Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow

Friday October 30, 2009 ~ Well, once again, Winter has
hit us! This is what we woke up to Friday morning! It's
hard to say how many inches of snow we got this time due
to the heavy drifting from the wind but Wallace did report
22". The drifts were 2-4 ft tall so there was a lot of snow
on the ground!

The pictures really don't do justice to the amount of snow

we got or how high the drifts were!!

Cade took full advantage of the snow day

from school and went out several times

throughout the day and made some snow angels.

This is our 3rd snow fall in as many weeks! It's

really making harvest impossible for the farmers'

so I hope Fall returns soon. It is starting to melt

but it's making things very muddy and hard to

get around. Hopefully the sun will come out soon!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Saturday October 31, 2009 ~ It's Halloween!
Cade is going as a cowboy.

Every year Paxton sponsor's a Halloween parade for kids
from babies to 6th grade. It starts at the firehall and proceeds
through all the downtown business where the kids get candy
and other goodies. Cade posing with some of his classmates,
Cordell, Taylor and Cousin Brooke (the alien).

I have always enjoyed trick-or-treating with the boys' and
over the years we've gone in every kind of weather. Fortunately
tonight, the weather was really pretty nice. Bernie came too so
it was fun to walk through the parade with him too. We figured
this could be our last year. Grace also joined us.

Walking in the parade. There were a lot of people around
and lots of kids this year.

Tyler had fun walking around town with some of his classmates
too. Alex, Taylor, Cam and Connor.

Cade came home with quite a loot!! Yum!
After the parade, some of Cade's classmates
walked all around town with us for more trick-
or-treating. I walked with the kids all over both
sides of Paxton while Bernie and Grace followed
close behind in the vehicle. My feet are killing me!!
But, it was fun. We came home and Grace joined us
for supper,homemade veg. beef stew and biscuits, Mmm!
We had a fun day. Happy Halloween to all!

Pumpkin Carving

Saturday October 31, 2009 ~ Well, it wouldn't be Halloween
without carving pumpkins. And nothing like waiting til the last
minute to do it. Just as I was thinking this would be the first
year we hadn't carved pumpkins, the boys' went down to the
farm and got 3 of Gma Grace's pumpkins to carve. They each
drew their own design. Garrett drew a #12 and a tiger paw
and Cade chose to do the Texas longhorn logo.

Tyler drew a husker 'N'. Go Husker's today!

Bernie cut the tops off for the boys'.

They all worked hard and had fun doing it.

Ta-Da! The boys' with their pumpkins. They turned out great!

Their pumpkins at night look really cool!

Boys' New Project

Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009 ~ Tyler and Cade have plans for their
'new' fort. They've been working on an old chicken house down
at the farm. Today they talked Bernie into bringing it up here.

They are very excited about having a new project

to work on and have lots of plans for it. They are

true country kids and always have to stay busy.

SNOW SNOW AND MORE SNOW

We have had lots of 'Winter' this Fall! These pictures were
taken last week, on Oct. 22nd. The forecast called for 1-3"
but this is what we woke up to......8-10"!!! This is our second
major snow fall in 2 weeks, with rain in between. Needless to
say, this is keeping Bernie out of the field!

The snow has been very pretty to look at.

You can see the corn in the field across the

road and haybales in the distance. This is

the view out our dining room window.

The cows huddled together during the snowfall. I'm not

sure where Fall went! It's too early for this though!

A Day at the Lake

Sunday October 18, 2009 ~ After last week's winter blast
of temps. in the teens and 8+ inches of snow, today's 82
degrees felt like heaven! We couldn't waste this beautiful
day so we headed to the lake in the afternoon.

The weather was unbelieveably perfect! There were a few
fishermen on the water but otherwise it was quiet and peaceful.
*Don't mind the spots on the pictures...it's my camera!grrr!

Tyler and Cade enjoyed playing some baseball with Bernie.
Garrett, unfortunately wasn't able to join us...........for those
of you with teenagers I have one word....GIRLFRIEND!!!!

Garrett missed a fun afternoon. It was a great day for a
game of baseball!

I enjoyed some time sitting on the beach reading a book...
something I never get to do. What a treat!! I can't tell you
how tranquail the afternoon was. Sitting in the sand by the
water, listening to the sounds of the boys playing ball and the
sound of the water and seagulls........it was so enjoyable!

After the boys' wore Bernie out, hee hee, he joined me on
the beach. It was nice to spend some time together. He is
about to get busy with corn harvest so I won't see much of him.

The boys' walked around and found this cliff
to jump off so they had fun doing that. The water
has really come up since we were last out. In fact,
for those that went 4-wheeling with us, the places
we drove we can't even get to now, they're under
water!!

BOYS!! :)
After a few hours, we drove around for awhile
then decided to take the long scenic route home...
we drove completely around the lake!
We had a wonderful day together...a fun spur of
the moment day.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BECKY

Friday, October 16, 2009 ~ HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIS!!!
It's my sister Becky's ( on left) birthday. I won't say how
old, just that she's one of my older sisters! :) Hope you
had a great day!!