Wow, What Happened to Summer

Oh Say Can you See......

Where did the summer go?

What happened to my weekly Tuesday updates on this Blog?

Gone are the days.

So, last night at 2 AM, yes, 2 AM! I hear "MMMMMMOooooooooooMMMMMm!"

Huh? DJ must be up. I better make sure he is okay.

Yep, he's up, yep, he's okay.

I lay him down again, since he was standing up and I give him something to drink.

Well, the drink went flying and he yelled "NNNNNNNNooooooooooo!"

Hmm, guess DJ is not okay.

So I take him in the living room in order to avoid waking everyone else.

He's WIDE AWAKE! Wide flippin' awake.

Yep, Peyton showed up within 10 minutes to join the fun.

So yes, I would love to get that time frame from 2AM to 4:30AM back and sleep through it!!

DJ says "Mom", "DA DA", "NO", "Don't", "More", "Ball" and "Duck"

He has the essentials covered I guess.

Chillin at the waterpark with the Tylenol.

DJ got three shots the morning we went to the waterpark.

Tough Guy!

Peyton loved the waterpark.

Emma, Megan, Jo & Kahlan joined us for the day.

We showed the truck down in Rochester at the 4 Wheel Drive Jamboree.

Took home "Best Modified Ford" honors!

A long long long time ago, Cam told me he would marry me if Bigfoot drove us away from the wedding.

So, a long long time ago, I confronted Dan Runte (Bigfoot Driver) and told him I needed his help.

I explained the situation. He understood. But never showed up!

So, to my surprise, at the Jamboree I was standing with Cam at the rules meeting for the show and there stood the man himself. Dan Runte. At the Bigfoot merchandise booth.

So I casually walk over and ask the people in the booth if Bigfoot would be over in our area at all for photo opportunities.
Dan Runte steps in and I look at him and say

"Don't even talk to me, I am mad at you!"

He looked concerned and scared, "Uh oh, what did I do"

Me: "Well, Fifteen Years ago...."

Runte: "Oh no"

Me: "I told you my boyfriend wouldn't marry me unless you drove us away from the church"

Runte: "You were in Dresser, WI weren't you!"

Sidebar: Holy Crap, He Remembers!!

Me: "Yes, and now here I am two kids later (the kids were with me) and I am still not married!"

Runte: "Are you kidding, he really wouldn't marry you??"

Me: "Nah, I got him drunk and tricked him, we are married now"

Everyone is laughing at this point.

Some more random conversation and then we were on our way over with the pull truck to take some pics with Bigfoot!! The Original Bigfoot to top it off!!

Peyton and DJ check out the huge tire and rim to be sure it is race ready.

A once in a lifetime shot here. Wow, way cool.

We will never ever see this opportunity again.

Checking out the front end.
Two classics. Even the Bigfoot guys came out to check out the pull truck. They oogled.
Hmmmm.....a crown.....what do I do with this??

Will it make me beautiful or gorgeous?

Peyton loved her Birthday cake Grand Ma Peggy made for her! Thanks Grand Ma!

Pulling in Ellsworth, WI

Peyton started Sunday School last Sunday ~ loved it

Peyton started dance Tuesday night ~ loved it

Peyton starts Fridays at the Randolph Child Care tomorrow ~ I doubt she will need me there either.

Saturday - Mora MN at Noon

Sunday - Zumbrota at Noon!

See you there!

1~2~3

Three - loving Grandpa B's glasses.
Three - in her dress and froggy boots

Two ~ Doing her hair with Grand Ma Peggy.

One - Wearing Uncle Danny's winter hat.

Oh my!

Two ~ Got this from Grand Ma Peggy!

Two ~ Eating a hammyburger

Two ~ working in the shop with Daddy!

One ~ Checking out the baby Swans

6 months ~ showing attitude already.

Wow! Peyton is Three!

What happened?

Where is my little girl?

Last night: Peyton asked "Daddy, do you have any money?"

Cam: Yes, why?

