Stylin Chic (this ones for you Brandi it reminds me of us last summer hanging at the pool everyday. What bums we were!! To bad you got a life now and a job and can't spend the summer with us. We will miss you dearly)
Hunter
Logan
Two Studs
Okay this picture totally looks like Sean
What a great afternoon we had on Sunday. Grace did so well at her recital we were so proud of her. We are considering putting her in summer dance cause she loves it. Yes Mom loves it too but she really does!!
Compare to the pics I put up yesterday afternoon. Big difference!
Buzz made me a ground feeder and I had my first cardinal eating at it this morning.
Daddy and Grace in the new tractor moving snow
I think this pic says it all!!!
My first dance recital is this Sunday (27th) at 1pm at the Brookings High School auditorium if anyone wants to come watch.We seemed to get a few things accomplished this weekend. When you live out in the country like we do the list never ends but it is sure nice to see a few things getting closer to accomplishment. Sean did a lot of fencing this weekend and I even got in on it. A lot of hard work let me add but it was fun spending that time with him. To be out in the field it is really peaceful and when you look across and see 5 deer standing there eating in Sean's food plot you think what a blessing to live out here. I worked on my garden for a couple of hours this weekend. Grace and I will be doing a lot with the garden today so I will make sure I take some pics and post.
Not a great pic cause was trying to take it under the porch.
Gave them new bedding
She is eyeing one of the dogs like I dare you to come any closer. So where shall I begin with are crazy week? Monday was your typical normal day for the most part. I did some yard work and did some inside chores. The kids and I moved all the outside toys like the tramp, Gracie's play house etc... to a new spot in our yard. Sean did some dirt work with the tractor. He is trying to get everything ready for our new shed. By this summer with our fingers crossed our business will be moved here and we can quit paying rent in town. Tuesday I was in bed with a stomach ache. Grace was so good and just laid in bed with me and also napped. Wednesday we woke up to having 5 horses in our front yard that didn't belong to us. Here they were the neighbors and they got out and ventured across the highway. So we put them in with ours tell the owner could come get them. He showed up around 7ish so Sean, the kids and myself all went out to help and watch. Thinking this should be pretty interesting to say the least. Well they caught the first three right off the bat so Sean had me hold the 3 lead ropes so they could get the last two caught. That's where it all began!!! The next thing I know the middle horse is on its back legs getting ready to jump right at me. I dropped the lead ropes and jumped back. It hit a wooden post on its side and fell litterly at my feet. I was SCARED!! I yelled for Logan to grab Grace cause she was probably 20 yards behind me. Now this horse is out in our yard. It ended up jumping back over the fence and was with the other horses. About 20 minutes go buy if not a little more and Sean comes back and tells me the same horse did that to him but he got stepped on three different places. Once in the chest, once in the stomach and then on the wrist. The horse had knocked Sean down and Sean's face hit the gate and he has marks on his forehead, nose and chin. His neck was grazed by the horses hoof and is pretty stiff. As the days go by Sean's stomach is pretty purple. Today he said his ribs really hurt I am still trying to talk him into going to the Dr. MEN!! :) Grace had a terrible night Wednesday. She was up 3/4Th's of the night crying her ear hurt. I took her in to the Dr Thursday morning and she has a blister on her left ear drum. She is now on ear drops and antibiotics. Of course once again it is the ear that there is no tube in. That one fell out last fall. Every time she gets an infection it is in that ear. Dr said again we should really think about putting a tube in that ear again since it is so recurrent. Thursday night I brought the kids to meet Sean's folks in Watertown. They will spend the 4 day weekend up there so we can get somethings done around here. We are so thankful that they love having them any chance they get. Last night Sean got a new tractor this time with a cab. So of course he is really excited about that and can't wait to really do some farm work with it. Sorry honey it is not haying season yet :) I was busy after I came back from Watertown I went to Logan's middle school orientation. Hard to believe my first born is going to middle school this fall. Today I have a good friends baby and she is only 2 months old. It is so exciting having a baby in the house :) She is so stinking cute and precious!!!! Oh my gosh and I almost forgot what happened yesterday morning. My cat Tiger (outside cat) had her babies and she had 6 kittens. Yes Austin I will get a pic on here so you can see them everyday that your at Grandmas. There is 3 white ones, 2 grey tiger striped ones and 1 black one my favorite I will have to say. Has a little white on its face and under the neck then white paws.
I painted my bedroom today. I am sure Sean will be happy that I finally got around to doing it. I love it so much and now wondering why I took so long to get it done :)
BRRR!!! I came in to warm up a bit from doing some horse chores. Brookings received 8" of snow and it is no longer snowing well I don't think anyways. But it is windy with gusts up to 40mph. The horses look so cold and wet I feel so bad for them. I pitched some hay to them and fed them some feed. Tried watering them but the hose is frozen. UGH!!! So will go back out and bring buckets of water from the barn. The fun of living in South Dakota!! Never know what to expect when it comes to weather.
Areas of rain are developing this morning and will continue to move north from Nebraska through the morning. Highs will be in the 30s for the day with strong northeast winds developing through the day at 20-40mph. Snow will be likely in western SD, with a transition to snow across eastern SD late this afternoon and this evening. A band of 6-12” will be likely for Mitchell, Winner, Pierre, Aberdeen, Watertown, and Brookings. Sioux Falls and Yankton will see more rain with amounts of 3-7”, with even less in Iowa with rain more favored in those areas. Obviously, with a blizzard warning in effect, travel will become nearly impossible in many areas with this storm. Sioux Falls will be very close to the heavy snow band, but may miss the worst of it. Areas of blowing snow will continue tomorrow, so travel will be difficult as well. The good news is next week is still looking very mild with highs in the 50s and 60s. 
Thanks Judy for sharing this photo!! Let me add Sue you look cute with no bangs grow yours out. Dave look at that toothless grin. Barry you are such a cutie and now you are a handsome man who serves our country. John you look mischievous look at that grin of yours. Judy look at your gorgeous hair at such a young age. Jillian were you laughing in this pic or what? Well like you would know ha ha. Me hmmm I look Pissed Wow does that surprise many of you??? 
Look at me carrying my chair on my head.
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