Pulaski Corn Show Parade

This past weekend was the Annual 'Corn Show' in Pulaski, IA -- the town our Lumberyard is located. It is a very, very small town--maybe 250? people live in the town, it is 10 miles from the bigger town of Bloomfield where our kids go to school and it is about the size of 2500. Just so you get a picture here of where the Lumberyard is located, if you are reading this and have no idea! The Corn Show is Pulaski's annual 'days' with games, fireworks, and yummy food in the park. And a parade, which we entered a float this year. We had fun putting it together as a family and even won 1st place prize of $50. woohoo!! This is a very small parade, we may have even been the only float haha!

The kids had fun riding and throwing candy at their friends.
And YES, those are real trees that Josh cut down and bolted to the trailer!


These are our first 'Pulaski Lumber' shirts. Josh has worked at developing a logo this past year, so we tried it out on shirts. We loved them!


Josh was proud to get 1st place. So proud of his kids and me....can't you tell by that smile!??

BLUE today!

Julia has done well at being a new Kindergartener. There have been a few tears-I believe out of tiredness, but overall she has been a big trooper at the rise and shine hour of 6:30 and the bus time of 7:10. Her report everyday is, "Awesome! My day was awesome!!". OK- that is a good enough report for me! Today she took great pride in dressing in "Mommy's favorite color". She wears leggings about every day and her hair in a LOW ponytail...it has to be LOW-or we re-do it!! I am constantly praying for her confidence in knowing how much God loves her....I have seen the fruits of that prayer in her demeanor. No doubt- she is growing up, changeing and blossoming daily! Luv you, JuJu! You are so, so cute in my favorite color!!

Tucking them in...

When they are babies we take pictures of them sleeping and I realized one night they are just too cute going to bed and I had better capture the moment!
Macy...even a dog when she is ready to go to sleep....

JuJu.....she loves bedtime and regularly falls right asleep after a puppy song and a prayer...she is like her dad-one minute eyes open, the next minute eyes closed!

Noelle...cute as a bugs ear! She always gives 4 kisses and counts after each kiss...4 because she is anticipating her 4th birthday (in 5 months!).

The All-BOY!

I don't post much on Caden, he resists picture-taking---I shouldn't expect anything else out of an almost 10 year old boy, right?! He did let me take a picture of his popped bubble-of course, something weird and he doesn't have to smile.haha!

The last of Summer...

This is Noelle's pink flower garden. She insisted on watering it during one of our last hot "summer" days. She is a little doll of a 3 year old girl, if I've ever seen one! She has been soaking up mommy time but also asking for JuJu during the school hours of the day. I love these pictures....my mommy heart is taking pictures!

Macy is 8~

How did this happen?!! It just doesn't seem right that this girl turned 8! We had fantastic weather for a family birthday party this weekend...check out her cake made by Grandma Karla. YES, it tasted as good as it looks! Macy asked for a "monkey & dog" cake. It was such a cute cake I hated to cut it.

Macy loves to read. She spends most of her time reading dog books.

Very often I will find her in a tree with a book. Looks like therapy, maybe I should try it next time I need to get away!

We love you, Macy! You are a beautiful child-full of love for others, a love for dogs, and a love for reading dog books :) and making dog clinics, dog shelters, dog pet stores, just plain pretending that you are a dog.....I love to watch it! You are God's Precious child and we are priviledged to get to raise you!!

Our Favorite Food!

We spent Labor Day "laboring" in the garden. Much needed clean-up work was needing done, as the growing season comes to a close. This is our yummy squash harvest. It will last a few meals through the Winter months and has become a favorite at our dinner table.

Washed and ready to go to storage!

It was a pretty good garden year. It seemed cut short because of the hot July weather. Everything dried up really quickly in the 3 week drought. We are thankful for what we get and will savor every last bite as the weather turns colder.