Beauty

This is a picture of the sewing machine I bought at my neighbors farm sale on Saturday, isn't she a beauty! I know it is a Singer Touch and Sew 626, and it still has the manual, and it came with a cute little sewing desk with a drawer full of old button and pins, and yes it does work. I don't know how to thread the bobbin, or the needle, or how to reverse it, or how to change stitches, or anything else about sewing 626 machine. But I can't wait to learn! The best thing about the 626 machine... it cost me $6.00! In today's world, one can spend 6 bucks on a sandwich, or 2 gallons of milk, or a week of pop from the pop machine, or 3 songs from itunes, but not me... I bought a sewing machine. What a beauty! For the record, my neighbor is a beauty also. She has lived on that farm for 39 years, 8 as my neighbor. I would describe her as simple, but her simplicity will be missed!

Fall

We carved pumpkins last weekend, just for the record, I did not carve my own, I just helped the girls. No cute carving idea that I had to try this year, no creative carving, maybe I am finally growing up... NOT!

I love this picture! I took this from the middle of the road as the sun was setting. The kiddos were playing on some hay bales... same thing we did when we were kids. A few days ago, Bri went to a friend's house and played on some bales and told them she was a professional. Second generation hay bale jumpers!

Round #2

Tonight I decided to give the sweet potato fries another chance... well they still vacuum! That is a term my mother uses for suck... and I must admit, I prefer my students to use vacuum as well! Anyway, we used all the sweet potatoes tonight so no more experiments with them until next year. I believe my family hated to see them go... NOT!

Happy 10 Years!

Who are these young, thin people? Where has the time gone? To think that at the time of these pictures, we had no children, no farm, only 2 payments, no real jobs, no responsibility... it was only us! WOW! Look at us now... what will the next 10 bring? So *cheers* for the past 10 years (actually 17) , and everything we have learned in that time. *Cheers* for doing the best that we can in the present, and *cheers* for looking forward to the future and the experiences it will bring!

Egg-cellent

Here is a picture of my latest excitement, a green egg. One of my youngest hens (about 6 months old) started laying. They are Americana Chickens so they lay greenish-blue eggs. Two days ago, to my surprise, I found a green egg. Today I found another, so now I have 2 green eggs. How beautiful!

LOVE

At the Chuck Utt Reunion...

... the girls LOVE the excitement of going camping,

... the kids LOVE the the 4-wheeler and wagon rides with Grandpa,

... the "Old IH" LOVES his new friend the Ladybug (aren't they cute!),

... and I LOVE spending time with our families, yes, all of you!

Happy Homecoming

It's Homecoming for the Mighty Mustangs! Remember the days of T.P.ing the town, "Shriners on Mowers," the hilarious lip-syncs? Good times! The best Homecoming memory is when I took Dad's old truck to town after coronation. We had that puppy loaded... dozens of eggs... many rolls of T.P... half the senior class (my friends)... half the junior class (Lincoln's friends)... and a pistol in the glove box. When we got pulled over and the sheriff saw the gun, I thought for sure I was going to jail. Ended up, we had to break the eggs, the sheriff took the gun to the cop shop, then we all went home!