We have a new nephew!

Matt & Tanya's new baby boy was born at 2:16pm on October 17. Carter James Rizzo weighed 8.5 lbs and was 20.75 inches long. We can't wait to meet him!

Bayleigh's class trip to Rocky Hollow Lodge

Rocky Hollow Lodge is a home for alzheimer's patients. Bayleigh's class went there to make cookies with them. It was a service learning project for the kids. What a rewarding experience!

Joey returns from Wyoming!

Joey came back a day earlier than expected from his elk hunt in Wyoming. The girls and I managed quite well while he was gone :) Joey was the only one in his group to kill and elk and he shot it on the last day. He's going to have it mounted, horns, head and all.....oh where, oh where will it go??????

Day 8 of Joey MIA - Girl Power

I was dreading the thought of dealing with Buddy the goat by myself - without Joey around to load him up, etc, etc. But today, the three of us girls just went for it. We loaded up Buddy (thank you for the cage Uncle Larry) and took him over to a nearby neighbor's for a little "pampering goat-style." Bari (thank you, thank you!) shaved him for us, clipped his hoofs, and wormed him. Now he's all ready for the show this Saturday in Liberty Hill. We just have to be there to check-in at 6:30am. Help me....

Day 2 - Joey MIA

The girls and I are at the end of day 2 since Joey left for his 14 day elk hunting trip to Wyoming. He is a hard working - late worker for the most part, so it's not entirely different than what we are used to - BUT - he's great at playing games with the girls before bedtime and all I want to do by that time of day is put them in bed :) (Wow, that was truly a run-on sentence).

Anywho...today was hard for me, but it had nothing to do with the kids. I have to finish Friday's paper layout and I am just wearing thin. It's getting harder and harder to wear the 500 hats I need to wear to get this paper out every other week.

Oh...parents are here to babysit so I can go to a meeting....write more later!