...

1. Jen...Takes Doug's ball...
2. Jonny Spikes from the behind the front line
3. That Crystal...sure does have retty babies...
4. So does that Rachel? How do you explain Matt?
5. Rose is a PLAYER...and she took COX...OTM (and Cystal has a mean serve)
6. Guess Who's Shoes...
7. There Jen...I picture of me...are you happy now?
8. Jen wanted to complain about the length and complexity of the rules...one last time, apparently in Arkansas..if the ball hits the ground...I'ts OK.
9. Matt & Rachel discuss Strategy...Here is some strategy for you...Get the ball over the net. 

Undefeated Reed falls 34-0 to Hickory...

 

It looks like it works...A good time was had by all.

 

Sleep Over....Hillenblog's "happy" wife Style...

Everybody Loves hangin at Ninny's house...

Higher Grounds Coffee Shop is now open for business...

 

Happy Birfday Crystal...Tommy D sends his regards...

Blue Persuasions...see how the "Stepping out" look helps...now if we can only get you to smile at the same time...:-) 

A relaxing night around the ole' Fire pit...

 

Open Letter to C-O-X

We would like to start seeing a companion movie review from one Rose Ash. Yours & hers...together on the same blog.

How sweet!

The Great White Hunters...

Barrett and his crew...shoot some shotguns...for his B-day. 

Miscelaneous Stuff

1. Nathan Boschen breaking thru into the backfield
2. Jeremy Armstrong's lil brother
3. Logan...what can I say...
4. I just love her...
5. Sky kickin it back in the stands
6. Strike a pose...
7. Nathan ready to go in...
8. Logan...this one's for you.
9. BBC Bleacher Bums...

As taken from my Office window...there has to be a better way to get a drink of water.

 

Hickory 40 - Study 0

Barrett had a touchdown called back for holding and two 2-point conversions...and an interception on his first start at Outside Linebacker 

Barett is oficially a teenager!

Happy Birthday! Barrett!...He got a new cellphone for his birthday...I would give you his number...(but you know how the girls are about the Quarterback)...We are very proud of you Barrett.....We love you...!
Mom & Dad.

September 2006

OK...I have this new thing...I store my photo's by month...In September I kept 559 photos...Here they are...What the hillenblog has been up to... 

Nascar Racing Road Trip

1. Ashley was a perfect lady the entire trip...
2. At the end of the night...we went to drop off one of our party...on the Plaza...and this "woman" and her two friends...came up to one of the unnamed members of our party and thought we were huskers fans...because we were wearing red. Does anyone know who this person is? all we know is she is from Colon, NE and she can do the splits and a cartwheel in the middle of the street...some amount of time after downing 7 long island ice teas. Luckily we were able to loose them before anything bad happened...
3. 70, 000 of our closest friends.

7. Lead most laps
8. The Big Wreck
9. Next year were bringing the Motor Home...