November 2015

A few things that happened in November.  

Evan and Reuben went to Big Als scout camp. This was Evan's first scout camp. My friend Becky gave us Bengals tickets. And Logan busted his lip on the bedside table while wrestling with Reuben. 

Christmas morning 2015

This was the first year the boys knew about Santa. I will definitely do things differently next year. They wanted to shop for their own presents. So there weren't very many surprises under the tree. Now they understand how much fun it is to be surprised. Next year we will go back to a Christmas list so that they can be surprised. We did start a new tradition this year. Last year I bought the boys each their own nut cracker. This year I bought another nutcracker to add to their collection. Their nutcrackers this year are on music boxes. A couple of highlights from Christmas this year were new Nerf guns, rip sticks and remote control cars.

Christmas Eve 2015

Christmas Eve is always spent at the Felsheims house. We arrived at 1:00 and ate potato soup for lunch. We enjoyed hanging out with the immediate family. We exchanged gifts around four. I made a wreath for Debbie.  Then the extended family arrived at 6:00. We love getting to visit with everyone. Reuben was Santa's helper again this year. He did such a great job that I think he might be the permanent "helper". 

Beau

Inservice day

The boys got to spend the day at the farm with grandma and grandpa. 

Halloween 2015

Tuesday we carved our pumpkins.  The boys had their ideas ready and carved their pumpkins all by themselves. Evan opted for a white gord. 

This year West el let the staff and students wear costumes to school. Logan was a cowboy. Beck, Sara, Kelly and I dressed up at fish. We were One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. 

We invited all of the family over for dinner and trick-or-treating. We had three different soups and tones of great food. The kids all enjoyed trick-or-treating and came back to the house ready to start trading. It's always fun when we all get together. 

Big Buck 2015

Reuben and I were kidless a couple of weekends ago. The boys went camping with Aaron and Dawn. So Reuben asked me if I would go hunting with him. It was a beautiful weekend and I decided it would be fun to see what he does when he goes hunting. 

We started off the day going to brunch. Then we went to Cabelas to buy some camo for me. We headed to the farm around 3:30. The weather was amazing. The farm was beautiful with the leaves just starting to turn. 

We changed our clothes and headed into the woods. When we got to the tree stand we prepared to climb the tree. Reuben went first. Then I started to climb the ladder sticks. Once I got to the top I could feel the tree swaying in the wind. I stood there with my arms around the tree not wanting to turn around. I finally settled into position and enjoyed watching the squirrels playing on the forest floor. 

About an hour and a half into the evening a small eight point buck appeared right before my eyes. He grazed for a few minutes and left. The sun began to set. The view was picturesque. We noticed two young bucks. They were across the fence line about 200 yards away. They were digging, eating and sparing. The sun finally dropped and the Bucks headed our way. They walked down a gully and back up the hill toward us. Once the two bucks came up the hill we noticed a third buck. He was a big boy. Reuben wasn't sure if he would be able to see through his peep in the low light. He drew back on his bow and dropped the pin.