Wordless Wednesday

 

 

 

 

Wordless Wednesday

The kids and I made these rice krispie ghosts for our 4-H meeting this past weekend.  Quick and easy!

We’ve got trees!

These are the landscaping plans.  The picture isn’t great, sorry!  Eric and I are so excited, though.  We are doing the project in ‘parts’.  It’s been a beautiful fall, so I’m itching to do more, but we need to spread it out for a variety of reasons.  So, we gave the go-ahead for dirt work and leveling of the yard, tree planting, and grass seeding.  The crew came out last Thursday and today was their second day.  The men on this crew are the best workers I’ve seen in some time.  I’m very impressed with their work, speed, and quality thus far.  Below are a few pics of what’s been done up to now.  

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Last Thursday, a two-man crew came out to start the project.  A Bobcat skid steer was used to scrape off all the weeds.  We had 10-12ft tall piles of brown weeds in about four locations.  The second man dug around the house and removed small pavers from a previous project (it just didn’t fit the scale of the house and needed to go). 

Today, a three-man crew worked on removing the weed piles, leveling, planting trees (I cannot remember the species … and I forgot to write them down), downspout extensions, and seeding.  It is soooo very cool to see trees in our yard!  It’s been a great day.


In front, near the driveway and garage (cement) pad.

 
In front, just to the right of the front door.

 
Left front corner of the house.  This is a tree lilac.

 
 
Back of the house, off the northeastern corner.

 
Backyard, to right of the kitchen window.

 
Backyard, north of the kitchen window.

I apologize for the barrage of posts in one day and with so many blank days in between.  Life has been a little crazy, but you probably knew that!  My time for blogging is very sparse, but I so enjoy sharing what I am able.  I hope winter is less hectic.  The kids and I still need to clear a bit of the garden and we haven’t merged our chicken flocks.  So much to do; so little time!  School ends up taking up a whole lot of time.  Some students just can’t figure out that fewer subjects means we should be able to get done early (ie. it’s a reward) and schoolwork shouldn’t take as long or longer than other days.  I’m am about ready to pull my hair out on that one.  However, the work does get done and we’ve been able to start our day with the rosary each morning.  That is good.  As I told IRL friends earlier, I believe that our days have gone better than they would have otherwise because of this prayer.

The many faces

of Louis!

 

 

 

Homecoming 2010

We enjoyed ourselves at NDSU Homecoming on October 2, 2010.  Even though the FB team lost their game, seeing family and friends makes it all better!

The kids lined up and waiting for parade candy…

 

Louis, cute as a button, at the parade.

 

The guy in the middle is my cousin … it’s hard to get pics of him while he’s marching & doing a jig!

 

Homecoming Queen was from my college women’s fraternity.  She’s a real neat gal, so I was glad to see her honored.

 

 

Mr. Goettle – he, his wife and their oldest two children walked the parade route – it’s campaign season.

 

 

 

Homecoming is a busy time.  Too busy, apparently to take better – or more -- pictures!  I’d rather be visiting, I guess.

quickly…

 

 

Time is fleeting, but it’s so fun to sneak away … to take a break from the day … and come here! 

• Grandpa & Grandpa Golden Acres came out to the farm on Sunday (after NDSU Homecoming) to visit and watch Dash play football.  Grandpa Golden Acres helped out with harvest and Grandma Golden Acres helped with homeschooling, peach pie, and fresh veggie soup. 
• Still haven’t combined our chicken flocks … but, I have a plan!
• Henle Latin I for Dash is going well, as long as he completes his assignments on the day assigned, I correct it, and he makes corrections on the same day.  NOT following this ‘plan’ brings much angst and a harried mom.
• I asked Angelina to learn how to make tissue paper flowers so she could help Zeke and Graham.  She’s had a blast and the flowers are beautiful.
• Louis walks all over.  I regret not getting video of him when he was just a few days into his walking… but then, what would I do with THAT??
• Soybean harvest is in full swing … Graham, lucky kiddo, was chosen to ride with daddy in the combine this afternoon.