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A Labor of Love

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Well in the process of all our work at the new house.  We had to set up a new dog run.  John took on the project.  He got everything ready and decided to have some concrete delivered instead of him and Brad mixing 80 some bags of concrete themselves!  The day came to have the concrete delivered.  The weather was going to be perfect and of course Brad had a huge meeting at work and could not help out, so guess who jumped in to help wheel barrow concrete around and smooth out the concrete!?! Yours truly!!! Yep, I have never really been a girly girl and am not afraid of getting dirty so muck boots here I came! First we wheeled about 15-20 wheel barrows full of concrete, dumped them in the designated areas (one for the dog run and one to finish off a back patio area).  Once all the concrete was dumped we began shoveling it around.  We then skimmed the top to even it all out.  John really did all the hard work on this part.  That concrete is p...

Trick-Or-Treat...Give me Something Good to Eat

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Halloween was a few weeks back now, but I am not yet ready for the Christmas season to begin.  So bare with me as I look back at my adorable Minnie Mouse, Fireman, and Super Mario. The kids were super excited for Halloween.  They got to wear their costumes a couple days prior.  Brayden had dress up day at school on the Friday before Halloween.  Brock, Brylee and I went to Brad's work for trick or treating the same day while Brayden was in school.  Here is everyone at Brayden's school. CHEESE!!!!!! The boys picked their costumes out and they both voted for Brylee to be Minnie Mouse.  We kept looking for a costume for her, but they consistently went back to Minnie.  Minnie and Grandpa.  And at one point in the evening Grandpa was wearing the ears! On Halloween we continued our yearly ritual of going to Auntie Brittany and Uncle Tony's house.  The kids like to all go out together and man are they just stinking cute too! Tony's parents come o...