PUPPIES FOR SALE!!!

We have PureBred Border Collie Puppies for Sale!!! They just turned 8 weeks on the 12th of November!! They have had their 1st Puppy Shot. We are asking $100. Please feel free to pass this onto friends and relatives!!! There are 3 males and 1 female~ They are out of 2 VERY GOOD working parents!! Sid would be lost w/o his dogs!! He uses them all of the time when gathering up the cattle and they watch the gates while he feeds in the feedlot!!

Here is Louise's puppy~ Rosie ~ the only female

Has the coloring of Okie, the mamma

Not sure whose puppy this one is,but it's a male
coloring like Gus, the papa

Kalen and his puppy King

We spent a Sunday afternoon out on the lawn w/ the puppies~ they were timid at first~ but they warmed up quickly and were out exploring~ The kids had a blast playing with them!

Sid w/ the puppies

Louise taking Rosie back to the pen

Gus

Both Okie and Gus are really good with the kids~

I can't say enough about how good they are w/ working cattle too.

I didn't get a picture of Okie as we tried to keep her away from the

puppies b/c all they wanted to do was nurse!! They are on food though~

Halloween

Okay~ I must admit~ Halloween is not one of my favorite holidays! I don't like to drag out the costumes or come up w/ ideas for costumes b/c I'm toooooo cheap to go and buy them!! I usually just find different things at rummages to hopefully make into something! The kids get a TON of candy that none of us really need~ especially MOM!! But I must say, I do love painting their faces and the kids enjoy it, so I suck it up and away we go!!

Central Lyon Fan

Hunter

Cottontail

Princess/Witch

Okay~ so Sid may not know it, but I have a little tradition of going out for pizza before we head out to go trick-or-treating!! The kids love it and it's just fun to do w/ the kids!! Usually Sid is in the field, so he doesn't get to share in on this experience.

The boys at Pizza Hut!

Jarrett was getting too HOT in his costume!!

Look at all the Candy!!

Best Friends

(most of the time!!)

Weekend w/ Uncle Lucas and Aunt Millisa

Yes~ BEFORE Halloween~ Lucas and Millisa

came to visit us for a weekend

~ And when they come~

they always have plenty of activities to keep the kids

BUSY!!

painting gourds
oh so pretty!!


playing games

Look at those smiles!!

Morgan did her part in helping w/ making the cookies!!

Each kid got to take a turn at rolling!!

adding some frosting

and more frosting

Lucas guarding the Candy Corn Cookies!!!

Great Idea Millisa!!!

Then a little kite flying!!

And some pumpkin carving
Some drawing to see WHERE we will carve!!

Kalen's Creation

(w/ U.Lucas' help)

Nice Pumpkins Everyone!!

Though it was short, it was a great time w/ L&M!! We are so thrilled that they are expecting, so that we can do all of these things w/ their little one!! (PLUS, Aunt Tana is REALLY looking forward to teaching their little one ALL (and maybe more) of the wonderful 'tricks' U.Lucas taught his nephews and nieces!!!! :-)

From relaxing weekend to the Hospital!!

We've been having a lot of 'junk' go through the house.

I have Bronchitis, Morgan is on an antibiotic, and

then Kalen started sounding 'tight' on Sunday.

I rushed him into the Clinic on Monday AM~

nurses were scrambling and the Dr. was concerned

but after a Neb. treatment and steroid shot

he settled down and we went home.

But Monday PM, his breathing was getting really

labored and his temp had spiked and it just wasn't going well.

I took him up to the hospital again and

they admitted him.

He spent the next 30hrs under the 'tent'!

Not the most willing patient~ but if he attempted to do

much of anything, he was wiped out, having trouble breathing,

and back under the tent (and usually sleeping)!

In the 'tent' w/ a cool mist
Sid brought the kids up to see Kalen on Tuesday night

(Mom was missing her kiddies!!!)

We hung out w/ Kalen in the room~
THANK YOU!!!

Kalen was given some very nice gifts while he was in the hospital!

AND THEN....

Wednesday AM, while we were waiting on discharge papers,

Kalen received a very special call.... from his classmates!!

They all said HI together, and then one-by-one

they said a special GetWell Message

and Kalen had to guess which classmate was talking!!!

It took him awhile to get the hang of it (plus scratchy phone reception)

but Oh, if you could have seen the smiles on his face!!!!!

He talked about it and SMILED for quite a long time

after the call!

THANK YOU, MRS. BOEKHOUT AND CLASS!!!!

Women of Faith Weekend

So this past weekend my Mom came and picked me up and we headed to

St. Paul for the Women of Faith Conference!

We were going to have some extra time, but since we really

aren't shoppers, Mom suggested a

Pedicure and Manicure!!!

It was very relaxing and fun!

ahhhh... this was AWESOME!! It felt so GOOOOOD!


On to the nails...... Sid gives me 10days :-)

I'm hoping it lasts longer~

It was fun!! Mom and I

My cousin, Jodi, and I during one of the breaks!!

Aunt Cleo, Cousin Monica, Cousin Jodi, Aunt Connie, Mom and me

While at the Conference, we listened to some great speakers,

Patsy Clairmont, being my favorite!! She is sooo funny!!

And we got to listen to some AMAZING singing!!

Mandisa and Nicole C Mullen have such a love of God

and it shines through in their singing!!

And the WOF Worship Team

is still one of my favorites!!

This was a very special weekend w/ Mom and I can't wait to decide

what we are going to do next year for some

Mother/Daughter time!!

Oktoberfest

Okay~ so if I could make a living doing something like this, I WOULD!!

Though I haven't spent a lot of time w/ it, I love trying

new looks!!

I took the kids to Lake Pahoja for Oktoberfest.

We didn't make it in time for the games, but we walked through the

campground and the kids gathered treats.

Instead of getting the costumes out and fighting them as we walked,

I decided to do some face painting,

since Gramma so kindly gave me the supplies and a book last year!!

Each of the kids picked out their own 'styles' and away we went!

Here we have a Sugar Mouse and a Alien Princess! And a Pumpkin and a Bat!
We picked up two of the cousins and did their faces too!!

Here we have a Butterfly!

After the kids were done gathering treats, we had a group photo~
They were so good!!

Hope you enjoyed!!!

Pumpkins Pumpkins Pumpkins

I took the kids to the Pumpkin Patch last weekend.

We had a good time picking out just the right ones!!

Lucas & Millisa~

The kids asked immediately when they could

carve them and paint them!!

I said when U. Lucas & A. Millisa showed up!!