Fence Climbing, A farmer in the making.

Chasen got home from school the other day got out of the car and ran over to the fence yelling
maaaagiieee, maaaagie!
he was right, we hadnt went to pet Maggie in a while so we did!
But first we had to climb the fence:)


all of us...


Maggie!!

and then chasen wanted to herd the goats.
so we did that too!

he was very determined

then he came inside wrapped himself up in a bunch of blankets and listened to his farm CD.

THE END!


and a video of Chasen and Kevin. Kevin is a smart dog!

each day they become better and better friends:)

A Long Overdue Hair Cut

Before


After

and tub time!!

A very busy weekend (last weekend)

Your probably thinking to yourself...whats new?! You guys are always busy going somewhere doing something!
True!
So last weekend was no different!and probably one of our more busy weekends!

we left Friday at 2:30 with plans to attend Jackson's football game at 7pm but instead got to my moms house at 10pm because I forgot the tickets to the game which added an extra hour to our trip and ean had to stop 2 times once to pick up a check once to drop off tools and 3 more times to use the bathroom putting us 3 hours off schedule. oh man!
So we woke up Saturday morning and rode with my mom the 30 min drive to David city to watch Jackson play football.
They lost 70-0 :/
I got to see a good, friend from high school that I haven't seen since my freshman year of college, her 4 year old son husband and baby bump! How did that happen..how did we get old with kids and husbands?!!
Chasen and Kevin rode on the extra 30 min to Columbus with my mom where they would celebrate the husker game with great grandma and grandpa, my sister, my aunt and 2 cousins.
Ean and I rode back to my moms with my dad got into my moms car and drove another 30min to Lincoln
where we tailgated like husker rock stars!

mmmm a red beer!!

My grandma gave ean tickets to the game and so we went!



after the 3rd quarter the 2 people in front of us left and the people behind us left so we got to recline and watch the end of the game!

We spent the night in Lincoln at my aunt and uncles house
woke up early so we could drive 1hr 45min to Columbus where we met my entire family for Sunday brunch to celebrate my grandmas 70th birthday!
I don't have any pics of this because I was busy stuffing my face with great food and chasing around my child!
but we all looked very nice:)

we all went to the horse races after that
where I unfortunately experienced one of the most awful experiences of my life.
We got to the races and looked at the book and saw that #4 named Aly's prince was racing so we decided to bet on in in honor of my sister who had to go to work. her bday is the 4th and we call her Al or Aly (among other names)
So we are watching the race and all of a sudden Aly's prince falls to the ground tries to get back up and its legs buckle and it falls to the ground
I knew immediately what had happened and what was about to happen.
The horse had broken its leg.
People came running from all directions, ambulance, vet, and a horse trailer.
They held up a tarp and put hte big beautiful horse to sleep right there on the track then drug it into the back of the trailer.
after all that I didn't even want to stay and watch any more.
we have been to the races so many times and Ive never seen that or seen it on TV.
But that's what they have to do the horse is first of all in excruciating pain and its nearly impossible to heal a broken leg let alone afford to try. The horse usually ends up dying any way.
It was just so sad.
But the races went on and we ate cheese nachos, cheese fries, beer, popcorn and rode ponies
Chasen was IN LOVE not only could he watch ponies go fast, he got to see tractors, run free, ride a pony and the choo choo train was right next to the horse races so he got to see that too!
We went back to Granny and grandpas had cupcakes

who let her light her own birthday candles?!!?

that chasen lily and ava decorated and called it an early night.
We were getting up to go to the zoo!!

I have a confession

i secretly smile (on the inside) when chasen is hurt or really upset and crying.
"Wow, some mother you are"
I can hear your thoughts!

but, you've got it all wrong, I don't like for him to be in pain
I just like the look on his face!
It squishes up like it did when he was a new born and cried endlessly.
and in those moments of pain is when I get to have a small glimpse of my toddler as a baby. The days that are long gone.

his eyes squish up like that and he gets that wrinkle in his cheek

I remember thinking the other night after he pinched his pinkie finger with a rock and the whole nail turned purple and I'm sure it will fall off, I remember thinking right after the incident that ended after I kissed it (mama kiss, kiss! okay son you don't have to ask me twice:))
I remember thinking, I hope when he is 12 he gets hurt or his heart broke and he will come cry in my lap...well maybe shoulder because I'm sure at 12 he will be to big to fit on my lap.
And that his face will look just the same and I can still have a real life glimpse of my baby boy

see that face and the wrinkles on his forehead! My baby!

When he cries from pain, not the cry of I didn't get what I wanted that one has a different face.
But when he cries from pain he looks just like this!


I know, im weird!

CORNHAWKS!!

If you didn't get my text
or read my facebook
then you may not know that...
Iowa plays Nebraska
AT NEBRASKA
..........


THE SATURDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING 2011!!!!
and I have tickets
and Im really really excited!!

and this is prof (along with those cards last year) that I made up the term cornhawk!!
Im thinking there should be a corn-hawk series after/if the cy-hawk series ends
and then I want some $$ for it! ahahhaa I could only wish!


anyway
Pack your bags Hawkeye friends and family
We goin' to Nebraska where you will get to witness first hand, The Sea of Red!
sing it with me...
"There is no place like Nebraska"
"Good ol' Nebraska you..."
but, first things first we gotta leave our mark on the big 12!

Ean's Other Birthday

The weekend before his birthday was when we went to NE and had the annual trip at grandma & grandpas farm.
We also went to my moms and had a cook out with smores and birthday cake too
it was an interesting cake that we decorated last minute with every decoration that my mom had! the sherif badge was my idea lol
and Lily made ean chocolate chip cookies!!
Im sure for the next 8 years ean and I will have all of our birthday pictures looking like this! kid on our lap shoving cake in:)
Ean also peed his pants...I mean we had a water balloon fight!


we took chasen to the 'shade' park in valparaiso and played on the train
and swings