Hunting...

This week the guys: Chris, Phil, Dad and Bill did some hunting (some more than others). Our kids are always so funny when they come home. They like to inspect the game of the day! Alan likes to get a really close look. I mean who can blame him with that beautiful red!

Alan is quite the supervisor, he makes sure they clean them well, give him the tail feathers and ewwww don't burn the carcasses!!! Too late, they burned them. That really stinks!

After a while Erin and cousin Morgyn retreat to the trampoline lol. Can you say 2 peas in a pod, snug as 2 bugs in a rug, peanut butter and jelly :o)

Thanksgiving

God is so good! I left my camera at Chris' folk's house last night and what a blessing it is! For 10 years we shared quiet Thanksgivings, sometimes with friends (no less special) and sometimes with our children. How special to have Chris' parents, his brother and their family and my brother and his wife together for Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving :o)

Girls night out...

Erin needs new church shoes and the boys were feeling punky with a cold/ stomach bug, so Erin and I got to go to Taco Bueno again and do some clothes shopping. I was not impressed with Bueno this time, we waited a long time and the food was small and so-so, however I did get this great picture... we'll try Bueno another time.

It's a shame it was a cell phone shot!

Caught Ya!

Caught ya playing! Now Abby can quit growling at Chance! She has been quite indignant that this new dog has been allowed to join the family, now I think she is happy to have a playmate.

Fancy fingers...

Collin is in his second year of piano and evidently has some quick fingers. His teacher, who had 50 students at the last recital and has been teaching for years, had him practice a song as fast as he could on the metronome. She started him at 130 and was amazed that he made it to 200! Now if only he would practice without complaining!

picture found at http://www.milongamusic.com/rubrique.php?idrub=3

The Andersons had a special dog...

The Andersons had a special dog

Whose fur is white as snow

And anywhere the children went

The dog was sure to go...

He followed them to school one day

Which made them feel like fools

It made the children laugh and play

To see the dog at school.

Yep he did it. He followed the bus to school one morning after taking an unauthorized walk one morning. Actually he was sulking because he and Abby had killed a cat (yep...ewww) and fought over it. Abby gave him a few superficial cuts on his face (or the cat did, no one is talking and telling me what happened). All I know is the dogs were fighting before dawn and after dawn there was a dead cat in the yard--one of our ferrel cats. Anyway, he must have decided there was more fun going on in town. I did not get the call until 12:30 when he was on the playground at lunch recess, but evidently he'd been there all day. What a dog!

Comfy chance?

Our new dog has been a fun addition to the family (when he is not running to town). He is so loving with the children, but he will head go on a walk about if you are not watching him. Might be why we got him from the pound. Anyway, he looooves the kids and is fitting in with everyone/thing except the cats. He's heck on cats!

Here I think he would like to play polly pockets with Erin, but he controlled himself. (He likes to chew too!)

See you later, Mom-mom

All good things must come to an end, we just finished a 2 week visit with my mom, which we shared with Bill and Paula. We did not do anything very exciting save Trick or Treat and a church Fall Hayride party, but we did enjoy QT together. We snapped a picture as the kids were on the way to school Friday even though yesterday was her last day here. Yesterday they were late and ran to the bus without even a Goodbye hug. (mom and mom-mom were left tearful in the driveway-- sniff sniff)

Don't do grubs!!!

We had red ribbon week at school and Alan was very impacted by what he learned. First thing getting off the bus, he spoke in a very serious voice, "Mom, unless a doctor gives them to you, you're not supposed to do grubs!" "Do what?" I asked him. "Grubs", he said enunciating as cleared as he can. Hmmm, "Drugs?", I asked? "Yesss", he said. Good advise Alan! My 4 year old probably does not even know what "drugs" are medicine, owie medicine would be the terms he knows, but he knows what grubs are! And now he knows what drugs are too!!! After we got a good chuckle, we enlightened him!

It is heck getting old

my poor 7 year old lab says. While going for a walk with Alan, Abby completely poops out. She has a ruptured "anterior crucia?" which is healing on it's own with the help of some meds. Anyway, she still likes to walk with us, but today she just could not do it. So I had 2 kids to haul in the wagon!

Trick or Treat

Then several of my little ones changed their outfits from football to army soldiers! Erin was Laura from Little House on the Prairie and Alan was of course a barky little dog!

Happy Halloween

We had a fun but busy Halloween. My mom is still visiting so she got to share in the festivities. We went to the school Halloween parade and then trick or treating in the evening. I am up to my ears in reading and grading tests and papers for my gen psych class :-) Not sure this is all the fun it was supposed to be. Oh yeah, it's work!!! Anyway, it was a busy day with some fun visuals.