Life on the Plains: November 2007

Saturday, November 24, 2007

Boxer Submission

This morning Jake was pretending that Matsu was his horse. He tied her up on the ground and laid on her. And the entire time Matsu just had a "whatever" attitude about it all.

We hope that each of you enjoyed your day of Thanks! It would be a perfect holiday for us if some how we could have all of our family and friends together in one place. However that is not reality. But we are so thankful that we got to spend some time with the Wehr side of our family. Jan, Ben's mom has 2 brothers. Them along with their wives and Jan's mom came to visit from Iowa. It is always a WONDERFUL time when we see them!! AJ, Ben's cousin also came with his girlfriend. They drove from New Mexico. One of the highlights of the time with everyone was seeing AJ and Holly together. Ben and I could see how much AJ has grown in the Lord and we know that Holly has been instrumental in that. There is nothing more sweeter than seeing someone you care about begin to understand that Jesus is real and truly amazing!!

I forgot to take pictures on the Thanksgiving. And the next day my batteries died. But I did get a couple of us around the table working on a puzzle.

Holly, Jan, Kacie and Pat

Kacie took this picture of me and Betty (Jan's mom)

Turkey Trot

Last Saturday on November 17th, I ran in my 2nd race. It was a beautiful morning and I couldn't have asked for better conditions for a 10 mile run. Not only was the weather nice, but my family came to cheer me on.

On the homestretch...

At this race it was truly for the entire family. Jake and Kacie jumped in the moonwalk and had their picture taken with the "Turkey".

Like I said, the entire family came. Even Matsu had a fun morning!!

Monday, November 12, 2007

More Birthday Fun!!

This weekend Ben's side of the family came over for a Birthday Brunch. We celebrated Jake and Kacie's birthday. Jake sure didn't mind celebrating his a couple of weeks early:)

Thanks Grandpa and Grandma, Uncle Eric and Aunt Cherith, Addi and Logan for taking time out to make our kids feel special.

I asked Jake what type of cake I should make. He said that I should make a cake that was one side boy and one side girl...this is what we came up with. One half was monster truck and the other half was my little ponies.