It may be sad…But it is ours.

Tuna at 5:30 in the morning

Light gardening

I have been working on some hardscape at my house. Last weekend I ripped the south side of my yard apart to put in retaining wall. The boys have been doing the best that they can to help and to make sure that I only get to work on it in 5 minute intervals but [...]

Cousins

A couple of weeks ago Maggie’s niece stopped in our house while driving from CO. 

Beaver Dash

Last Saturday we walked the Beaver Dash route with the kids. We participated for our good friends daughter who has SMA. We had a lot of fun, the boys loved every minute of it.  

Show and tell

I say it with every post but it really isn’t a good excuse. I am busy this time a year. Between the family struggles the kids and side jobs, Jason is a dull boy. I have been meaning to write about Thomas’ preschool show and tell. Every thursday Thomas has a show and tell, and [...]

It’s not a lawn mower honey. It is a TRACTOR.

I have needed a new lawn mower for some time now. If you ask my dad he would probably say “Correction, you need your own lawn mower!” The deck on the 32 year old tractor I had been using was well past its prime. The bearings where shot, and I was having a hard time [...]

Parades, tractors, and no naps

This weekend was full of excitement for us. Maggie and feel like we have been running on high idle all summer. This last weekend the boys got to a parade in Boone while helped my dad install stone on the side of his house. I of course loved the work, and the boys of course love the [...]

Pheasant count

I got an email the other day the DNR  outlining my pheasant season. -aghhh.  The August Roadside Counts in Iowa have been completed and the report posted to the Iowa DNR website.  Briefly, Iowa’s pheasant population took one to the mid-section followed by a one – two punch from mother nature this year.  The ice and snow storms [...]