Thanksgiving 2012

Winston, helping with Thanksgiving Dinner!

We didn't have any real plans for Thanksgiving this year.  We were just going to hang out, lounge around and eat turkey by ourselves.  Then we got company.

We were glad to have Nels and girls here for Thanksgiving evening and the weekend.  It was too bad their Thanksgiving trip to the west-side had to be canceled and that Hazel and Rachel were stuck in the hospital all weekend.   We're so glad Hazel is getting better and is finally home!  We wish they could have been here too.  Then Kendall & Jeremy and girls came for Friday and Saturday.  It was so much fun having them all here.  The cousins all had a blast too!

We played a LOT of Qwirkle, quite a bit of Catan and some Kings.  There was lots of eating going on, too, but that's typical for this holiday.  Good Family + Good Food = Good Fun

Getting ready to play Kings!

The kids had a great time running all over the house, making forts and beating pinatas on the WII.

Clara was a darling!

Preston was gone part of the time - Coug stadium security.

When he was around and not 'sleeping' we enjoyed his company.

Who needs sleep anyways, right?

Here's the crew - waiting for breakfast!

Thanks for spending the weekend with us Chicks and Polands!  Let's do it again sometime!

Just In Case.

Some Monday Morning Cuteness

Keaton took this picture while Sally was running like a crazy cat around in the bathtub.  Not sure why she does that, but it happens quite often.

I just thought I'd post once before the satellite man comes and changes our service.  It might be a while before the internet is up again.  I'm hoping sometime this evening - but where we live, who knows.  We're upgrading, so it's supposed to make our internet connection faster.  We'll see about that. 

Anyways, all is well here.  We're looking forward to getting a couple days off from school and work.  Preston has the whole week off - yippee!  Keaton has it off from school, but has a couple days of work.  The rest of us have until after Wednesday before getting time off.  Can't wait for Turkey Day!

Have a Great Thanksgiving All!!!

Just Too Much Fun!

Swimming at Grandma & Grandpa Chick's House!

And riding bikes at Jack & Ani's House! 

Who's that old lady standing next to my Mom???

Next up is Grammy Moore's and then back to reality.

Moore Stuff

I was recently informed by my eldest son that there is some favoritism going on around here.  He said that I seem to post more things about Winston on my blog than I do about Keaton and him.  I told him that it was probably because Winston was readily available and provided me with more content because of proximity.  We don't see much of the older boys these days.  And Winston provides many hours of entertainment, all by himself.

  That being said...

...this one's for you, Preston.

I Love Ya!

And because the only material I've got has been provided by Winston, here's some funnies he came up with lately:

Some of the farmers were working on a field near our home.  They brought in a Port-A-Potty for the extra help.  We would drive by it every day for a couple of months.  Every time we drove by, Winston would say "That Portal Potty is still here."  I always wondered where that 'Portal' potty would send you if you were transported in it.

The other day we were riding in the car with our good friend Janice.  She pointed out an old house to us and said that she'd been inside it.  She said that at one time it was a really fancy house.  Winston perked up at the words "Fancy House" and asked if they had golden toilet paper in it.

That kid - cracks me up!

Now, on to the other stuff... 

We were over-run with lady bugs a couple of weeks ago.  This is just one spot in our yard.  There were several spots that were just covered with 'swarming' lady bugs.  They were EVERYWHERE!

Shelvin the Rooster's days may be numbered.  Not only does he come after me, but he now comes after Tom.  Not a good idea to attack a guy who looks at you like you're already fried chicken legs.

And... on to the cuteness!

Here is our resident deer friend, Hope.

Isn't she cute?

We call her Hope, because we hope she survives us.

The red collar is to save her from the hunters.  We wanted to let her have at least a year before having to worry about that.

Here's Hope with her favorite human.

Here's Hope contemplating eating my gorgeous burning bush.

Here's Daisy Dog, contemplating messing with Sally Cat.

Here's Hope Deer and Daisy Dog actually messing with Sally Cat.

Just a side-note... I love all my children equally and unconditionally

and always will.

The animals - not quite so much.

Here's another one for ya, Preston!

Country Boys at Heart

With the older boys running in the college crowd and immersing themselves in virtual reality games, it's refreshing to see that I still have two guys here that are grouded in the country life.

Our neighbors host a plowing-bee every year.  Farmers bring their old tractors in for it.  Tom and Winston went to check it out.

The boy was in tractor heaven.

Helloooo there John Deere!

Tom at one of his many projects here at home.

This one was a great success.

I can tell because the light from it keeps me up nights.

This is what they did today...

It won't be long and that boy isn't going to fit there anymore.

Maybe then he'll be the one driving.