Where there's a will, there's a.....

....little girl named Emilee. As I have said before, Emilee is a climber. It seems every day she does something that shocks me that she could even manage. Her new way of gaining height and thereby the ability to reach something on the countertop, is to wedge her toes in the bottom panel of the dishwasher. Then with the other hand, she swipes what she wants on the counter. On this day, she was determined to get all of the spoons in the drawer!!:)

Fun at the Russell's

Our li'l punkin

Thomas the Tank engine

Dash-one of the Incredibles

The friendly pirate

Mrs. Russell, Emilee and me on the hayride

Saturday evening was our annual Sunday school activity at the Russell's. They are a couple from church who host our activity at their farm each fall. It is a fun time for the kids to dress up, hayrides, bonfire, visiting, football games, treat bags, etc. We had beautiful weather and a great time of fellowship. Definitely an activity we all look forward to each year.

Fall Fun

Saturday we went with our good friends, David and Tara Karnes and their boys, to a corn maze in Farmland. We had never done it before so we weren't sure what it would be like. We had a great time together. Definitely could be spooky if you got lost in there. They have a haunted one that they start after dark. The boys thought they would like to do that one also. I think we will pass for this year!! Here are some pictures of a few things we did. I LOVE FALL!!!

Christmas in October?

Most of you who read this are already aware that Scott had over $3,000 worth of his DeWalt power tools stolen a couple weeks ago. Well, he has really done his research to spend this insurance money wisely and get the most for his money in replacing everything. He bought alot on Ebay and much of it arrived yesterday afternoon. It was quite fun watching him open everything up and see what he got!! The smile on his face reminded me of Christmas. The two little ones enjoyed the big boxes and stepping on bubble wrap. Last night, he layed everything out and got it all organized and arranged in his tool boxes, etc. Praise the Lord for insurance! It would have been a very devastating loss otherwise! We also praise the Lord for the timing in all of it. If the theft had been in the middle of the summer he would not have been able to take his time purchasing everything. He would have needed them ASAP for his summer work. Scott now has a "plan" for catching the crook. Our neighbor, Mike, mentioned that late Sunday nights/early Monday mornings when people have trash set out for pick up, there is a guy in a truck that comes by and checks out what is in everyone's trash. He wonders if this guy saw Scott's tools and took them. Scott plans to set a "trap" and then sit on our front bench and catch the guy and "make a deal." Ha! Sounds great in theory, but if I have my way we will leave things as they are. I think he ended up doing pretty well all said and done!:)

Spider Bite!!

Last night Matthew came out of bed to tell me he had something on his leg he wanted to show me. Needless to say, seeing his leg as pictured above, I let out a gasp!! I had no idea he even had a bite let alone that it looked like this. I put some anti-itch creme on it and sent him to bed. I then got on the computer and googled spider bites and found some very nasty pictures and Scott found a video that I truly could not handle watching! It wigged me out about spiders even more than I already am!! We do have alot of LARGE ones out here in the middle of the corn fields!:) So he went to school this morning and I got a call around 12:00 and the secretary said it looked pretty bad and they had changed the band aid several times and it was very hot to the touch. I made an appt to see the doctor this afternoon. The nurse gasped when she saw it too!:) Made me feel better for my reaction! The doctor confirmed it was a spider bite, measured it (5cm by 5cm), gave us some antibiotic creme and said to keep an eye on it for the next several days. I think it is time to set some bombs and kill those nasty things!! What do you think????:)