Catching up again

 We enjoyed hosting Christmas dinner for Rob's folks and his brother Jeff and family.

Skating indoors over Christmas break. 

Evan and his buddy Connor, making use of the little snow we had in early January

 A beautiful moment in my living room mid-morning in January

 Rob's latest project: framing the coffee shop ceiling

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And sheeting it...  This will make it much warmer in the winter.

 Lana "upcycled" this old cast-off shirt of mine into this SWEET dress today.

And Evan created this beauty today (well, it took some prior time to cut the tree and dry out the wood, etc.  He did the woodburning today.

I've been working on getting older lately!  Life is good. 

November Collage

1.  Our Fairy Garden 
2.  Lana's Bag
3.  Love that Ponytail Palm! 
4.  That's progress...  really!  Making way for the wood stove.  (Turned out to be a great cleaning and purging opportunity). 
5.  Roses for our engagement anniversary.  Surprise!  
6.  Lana and Heidi making roll-out frosted sugar cookies. 
7.  My "new" lap kitty :)  (We've had her for 14 years.  I've just never let her sit on my lap in the living room before! 
8.  Fall decor.  Gourds from the kids' plants. 
9.  Gingerbread girl  cookie

Grandpa

One of Evan's recent projects...  I love the title, "Grandpa." 

Pillows

These are not mine, but "my" 8th Grade FACS students made them.  Aren't they cute???  It has been really fun teaching them to sew.  The coolest thing?  The students LOVED it!  Who thought 8th grade boys would love to sew?  I had my doubts, but they proved me wrong.  :)   Also... who thought 8th graders would like to crochet?  In this day and age?????  In the age of ipads, ipods, videogames, etc. etc....  ?????  Well, "my" 8th graders loved it!  "Chaining" became the coolest thing around...  There is still hope in America...!

Random Photo Dump

I like Alison's Friday Photo Dump!  I'm not quite disciplined enough to do it every Friday, but every now and again I need to do this.  I think it's a great way to document simple things.  

1. living room 2. Lana talking to Kyla on speakerphone 3. Lana's crocheted ghost! 4. "new" snowmobile trailer 5. Faithful cat 6. Trusses in coffee shop - big project!  7. Another project... wood stove on the way down the stairs  7. Light therapy  8. Lana's cute socks 

Young Hunter

Evan got his first deer early in September.  It was a special youth season, and he only hunted for an hour or two and was done!  We are happy to have the good meat.

And it led to another project for him and his dad...

Yay for the mighty hunters!

August and September Catch-up

We officially have a teenager! 

 (and we couldn't have asked for a sweeter one!  We love our boy...)

The cornfield across the road lends a rather "private" feeling to our yard...  well, maybe even a bit closed in!?  We have enjoyed watching the corn this year, though.  It was a bumper crop!  (not ours!)

Check it out!  It was SO TALL!!!

Mattie loves it!

Some Studebaker time...

All these shiny "new" parts! 

Love these "Grandpa Ott's" morning glories on the front porch.

There's nothing like a fresh fall breeze and hanging Grandma's dishcloths to lower the blood pressure!

I had an awesome garden this summer.  We're still picking some hardy stuff. 

Another digging project.

The corn - at the end of September.  As of last week, it has been harvested!

Family Photo Shoot

 

I love seeing the posts my family and friends put up!  Thanks for keeping up with it.   It's been a busy start to a new school year, but things are starting to calm down a bit and settle into a routine here. As you can see, our kids are growing like crazy!  We are thankful for good days.