Happy Halloween!

Just wanted to pop on here and wish everyone a Happy Halloween! I'll be starting the trick or treat drive at 5 this year. When you live in the country you drive to trick or treat no matter what. But with us we only go to a selected few places...and they all seem to be about 15 minutes a part! So we hit the road at 5 and don't get home until around 8.

Be safe!

An awesome blog-Check it out!

A good friend of mine has an amazing blog!We "met" almost 6 years ago when we were both expecting on a great online forum. We've been through alot and now 6 years and 3 more kids later we are still in touch. I almost had her living within 30 mintes of me when her husband almost took a job here but they decide to stay in the west. So now I visit her daily on her blog...ha! :)

http://prairie-mama.blogspot.com

Or she is in my drop down....Kim's Blog. Original huh?!

She is an awesome blogger and she has an adorable family. She sews, knits some AMAZING things, she cans, she bakes, she does it all. And she has an Etsy shop ladies. Not to mention right now she is doing a give-away! This time it's a give-away from another site which is also another friend of ours through the same forum we met. Shabby Miss Jenn.

So hop on over to Prairie-Mama. You won't be disappointed. :)

Have a great rest of the weekend. I'll be back to post some pics and update. :)

Go to the Bottom of my Blog....

Just a quick little plug for the button I posted at the bottom of my blog. Dierks Bentley's new song is available on ITUNES now so go check it out and purchase it. The new cd doesn't drop until February so you know you have to have this song before then.

Go visit www.dierks.com for more information on Dierks and his upcoming album.

Have a great weekend! I promise to post more pics and updates of whats been going on with us. We've been a tad busy with harvest season!

A Sad day for Grant.

Ok so I've been on quite a few fieldtrips with Grant os far this year and I volunteer every week at his school. If you asked Grant if he has a girlfriend he screams NO STOP IT. lol SO I'm guessing there is some crushing going on somewhere. He has Abby, but when kindergarten started there was yet another that comes out of the woodwork and practically falls over herself when she sees him. IT IS ADORABLE!

Well the sad part was we found out that the little girl is getting ready to go back and live with her Mom. SHe has been in a training school in the Navy so being a single Mom she couldn't be with her. So she has been staying with her Grandma. Well whenever the little girk sees me she comes a running. I love working with her. During the last two field trips she has even asked to sit with Grant and I on the bus. They tickle each other and giggle til they are blue in the face...lol Yesterday the little girl was pretending to be hiding from grant under jacket and leaning against me she got cozy enough to fall asleep! Bless her little heart.

SO tomorrow is this little girls last day. Grant start making all these pictures for her and told me it was her last day. He brought tears to my eyes when he said he was going to miss her so much. Now I'm thinking GGEESSSHHH ALREADY!! My kindergarten brought me to tears about a little friend of his moving. So i got on the phone and called her grandma with whom she lives with and was able to get her new address and promised that I would send some pictures to her soon! That cheered Grant up already and he already has a stack of plans to send to her. Pictures, stickers, you name it he wants to send it to her. He even said that when she comes back to see her grandma he wants to see her. I know in a few years they might not even keep in touch but for now they are both so excited to become "pen pals" I'm excited for Grant and he learns about this new adventure. Here is a picture of the two on one of our last fieldtrips. As you can tell she's a little smitten by him. :)

A beautiful day for a soccer game

Grant had yet another soccer game today. He really truly enjoys himself. We have our moments where he asks to be taken out because he's tired or he's hot but all in all he really does an awesome job. Here are a few pictures from our game yesterday. And of course one of Miss Monster face. I swear this seems to be her only pose as of late. How sweet eh?!

A Must Read.

So I've been updating my blog and trying to be better at updating. It's b/c of one person and her name is Stephanie Nielson. I came across a button directing me to her blog from another friend's blog. Her blog is AMAZING! Little did I know she was known across the country for her blog. Most recently though for a very sad reason. Her and her husband, Mr Nielson (as she often refers to him as), were in a private plane crash back in August and they are both in the hospital recovering from the burns. Mr. Nielson was burnt over 30% of his body while Stephanie was burnt on 80% of her body. They have an amazing family who are currently taking turns raising the Nielson's 4 children. Stephanie's sister has an amazing blog as well. She is keeping all of us updated with updates on them both. Which honestly completes my day. It's wierd how someone you've never met can make such an impact on your daily lives.

If you get a chance click on the link above for Stephanie's blog or on my side bar for both Stephanie's and her sister's blog. I suggest grabbing a cup of coffee or cocoa and snuggling in a blanket b/c seriously neither one of these blogs are the kind you can just read and bit and then come back later. You'll be glued to both of the blogs. I started from the very beginnings of Stephanie's and read the entire thing within a few days. I just could not help myself! You'll read these and then do what I do..each morning and night a go into both and check for updates on the Nielson's recovery.

Please your prayers and send your well wishes to the Nielson's whenever you get a chance. They truly are a magical couple. The connection these two have is just one of a kind.

The Sign of Fall

This time of year just really brings a smile to my face. I LOVE the sound of the dryer. Not the hair dryer, the clothes dryer, but the CORN dryer. When I get up out of bed and walk out to my kitchen I can hear the hum of the dryer and I know it's harvest season. Well this past week they started testing the fields to see what was ready to be harvested and they did there first set of end rows of corn and some beans. Last night was the first night of full blown harvest season. Hubby came home after work to announce he was going to be in the grain cart. Well that was all he needed to say. Grant wanted to go and b/c Gracie is completely obsessed in what her bg brother does she wanted to tag along as well. So I got the kids around and ran them down to the tractor where he was waiting for them in the field. This first shot is one of my favorites from harvest seasons. The smiles on their faces shows their excitement! Gracie still wasn't sure at this point if she should love the tractor or be afraid of it.

Getting settled in the tractor!

Waiting in the field for the combine to come around.

Here are the trucks waiting to be filled with beans!

Here comes the combine. Look at that dust..yep...that's the dust that will give my allergies a run for the money this harvest season. OH JOY! :)

And last but not least...this is the few from my side yard. The dryer sits nestled in between on the bins. Look at the clouds....we've got some fierce fall weather heading are way. Today the high is only 56! BBURRR!!! Oh as Miss Gracie says.... "bbbuurrr I cold"