Busy Week

We have a really busy week this week. Volleyball was away last night and also away (2 hours) on Thursday night. Football is away (2 hours) on Friday night and then a volleyball tourney all day Saturday. I don't know how Courtney does it, I have a hard time keeping up and I am just watching.

We are going to start cutting silage tomorrow....yeah, finally! Should be interesting juggling that, the job and Courtney's schedule.

Chad's new baby

We were at the hog barns working the other day and I had to take a picture of Chad and Mayson. He does this with her all the time. She is like his baby!

SD State Fair

Just thought I would share a picture of my nephew Mitchell with you that my other nephew Nolan took at the fair.

They are Case-IH fans so we thought this would be cute with him showing the #1 sign standing on a John Deere tractor (my favorite).

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I had a blast at the fair this year.

Courtney and I went with my sister Cheryl and her son Nolan. We met our mom and other sister Rochelle there. I got to watch my niece Nikki show 2 of her calves and she even got showmanship...yeah Nikki....she is pretty awesome with her calves! We wandered around the fair and looked through the buildings and at projects while Rochelle helped Nikki get her calves ready. We had my nephew Mitchell (7) with us and he just cracked us up all day...what a great kid! After the calf show was done, my mom, sisters, aunt, step-dad, Rochelle's mother-in law and I all went to the wine tasting building.....so much fun! We sampled some wine and then topped it off with a wine spritzer. It was a GREAT day!

More volleyball!

Last Thursday was another volleyball match. They lost but played so much better than they did last year. They are looking so good! Here is Courtney as she gets announced.

My niece Kassidy (6'1") is a sophomore and made varsity this year. She came in and got to play quite a bit on Thursday night. She did great, had many blocks! Here is one of the blocks that I happened to catch with my camera. Way to go Kassidy, we are so proud of you!

Football

Football has begun.

We had a game last week and a game and parents night last night.

Courtney and her friend Tayler cheering.

Football cheerleaders....Courtney is on the bottom in the back right.

This is how Courtney hugs her dad for parents night....good grief! She's definitely a lively one!

Courtney and her friends, Tayler on the left and Hannah on the right.

Volleyball

Volleyball has begun!

Saturday we traveled to Estelline for a tourney and the first volleyball action of the year.

The girls really struggled last year so we are hoping for a little better season this year.

They went 2-2 at the tourney and they looked pretty good!

Courtney setting...

Blocking.....


Hitting.....
You will have to excuse the yellow photos as we were playing in their old gym with awful lighting...enough to give me a headache!

It's going to be an interesting year as she is setting half rotation and hitting half rotation.

Adventure

I started a new adventure in my life today....a "real" job!

I am waitressing at the Bull Pen in Lake Norden 2-3 days a week over the lunch hour. I worked today and it was kinda fun. We do the senior meals so I got to visit with a few friendly seniors.

It's been 18 years since I have worked so this is totally different for me.