2008 in Review

2008 has come and gone. So this is where life has taken us.
The year was a whirlwind. I took a vacation to New Mexico with my oldest sister and Malissa to go see my dad. While gone Randy and the boys worked on the house. Our kitchen and dining room where remodeled. I LOVE IT!

Malissa made her First Communion
We made an upgrade in our camper...

since we spend several weekends a year down at my dad's farm so the kids can ride their 4-wheelers & dirt bikes. And you always have to fix 'em if you ride 'em.

Here are a couple of pictures of Randy's smoked meat. Randy and my brother Dennis are the main cooks while camping at the farm. Here is Randy with his home made smoker cutting up a pork loin.
Chickens, Golden Brown. mmm...We were able to re shingle our home and started to replace the outside windows and siding. We only got 2-sides done in 2008 so in the spring we hope to finisher up. We spent a weekend camping with friends, which now will become an annual event.

Corn eating contest...silly kids

We celebrated a couple of BIG birthdays this past year too. My father-in-laws 60th and my dad's 80th. They both were very fun weekends.

We ended the year with this purchase...RANDY'S new address...Just kidding...We however will probably be spending a lot of time here at Randy's new shop. It was built in 2000 so in really good shape. It is only about 4 blocks from our home. It will b e nice having a place to store all the STUFF we seamed to accumulate over the years. Plus with his construction job...we needed this. It located on a full acre so the kids will have some fun down here too.

Kids were a great help cleaning in side. There is some work to be done out side too but in due time.