Daddy's Little Girl

All fathers with daughters would have to agree that the relationship between the two is unlike any other thing. I am the luckiest girl in the world (besides sweet Mae) to have a dad that I always looked up to and is a true example of character and strength. My dad never fails to share how much he loves me and how pretty he thinks I am. I have the best dad! I love you Dad. I am a true Daddy's little girl.

Mae has the best dad as well. There is some incredible connection between these two and there is nothing in this world that will ever come in the way of this. Daddy's little girl. I saw it the moment she was born.

Wow! Can you believe how much Mae has grown if you compare these two pictures?

Here is another Daddy's little girl. I HAD to post this picture of Scout. She cracks me up.

Pheasant Hunting....

seems to always bring wonderful people our way. It amazes me how fortunate we are to get visitors from so far to our little town of Presho. Most of the credit goes to pheasant hunting... although I like to think they come to see me!

We started the season off with one of our favorite friends stopping by while her mom and dad took turns hunting.

On Sunday we welcomed another favorite who we have not seen in SO long. Mr. Hydinger we love you and are so glad you and your friend Jim took the time to stay with us and visit!


We even welcome family of friends. Katie's father-in-law stopped by to introduce himself and it was so much fun to make that connection. I wish I had taken a picture with my camera to capture the moment. Katie, if you receive the picture from Jimmy's camera forward it my way so I can post it.

We hope all that are reading this post will feel inspired to come our way. If not to just visit, you can also take up pheasant hunting. We would love to have you!

Life in the Country

Well, Dennis let me in on some news tonight: "You live in the country now, that is how it is out here. Get used to it". Uh oh... you can only imagine what led to this conversation. Let me set the stage...

These window wells are stationed all around our house. They are designed specifically for letting lots of light in our basement (or as Brenda Meadows would say "our lower level")and for this purpose they are very beneficial to the design of our house. So it seems.... What I didn't realize was, these window wells are also designed to serve as a shelter for poor lost or hurt animals. Skunks, cute baby rabbits, an occasional Milo the cat, salamanders, frogs.... and MUSKRATS. You heard me right. Last night before bed Mary discovered a strange animal in the window well which Dennis helped identify as a muskrat. Where on earth did this creature come from??? I would have taken a picture but I was scared to death to get near it. So this picture is from the internet.

The animals who grace our window wells are very good at getting down into these but can't climb out. So after many nights of getting emotional after discovering a little creature stuck in a window well Dennis finds himself outside trying to save the poor things (cussing under his breath). He is always the hero (I am sure to make a huge deal out of his act of kindness). I tell him that this is great practice for when Mae gets older and wakes us up in the middle of the night crying and begging Den to save the little animal outside her window. Can't you see it now?
The latest animal was pushing it though. Dennis propped up a board in the dark for it to climb up (he wasn't going to touch that scary thing) and as it was told to me, "You live in the country now, that is how it is out here. Get used to it." He also went on to warn me that this plan might not work and to prepare myself that the thing might die down there. Wouldn't you know it, we woke up this morning to find that the muskrat climbed the board and escaped. Den's the hero once again!
*Please say a prayer that a snake NEVER discovers the window wells.

Harvest Time

Mae and I went to deliver pizza to the harvest crew tonight. I couldn't resist taking pictures of Mae with Den at her first harvest. These are just a couple of ones I like best. Den was beaming-he just loved having her out there! This was the first of many harvests to come.

Smile: Part Two

I told you we were working on our smile! Doesn't it just melt your heart? :)

Two Months

Where does the time go? This week Mae turned two months old. She had her very first set of shots on Tuesday.... let's just say Mae took this much better than her mom did. The doctor said that she was a very healthy girl- now 9 pounds 7 ounces. Mom and Dad are so proud of her!