CUUUUUUUUUUUUUTE!!!

A DEER friend just e-mailed me these pictures
and I think they are adorable - just had to share,
hope you enjoy them too.

Thumper and Bambi in person!

How sweet - have a great week!!

Playing catch up and having a ball doing so!!!!

Ok - don't tell anyone but I have been home all week!!! I am feeling quite spoiled but have been having a ball catching up on things that I have let slip lately.
Monday - went through both kids closets and overhauled Marcus' bed & bedroom
Tues - overhauled rest of the basement including Jamie's bed, her room, family room, bathroom, and guest room.
Wed.(today) - overhauled upstairs, our bed and bedroom, cleaned on top of cupboards and cabinets, cleaned out hutches, keeping up with the laundry, cleaning out filing cabinet.
Thursday - plan on doing the mopping and vacuuming really well.
Friday - leave for my shopping trip with 4 other girl friends of mine to Mpls. MN

Just an update I know quite boring but that is what I have been up to this week - and it's raining all day here today and cold highs in the 40's - might have to turn on some heat soon!!!
Jamie has her last volleyball game tomorrow for 7th grade and then in 2 weeks basketball will start. Marcus has last football game on Friday - Mike is starting to get ready for trapping - which starts Nov. 1.

Jamie's Pictures

Jamie purchased a nice camera with all her birthday money and is having a ball with it. Here are some of her pictures she has taken - love to look through them all at times - she just snaps shots and sometimes that is just better all the way around.

Her and her very close friend Josie Kollis - they did almost everything together this summer and had a great time - she is a sweetie (both of them are :)))))))

Love this shot - just being herself

This is a picture on my birthday and I am showing off my necklace that Mike and the kids gave me it is gorgeous and I love to wear it -I have recieved many compliments on it already.

Jamie went on the Revolve Tour on Oct. 3&4 in Mpls. MN - here she is with some of her friends that went also - It was a Teen Girls weekend with many speakers and singers at the Target Convention Center - she had a very good time.

Harvest is complete!!

The gardens are all cleaned up!! The canner is put away and my wonderful husband of 19 years today has beautifully decorated the front porch. We froze 6 bags of beans, 13 bags of corn, canned 96 pints of salsa, and 14 pints of spagetti sauce.

First for Mike!?!?!?!?!?

Mike went on a hunting trip this past weekend and came home on Tuesday - he went Grouse hunting and did really well - as a group of three they shot 15 birds and Mike shot 7 of them - he always was a great shot. While they were hunting one day Dave walked into a rattlesnake and asked Mike to shoot it and he shot it's head off and here is his pic. He took the rattle home to show the kids - it's really cool and definitely a first for Mike. Glad I didn't know about it till it was over - WOW - little scary for this chick.

Mike said that this dog was awesome - he was only 15 months old but very obedient and a great hunting dog. They took 4 bottles of water along the the dogs everyday and one day Mike didn't get any - cuz the dogs needed them all :)

Sept 22, 1968-2008 = 40 years

Don't know if I should call them friends or enemies but I had two little mice in the house on Monday morning. Signs all over and black balloons and streamers -signs on the mailbox and garage - sign on van that said Honk Belinda is 40 that I didn't realize until after dinner. My underwear was everywear and our bed was full of rice. I had just put on my new sheets that I received for my birthday which I love and it was full of rice. I had prune juice and stool softener in the bathroom.

And this was my favorite - my new Victoria Secret's bra which I had only worn once yet was on Mike's deer - NICE - yes my bras were everywhere in the house as well. and if that wasn't enough - Marcus had a football game that night and the same two showed up at the game with a wheelchair for me and black balloons and black pompoms and everyone was wearing black - how did everyone know ??????????????? At half time they wheeled me to the restroom and kept telling me that I was a lard and hard to push around - come to find out that my friend had the brake on the whole time - NOW who is old and can't even remember to put the brake off - Was a very fun day and yes I am 40 and I think it will be OK.

Salsa - Salsa - Salsa

It's salsa time and to date we have canned 83 pints of salsa - we are now going to switch to Spaghetti sauce - we have enough salsa to eat and share for awhile. Between canning and football games and volleyball games - we have no time to clean house - busy doing a quick pick up right now before Mike gets back from Arkansas - he just texted me he was in Iowa already - I better keep up the pick up or he might have to help when he gets here :)