Conversations with Adyn

Been Farming Long?
Adyn and I were driving home from town. He was checking out the local harvest progress and began commenting on how the tractors were now plowing a lot of the fields for winter. The conversation continued as seen below:

Adyn: "When I get bigger, I'm going to drive big tractors and plow Papa's fields for him!"
Mommy: "When I was younger I used to drive Papa's tractor and plow fields for him too."
Adyn: (long pause to contemplate Mommy's comment...he says in an innocent voice)"...you used to be a guy, Mommy?"


When's My Brother Gonna Get Here?
The kids have been anxious ever since they found out they were going to have a new little brother. Addi of course understands the concept of time, but Adyn on the other hand is a minute by minute kind of guy and is having a little bit tougher time waiting for January 1st to come. He knows the holidays quite well and seems to judge his small world by them, so we have been telling him his brother will be here after Christmas. To this he replys, "Yea, that is after Halloween and Thanksgiving, you know when the snow comes!" Well, this past weekend we had our first snow which came during the night. The next morning he comes barreling into our room and jumps up on the bed to inform us it had snowed. "Look guys! It snowed outside, we need to take down the Halloween stuff, because it's now Christmas! Where's my Brother....I want to play with him!"

I wish it were that easy sweetie!

Halloween Fun

Pirate Addi had a penguin friend over for Halloween and they got the loot!


Polar Bear Adyn (thanks Nana!) really caught on to the whole trick or treating thing this year and had a blast running to the houses to see what treasures he could get.
There were others out and about, like our good friends the Hoornaerts, er I mean the Incredibles!

Mom's Pro Picts

Mom was just messin' around with her photography class's new studio lighting and shot a few pics of the kids. As you can see, some of the family is more photogenic than others.

Happy Birthday!

Addi had some friends over for a slumber party to celebrate her 10th birthday. They went to the Homecoming football game and spent the night watching movies and eating snacks and cake. Hard to believe our baby is a decade old already! We love you, Addi!

Addi runs the Hillsboro 5k

Addi and her friend Riley raced the beautiful fall morning away and had a great time in her 2nd ever 5k. She walked the first 5k with her Mom this spring at the Fargo Marathon, since Mom had a bad leg at the time and has been waiting ever since to get the chance to actually RUN!!! Way to go Addi, you did great!

1st Day of Preschool

Adyn sure has been happy waking up lately. He likes going to preschool, but they don't have as many tractors as Nancy his daycare lady has so he drew a picture of a combine to pass the time.

It says John Deere Combine and it has a corn header on it.

Katja & Addi

Addi had a friend over to Nana's and boy did they have fun dressing up and running around the ranch.