Buster

Here is a new picture of our puppy Buster. I can't believe how shiny he is. He is just a pretty boy for a dog. We sure like having him around.

Pumpkin Patch 9/28/08

Yesterday we took the kids to Bloomsbury Farms Pumpkin Patch in Atkins, Iowa. Chris's whole side of the family went. The kids had fun at the petting zoo, rode some little mini John Deere toy tractors, and played outside. Gene was loving the tractors and his face just lit up when a Johnny Popper pulled our hayrack out to the pumpkin patch. He knows his John Deeres. Chris about popped his cork when he found a 47# pumpkin that is now sitting outside our front door. Carter just went along for the ride and did whatever. All in all it was a fun day outside with the kids.

Buster Reunited with his mom

We just love our new puppy Buster. We took him home with us last weekend and he got to spend some time with his mom Emma. They had all kinds of fun. They went up to the hog barns and drug back some parts of a dead pig, ripped up some of mom's landscaping, and ran around the yard wrestling with each other. All in all a fun weekend away for a dog.

Grandpa Gene's 70th B-Day Weekend

Happy Birthday Grandpa Gene! This guy is so lucky to have so many people around him that love him and want him to stick around. He is one of the people I look up to most. His license says he is 70, but he is probably about 35 in actual age. He has kept in him the little things that children have and we love and most often loose as we go through life, but he also has the wisdom that parenthood and life experiences bring to a person. We love you Grandpa!!! All four of his kids were home over the weekend and all of his great-grandkids as well. Here are some pictures from this weekend. Notice how wore out my kids were when it was all said and done.

Buster

Dad's dog Emma had a litter of pups back in July. Anyone who knows me, knows that I have a major weakness for a puppy. I managed to return home without a puppy when we visited in August. When there was one puppy left, and no home for him to go to I just couldn't take it. Mom and Dad brought the pup with them when they came for the Iowa & Iowa State game. A lady that I work with was going to take him and find him a home, but now I think Chris is in love with this dog as are the kids and I. If we get to keep him, we are going to call him Buster. Chris had a Springer and Beagle mixed dog that was his growing up. We had a Springer Spaniel named Buster at the Grabill house as well. The name only made sense. Things are interesting right now with everyone adjusting to the dog. Gene is even coming around and thinking that he is kind of fun.

Grandparent's Day

We went over to Mark and Carole's house yesterday and the kids were playing outside. It was Grandparent's Day and Mark and Carole just got back from a week long trip to Minnesota fishing.

Prep for Hunting

As you all probably know, Chris is off limits for the week of his early muzzleloader deer hunt. He has been spending hours watching deer hunting DVD's and practicing his rattling. Gene and Carter have also started rattling and paying attention to these videos with Chris. As you can imagine, my husband is ecstatic that we have two boys and the fact that they are now enthralled with deer hunting puts the icing on Chris's cake. I thought I would post some pictures of the boys and their antlers.