Got wood?

Dad and his four daughters getting ready to load his truck with fire wood for the winter season.

Cassidy working hard at getting out of work.
"But she just showered"
Why-we don't know.
We said get ready to go, she thought that meant go shower.

The big man giving orders and calling the shots for
dragging the logs out of the timber with the truck.

High atop a Kansas mountain.

The first of our four loads today.

Nephew Justin and friend Chris helped out.
Do you see Cassidy working, neither do we.
Hmmmmm!
Oh well, she did make a huge pan of brownies when we got home.

Little Viking Cheerleader

Every year the cheerleaders at Mission Valley do a fundraiser in which they have a clinic to teach the younger girls from Kindergarten through 5th grade to
learn and perform cheers for a home football game.
With Cassidy being a cheerleader, Brooke has really gotten into this sport.
She drives us insane doing her toe touch kick, cartwheel and ending with splits.
Yes, this cool and admirable, but
please Brooke not in the kitchen while we are making supper!

Showing off her toe touch kick for the camera between cheers.

She had somewhat of an advantage because she already knew all of the cheers by heart.
Practice was a boring waste of time for her.

This tattoo lasted days and earned her several complements everywhere she went.
There is no doubt in our minds that she will be a Viking cheerleader.
She has enough spirit for the whole squad.

We're dynamite, we're dynamite we're

tick...tick...tick...tick

BOOM!

Dynamite!

"Say what"

BOOM!

DYNAMITE!

Trick-or-Treat

One year ago today we adopted this beautiful little brown eyed girl.
She's not so little anymore, but boy what a difference she has made in our lives.
Having a dog that lives in the house with us and is truly one of the family,
is such a rewarding experience.
Heidi is such a well behaved and brilliant dog.
She is a great joy to have around.
She wasn't too sure about this whole Halloween thing.
We actually let strangers walk right up onto her porch.
They were even dressed up in hideous clothing and wearing makeup on
their faces and she was not even allowed to sniff them.
What a confusing night for her.

Miss Brooke went as the corpse bride.
She really got in to character.

Gutting and carving her very own Jack-O-Lantern.
Dad drew the pattern but she wanted to do everything else all by herself and she did.

Playing with pumpkin intestines was her favorite part.
No squeamish girly stuff here.

You just have to figure this one out on your own.
Cassidy is her own thing.

An awesome friend, Katie Mulkey, assisting Cassidy with her long eyelashes.
Notice the nails.

We all had a wonderful and safe Halloween.
Small towns make nights like this great because you don't have to worry about things like homemade treats. Our kids brought home things like carmel apples and popcorn balls, each made with love. Much like the carmel corn and puppy chow Leslie made to give out. All the kids in town know where to come for the puppy chow.