Mom's in heaven!!! actually only for 2 hours.

Since a picture says 1,000 words, no words are needed. If you know me, there needs no explanation. The only bad part was I didn't take my good camera.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving day was fun at our house. We had a 12:30 dinner with all the fixings plus pecan, pumpkin pie and Oreo desert. We talked the afternoon away and had a great time.

Lights at Bluff Valley Old friends... just pick up where you left off.

Everyone pitched in and it was quite a beautiful dinner table.

Addlea has been home 24 hours and she's already bored... so she made turkeys for our centerpiece.

We're babysitting and we have a new play place.

We have missed this face, and the eating, and the talking!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So this weekend we spent working hard; the kids were incredible. Jim is done in the field, Tyler and Jim went deer hunting or rather what I call, getting cold for no reason at all and when they came home Baihley and I were hard at work changing the quanset into an indoor riding arena. We are more than excited. All we need now is lights!!! We also welcomed Molly and Mac into our home for awhile. Friends of ours daughter is moving right down the road and we are more than excited because she is not only a Christian but a very qualified horse expert. Baihley and I are already signed up for lessons. She can use our indoor arena with us, give us pointers on training Gizmo and we can work the mini driving all winter. Today I am calling about sand. A riding arena for the cost of one days hard work and a load or two of sand. Katie told Baihley to her face, "your father must really love you." Baihley hasn't quit smiling yet!!!!!!!!!! We can't wait for Fred to come home, but I have a list of things a mile long to do before then so better get working!!!

4-H

Boys dumpster jumping; note I didn't say dumpster diving. They are squishing boxes at the Local Food Shelf. It was their idea to jump in!!!!

Tyler is quite the song leader---- anyway he got lots of laughs and smiles.
He's doing the Narly Harley or something like that.



(P.S. no deer yet)




Baihley gets a Spirit award; so far she's gotten 6 friends to join 4-H!

Up north

The lake is starting to freeze over

Raking leaves can be fun....

Smile Baihley- you're on candid camera

Hunting Season Begins/Harvest almost over

So, tomorrow Jim and Tyler are going hunting... Pray that they get a deer, and then we don't have to worry bout them anymore. They are having fun in their new playplace; the hunting blind. They have determined it will be great for ice fishing!!!!

It's a blind... yet rolls up into a backpack that Tyler can carry and no bigger than his backpack for School. It's has tons of zippers and peep holes.
Here's a very happy boy. He'd be happier if he shot his first deer.

We are almost done with the corn... and it will take 3 more weeks to finish. That's always the way it is. We have snow here and enough mud to make it not combining weather. We had a friends dad come over and ride one day and she took a picture of the three men. He seemed to love it.

Grandpa Leonard, John Dunn and Jim out in the field.

Beautiful Weather in Minnesota

It's been beautiful weather here. Jim is picking corn, the kids are riding horse and I've been just trying to keep up with unplanned events.
One of the unplanned events to my week was being with our good friend during the death of her husband and the funeral was today. Rick and Cheryl Kubitza came down and it was a wonderful day, although sad. Cheryl, Dawn Miner Zollman, Rick, Marette

Baihley and Socks as they headed out trail riding the ditches.

Tyler and Buddy.