Neewollah 2009

This morning we all got up and around and headed to Independence to Neewollah. Every year since Gage was born I have taken him over to their huge parade. The bad thing is you have to get there the night before and put out your chairs to have a good spot. And this year we got there too late to even find a decent spot until Ronnie & Cindy called and told us to sit with them. It was a gorgeous day and the parade was great!

Demo & Car Show

I just found this post wasn't ever posted...It's back from September 20th!! Better late then never i guess...

This weekend we went to Topeka Friday afternoon to go to the Heartland Park Demolition Derby. Allen, Gage, Mickey, Miranda, Maddy & I all hoped in the Imperial and drove up. Then we spent the night in Topeka and drove over Saturday morning to Ottawa. Ottawa was having their Annual Car Show called the Ol'Marais River Run Car Show http://www.olmarais.com/. It had over 1500 cars entered and we walked around and looked at them all. Gage fell esleep so him and I hung out in the shade next to the Imperial while the others still went and checked out all the awesome old cars. Gage woke up and it wasn't long until we headed downtown to their "Cruise night". All the cars that were in the car show were able to drive up and down main street and there were thousands of people on the sidewalks sitting and standing watching all evening long. We made one pass down mainstreet then parked and went and watched. Gage loved watching all the old cars. He didn't move the entire time! It was a nice getaway but I think we were all glad to be home.

Branson Getaway

Thursday, October 15, Allen, Gage, Uncle Curt, Aunt Vicki, Trevor, Darci, Amy (Trevors friend), Grandma & Grandpa Hoobler, my mom Penny, Quin and I all headed down to Branson. We went to the Dixie Stampede and road go-carts Thursday evening and went to Silver Dollar City Friday.

Grandma (Nana) & Grandpa (Papa) Hoobler

My son never fails to amaze me. We started for Branson Thursday morning around 11:00 a.m. I thought this would be perfect timing for him so he could get a good nap in before being busy that evening. Boy did he prove me wrong. Everyone except Allen who was driving and Gage took naps! He was quite for everyone else but he never fell asleep! He was good all evening and absolutely loved the Stampede.

After riding go-carts we went back to the hotel Lodge of the Ozarks (which by the way that was a great hotel and would recommend to anyone!!) and went swimming till 10 that night in their indoor heated pool.

We then went to Silver Dollar City Friday and Gage road most of the little kid rides and also got to ride Fire in the Hole. This was the first time he was tall enough to do it. We went and watched a show at the Saloon and also got an old time family picture taken. Gage got to get his pictures taken with the Saloon Girls after their show Allen and Gage getting ready to go on Fire in the Hole Amy (Trevors friend), Trevor, Darci and Gage riding the Flooded Mine.

Darci & Gage riding the elephants

All in all I think it was an enjoyable trip. All that really matters when the day is done is that my son had a great time and we all returned home safe.

Mission accomplished.

Allen in the Grandfather's Mansion

JAG Farms

We decided on a name for our "operation" a couple weeks ago. JAG Farms (Jennifer, Allen & Gage).

Sunday October 18, we purchased our first big purchase of cows for our land we purchased a couple months ago. Okay, so for some this isn't big at all but for us it is. I absolutely love going to the cow sale. I like trying to guess what they will sale for, I guess its just a stupid game you play while waiting. I like the thought that this may or may not be your last chance to bid, this may or may not be the cow that goes home with you and has baby's for you. I love driving by our land and everyday patiently waiting to see if there is a new baby. I'm so excited. The heifers we purchased are due in February and March so I guess I'll have some waiting to do hugh?

The picture I took isn't the best and I've been trying to get better ones but the cows are either sniffing my camera (they aren't scared of me AT ALL) or I don't see them out in the pasture. I'm sure you'll see more pictures especially as they have babies!

Weekend Recap

This weekend was a first for me. The first time to help build fence that is. We set t-post and corner post last week in the evenings after work and tried getting everything ready for this weekend. Saturday, which was a beautiful day, we strung the wire and clipped it. With the help of Bo, Papa Steve, and Chuck we were able to get a little over ½ a mile of 5 wire barb wire completed. The only injuries were:
*Barb wire to back of head-Allen
*Barb wire hit tooth-Allen
*Barb wire hit right eye-Allen
*Barb Wire sliced neck-Allen

Are you seeing a trend? I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…I’m married to an accident prone! Regardless, all injuries were minor and no emergency room visits…yet…we still have a little bit left to do this year. Cross your fingers for me!!!

Sunday was a much colder day! I didn’t want to go outside let alone build more fences! So we only had to go out there to set a couple hedge posts. After that I made Chili! It was so nice to have the aroma of Chili in the house on a cold windy day! We haven’t had it for so long it seems. I love how there are certain meals you have in the winter and certain meals in the summer. Just when you’re getting tired and bored with one seasons foods the weather changes and you’re excited to cook again.

The Farm

Before

After

Before

After

As of August 17th Allen and I purchased 160 acres just a couple miles East of our house. We have some work to do on it before we can put cows out to pasture. Mainly we just have to build fence. To build the fence we had to do some clearing out of trees. Now that it has stopped raining for a few days we are going to try to get the fence completed this week. I took a few pictures of the place just off of Hwy 160 where the majority of trees were and last night Gage and I drove the Ranger out and took more pictures with the trees out of the way now.

Boating

In July we purchased a new boat. It's a Yamaha AR230 High Output.

We took it out several times to Big Hill Lake but didn't make it anywhere else. It never really seemed like it got really hot this summer either.

Gage absolutely loves it. He likes getting in the lake and swimming around and he will even do a little tubing. Allen is really good on ski's and he has been trying to learn to wakeboard. I have been trying to learn to ski all summer and finally was able to get up the very last time we were out. Too bad fall came so soon! Guess we will just have to wait to enjoy the boat again next summer and hopefully we can go to some other lakes.

Me finally getting up on my ski's

Gage tubeing by himselfAllen & Mickey double skiing (yes...i'm driving the boat)