Tomah, WI June 2008

Last Saturday we went to Tomah, WI for the Dairyland Super Nationals. I am posting a picture of Bret Berg being interviewed by ESPN after his mis-hap with his tractor. He came home the weekend before with two 2nd place awards and then in Tomah ~ luck was not on his side at all. Bummer, we were cheering for him.

I also have a picture of Mark Mangen, one of Cam's sponsor's kicking butt in the 4 Wheel Drive Class! He got first in both sessions!

The other two pictures are a couple of Cam's favorites.

The old man wearing the T-shirt that says "Crabby Pants" was selling pop and water for a buck less than the concessions stands. We liked his shirt, it reminded of us of something we would buy for Cam's Dad, he would get a kick out of it. There was another guy with a beer belly, he was wearing bib overalls and he had the stomach cut out so he was getting some nice sun burn on the beer belly! Only in Tomah! Peyton stayed with Grandma and Grandpa for the day, she would have loved it but it gets pretty rowdy, so we will wait till next year! They took her to the 50's Car Show and she loved it. We took her back to the show on Sunday and she was fantastic, I couldn't ask for a better child.

Out and About

Ugh... It has been awhile. A week ago Monday, Peyton went to dollar burgers at Brewster's with us. Boy did she love Kevin & Pansi's old Jeep, she was trying with all of her mite to drive that thing. I took a good picture of her with my mom & dad too. Then last Friday we went out for breakfast with my Mom and sister Gina to the Whistle Stop in Frontenac and then we took Peyton to lake Pepin. She loved the kayak but didn't think much of getting her feet wet. We also went to the State Park in Frontenac, what a beautiful view!! I have a ton more to post, but it may have to wait a day or two. I started a new job this week and I just haven't had the time to post as much, since I am actually busy at the new job! For a day or two.....take care. E

Couple more pictures - 40 Year & Swans

Congrats Dad!

Congratulations Dad on 40 years at Bahls Motor & Implement!

Holy Cow - 40 Years! This morning my mom, Peyton & I took Donuts for breakfast and then Gina bought pizza's for lunch. We surprised Dad and all his co-workers and they enjoyed the treat. 40 Years is a long time and I give my Dad all the respect in the world to give that much hard work and dedication to Bahls, he deserves the biggest Thank You ever! Thank you for working so hard to give us girls everything we needed and Thank you for being so dedicated and having such great work ethic. Thank you Dad! You are the greatest and I love you very much! You and Mom are awesome!!

Between Donuts and Pizza today, we went to visit Great Grandma Nicolai. She was happy to see us.

Friday I took Peyton to see the baby swans at the park in Cannon Falls, she loved them. I sat her next to them to take a couple of pictures, she thought it was great until the swan reached thru the fence and nipped her little toe. She wasn't too sure about that!

Saturday, Cam pulled in Clayton, WI. He got 4th in the Light Class and 1st Place in the Heavy Class. He pulled in the rain, it was kind of fun, Peyton had a blast. She loves the trucks. We had deep fried Oreos and they were delicious. We wait every year for Clayton to get the deep fried Oreos. I only had 2, I was a good girl.

Sunday for Fathers Day Peyton gave Cam his gift and then we went out for dinner with Grandma and Grandpa Berg. Peyton had Cam's helmet custom painted for Fathers Day and she got him a couple of tools and some welding glasses. She spoiled him. He was a very proud Dad yesterday, as he is every day.

So Big!

Peyton is doing the "So Big" trick by herself now. When I say "So Big" she raises her hands as high as they can possibly go! It is really cute. Grand Ma Peggy taught her that trick! Check out this picture of her, I have been avoiding the Nuk whenever I can, just to get her used to going without it. I took it away from her while she was playing the other day and then walked into the kitchen to do some cleaning. I caught her crawling out of the living room and into the kitchen with the top of her Tupperware Kool Aid pitcher in her mouth. Creative and smart little girl, she improvised and made her own Nuk!

We pulled in Taylor, WI on Friday night. This isn't a very good picture, I took it at like 11 PM, the pull went pretty late. Peyton absolutely loves going to the pulls. Cam got 2nd place in the light and heavy class. The truck is still in one piece ~ Way To Go Cam ~ all that hard work paid off over the last couple of weeks. Last night we walked down to the bus to grab a couple of things and Peyton went crazy, she wanted to get in the bus to go pulling. I think we definitely have a motor head on our hands. My goal in the next couple of weeks is to get a picture of the bus and loaded trailer posted, I completely forgot to take one last weekend and then when I remembered........it was way too dark outside. We seen our Friends the Olson's and the Shaw's at the pull too, it was nice to catch up with them. Peyton got busted sharing some ice cream with her Grandpa Berg at the pull, they were off under a tree, but we found them! Clayton, WI on Saturday the 14th!

