Hairy Issue

What do you do when the little girl wants to do her own hair?  I've heard some say you should let them express themselves. Let them do it themselves so it will give them confidence..... even if it is embarrassing for yourself.  I told Dan this and he stared at me in disbelief.

I think the following two photos are the days we were going to the library and store.

Thursday of last week.... she wanted to wear a headband

 

Yesterday she again wanted to do her own hair.
Wrong color of headband..... she loves headbands but the never stay put.
 

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I some how deleted this one yesterday when I posted Joseph and Abigail's pictures. I'm not sure what she was doing but she is a bit cute here.

Saturday Trainfest

Saturday we surprised Joseph and Abigail by taking them to the Trainfest at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds.  In the morning Dan went with some, from a club, at school to clean up the Adopt a Highway that the club takes care of. We met around noon at a park and ride then on to the fairgrounds.
Dan was just coming down with a cold so he didn't feel the best. My back was giving me problems so I wasn't feeling great either. The day wasn't about us but about the children.  The tickets were $12 for adults and $5 for 4 years and up. They had coupons online so Joseph had a free coupon, I got a dollar off and Dan got in free for showing his veterans id. So instead of paying $29 we paid $11 and of course we paid for parking. I felt better about going when getting in for half the price.  Of course after we got in there we saw a train ride to go on.

I noticed that boys 3 to 11 had an excited look in their eyes just as the bigger boys 65 to 80 did.

 

This one I took for my Dad...... Bucyrus

watching the trains while being watched  :)

 Harley Davidson train

A very LARGE building

Another one I took with my Dad in mind

 

the train ride

the happy children

I like the cow train

I found the signs funny but seeing the price one pays
to enjoy their train hobby I can understand the sign



 

 

Let's Try To Take Some Pictures...... Again

Sometime last month we tried again to take some pictures of Joseph and Abigail. Dan always ask me why we decide on Sundays to do this because we end up heading to meeting all stressed out..... except for the J&A.  I feel really bad that I have not kept up on taking pictures of Abigail at every stage, age, month, step...... and on.




When one looks good the other has there mouth wide open....

And another try

 

Looking serious or bored so I made black and white

I like this one

Now.... if Joseph hadn't been trying so hard to smile and sit so nice.... LOL



We told them to act goofing



Nine Years of Wedded Bliss.........

Took probably 9 seconds to write the above title......  In reality, maybe not all bliss, a good nine years spent with someone who became my best friend. I'm looking forward to the next nine and then the next nine and........ Well, lets just take one year at a time.

We aren't where I thought we would be in nine years but life is like that for most people. Even the couples and families I think look and seem perfect will say the same things..... I try to keep this in mind. Instead of dwelling so much on where we aren't in life and what we don't have..... I need to keep focused on what we do have and remember there are others who would love to be and have what I have. I'm thankful for a husband who puts God first, his family before himself and now is doing very well going back to school...... even for an "old fart" (as one of his instructors referred to Dan and himself as being..... compared the other students age)  And I'm thankful for two children who are actually somewhat normal..... one takes after his Mom and other after her Dad.

First Day of School

Our first day of school here was Tuesday September 3rd.  Joseph started in 1st grade this year.  Our elder and wife's oldest girl started kindergarten yesterday at the same school.

 Joseph waiting for the bus to come.  I did take a picture in the shade and asked him to smile but he looked goofier. Can you imagine that?

 Abigail waving goodbye to her big brother.

Joseph gets a nice welcome home from his little sister.

End of August......

End of August has come and gone. We are now well into September and looking forward to our special privilege next week of convention.

Abigail flying her kite. The wind was not steady so it was difficult to keep it up.
 

Last day of Joseph's swimming session. He got a certificate and trophy.
 

 I took a picture of the trailer that carries the eggs. I thought it was kind of neat since it has a picture of where we live on it. The farm here does not look exactly the way its on the trailer. I think they might have combined a few of their farms into one large pic. The farm we are on raises the chicks till they start laying then they take them to another farm.

As I said the picture isn't quite accurate...... the bird is in front of the building not to the side and the tree is further to the side not in front.  All the windows you can see of the second story is where we live. Two apartments upstairs and one apartment downstairs.