Peyton: Runs away from him and says to Mom "Mommy! Daddy has money! Now we can go to the State Fair"

There have been so many stories that I can't even start to put them on paper, but I already wish I have.

Such as our wash machine experience:

We are paying for our new wash machine a couple weeks ago.

Peyton is sitting at the counter while we pay.

She looks at the sales guy and says

"I'm gonna kick your ass"

Oh boy, sorry, oops, who taught her that!!!

We were at a pull a couple weeks ago,

she walks up to a kid and says

"My engine is FAST!"

Happy Birthday Baby Girl!
I love you!

Waiting for Daddy to get out of the shower, holding down the cooler, ready for pulling.
He looks so grown up!

Pulling in Ellsworth, WI. We beat both of those black fords in BOTH classes! HA!

A great day at the Dakota County Fair with all the cousins.

Pretty little girl in her dress and froggy boots.

"Can I got play in the water with my frog boots Mom?"

MMMmmmmm......a tasty toy for my birthday

Happy 1st Birthday DJ & Kahlan!

Celebrate!

I just want to kiss that cute kid in that balloon!

Midget wrestling in Dennison. Only one picture from the event, pretty bad this year.
I guess it still made us laugh though.

And we got to see some old friends, that made it all worth it!

We've missed that old Mud Racing Crew!

Lots of memories.

Switching out boxes just to tick other people off and race more classes

Burning the bleachers

Hertel, WI ~ need I say more?

Putting the raccoon in Tom Meents Monster Patrol

Hah, we had some good times.

Including carrying passed out Wayne out of just about every bar we went to.

Timmy Did It!

Where is the next swap meet, we need to stuff more buckshots in the Mustang.

Lots of Laughs.

Happy Birthday DJ

Happy 1st Birthday DJ!


Nine Months
Six Months

Three Months

1 week

Dear DJ ~

It has been one year since the morning I woke your Dad up and told him to take a shower, no rush, but I think your going to meet your son today. You were two weeks early, believe me, I was okay with that! As I look over at you while writing this letter you are standing on top of your learning center rather than leaning on it, you grin from ear to ear in a way that tells me not to worry, you won't fall down. Looking back on the first year you:

1. Started to roll at 3 months

2. Sat on your own at 6 months

3. Got your first tooth at 7 months

4. Crawled on your own at 9 months

5. Stood on your own at 10 months

Today you:

1. Have no problem fighting back when your sister upsets you

2. Are able to unroll a brand new roll of toilet paper, all the way down to the cardboard!

3. Have 6 teeth

4. Have taken a couple of steps on your own

5. Are able to pile all of the dogs toys into his water dish

6. Sing yourself to sleep

7. Climb everything and anything you can possibly find

8. Drink all your sisters juice before she catches you

9. Pull Mens chest hair like a champ

10. Prefer to be with Daddy or Grandpa over Mom or Grandma

11. Have 7 cousins (Kelli, Brittany, Emma, Megan, Tyler, Karlee & Kahlan)

12. Able to unfold an entire basket of laundry within seconds

13. Empty cupboards even faster than doing the laundry

14. Change the channel and reprogram the TV to a point of no return

15. Shut the computer off in the middle of my work

16. Best of all, still love to snuggle with me.

I look forward to all of our adventures Bubba.
I love you!

Happy 1st Birthday!

Summer Adventures

One of my new fave places in the Cities.

The Childrens Museum!

A spot for the itty bitties in every exhibit!!

DJ loved that!

Peyton went grocery shopping, made dinner, delivered the mail, planted flowers and took her baby to the hospital.
The balance room.

The warehouse.

DJ worked for Peyton in the warehouse.

Played with the boats, running them through different dams.

Splashed Water.

Splashed more water.

Blew Bubbles.

Planted and picked flowers.

Became a turtle. And a Beaver. And an Ant in the ant farm.

Painted rocks.

Made sand castles.

DJ loves Peyton's tractor, they fight over it.