Memories.....oh Beautiful Memories

So....I was checking out a fave site of mine and entered a contest. In order to enter the contest you had to mention a song that takes you back with a good memory. So I started thinking and smiling and thinking and smiling and thinking and laughing and thinking that I really should post this on the blog to see if I can spark some more smiles.

Here goes nothing:

1) Fun, Fun, Fun-Beach Boys: I am pretty sure I can still do the entire dance that we choreographed for this one!

2) If you really wanna know, what I want in a guy, well I am lookin' for a dream on a mean machine with hell in his eyes - need I say more!!!! (are you singing the rest of it??)

3) Hangin' Tough - NKOTB baby!: Didn't miss a single concert and I am wondering if Donnie Wahlberg is upset that I married Cam instead of him! (Shelly-Brendon may be mad too!)

4) Straight Up - Paula Abdul: I can still picture myself acting out this video downstairs at mom and dads.

5) Barbara Ann and Rockin' Robin - We had a path from the roller skates downstairs, doing the full circle!

6) Baby Got Back - Sir Mix A Lot: Okay, I admit I still crank the radio when KDWB randomly plays this one and I still remember every word. Johnny Holm sings it every year at Rose Days in Kenyon and I go crazy, Cam gets a bit embarrassed.

7) Livin' on a Prayer - Bon Jovi: Gina worked the diner all day........

8) All I wanna do - Sheryl Crow: My first Mustang, I think of it every time I hear this song.

9) You Never Even Called Me By My Name - David Allan Coe: Cam, oh my, Cam...so many memories that go with this song, this is another one that can't be played unless it is ALL the way up (mud racing, cruisin, bon fires, truckin and on and on.....Cam I love you)

10) East Bound and Down - Jerry Reed: reminds me of Cam too, he loves the Smokey and the Bandit movies and of course this song can only be played at max level and you get teased if you don't know the words

11) Swingin' - John Anderson: okay, us Huebsch girls danced and sang this one in the Outback Steakhouse parking lot in Eau Claire, WI one night as loud as we possibly could, I love this song.

12) Anything oldies reminds me of going to car shows with mom and dad (Pretty Woman, My 409, Beep Beep, The Name Game, Kokomo)

13) Feed Jake - Sawyer Brown: Riding around with Grandma Rita in her HUGE blue car about 25 years ago, she would sing this song the same way I sing Baby Got Back, she belts it. I remember just watching her in awe, we named our dog Jake, I miss him.

Okay....so I could go on and on....I hope I was able to spark a memory for one or two people.

On to Peyton. I noticed in my post yesterday that it looks like Karlee got the Doll house....Karlee and her sisters gave Peyton the doll house. Peyton loves it. Last night she got mad at me when I took her away from it.

I also forgot to give the update from her 9 month appt. No Shots!! She is 19 lbs. 13.5 ozs. 27 3/4 inches long. She is in about the 70th to 75th percentile for everything. She looks good and healthy, she passed her inspection. And she got her 3rd tooth last night!

Way To Go, Peyton!

We are pulling Friday night in Taylor, WI! New rear end, fixed Transfer Case and fixed transmission...Now a different use of "way to go".

Way To Go Cam! Way......To.......Go....literally.

..we are ready....well it isn't put together yet but Cam is up every night working on it, listening to XM Radio, relaxing in his shop (yeah..he calls workin on the pull truck, relaxing).

Some people have asked why I have Way To Go for the Blog name. Way To Go can be used in so many ways and Cam and I take full advantage of it....kind of have fun with it. Just like

"Whatta Ya Do?"

All for Now - enjoy the week and let me know if you have any good songs and memories you want to point out......if you made it to the end of this LONG post!

Love Ya!

E

She is crawling and showing off how she can click her tongue.

Climbing Now

We had a blast at the photo shoot Friday. I will try to get some of the pictures online once I see them myself.

Friday night we celebrated Jo's 1st Birthday at Chuck E. Cheese's, it was a good time. Her cousins brought her a doll house to play with and boy does she love it.

This weekend Peyton went on a road trip to Strawberry Hill, Iowa with us. She did pretty good, she got restless for about the last 15 miles of the 175 mile trip (one way). I had her outside while we were in IA for about 15 minutes and she got sunburn on her shoulders and arms. Guess I won't do that again without sunblock!! Saturday night we went to see Aunt Holly and then planned on going to the car show "Cruise In" in Hastings, but the weather had something else in mind. Peyton got to drive with Dad that night!

Sunday Peyton helped my put together my new garbage can, she was climbing all over the box. We planted some more in the garden and did some weeding. Then we cooked supper over the bon fire and made s'mores for a nice quiet relaxing evening.

Please say a prayer for my uncle Jim, he is in the hospital in Indiana right now, he pulled over while in the semi and had a heart attack. Jim and his family are in our prayers.