A Grandma and Tatum Day.

A perfect Granddaughter and grandma day.  I thought I was getting the two youngest girls.  However, when Daughter in Love arrived she said we were having a day with only Tatum.  Tatum needed a grandma and papa day.

 So on our day..We mixed and baked cookies.  She did all the cutting and decorating while I did the rolling out and frosting.

 Then we headed to the woods on the Gator to see how Papa and Tatum's daddy were doing with the new deer hunting tree stand.   Chad built it in his shop this week and hauled it up this morning.

DH and Chad set the poles last weekend. Today they placed the new stand on the poles.  It is large enough for Papa and a couple of grandkids.

The new stand  is replacing an one that has definitely exceeded its safe time of use.  It is good I had never taken a look at it until this summer!

Yep, the ladder was made of two wooden poles with boards nailed on for the steps.  Last  year a 2 x 4 was nailed how to attempt to give it stability. 

After returning to the house. Tatum and I decided to go for a walk to take a closer look at a muskrat house.

The end to a perfect day....
I am blessed.

Hello Friends!

Hello  Blogging Friends,

It has been a long time since I have updated my blog.  I am still here.  It has been a challenging beginning to the school year.  However, this is Saturday and I don't have to think school!

This afternoon is a beautiful fall day in NW Wisconsin. This morning when I looked out my kitchen window I saw the swans had returned.

Colby, who will be three in another month, has had to spend the past two weeks with his Dad or with Papa.  He has loved everyone moment of it.  Many hours in the combine, tractors, or in the truck running for parts with Papa.

If you look closely you will see Colby next to Todd in the combine.

Yesterday when he was with Papa, Daddy and Uncle Pete there was a deer close on the edge of the woods.  Colby walked within 20 feet of the deer before it ran off.  If you look carefully you will see the deer on the edge of the woods.

The only sewing I have accomplished was to finish the Christmas tree skirt for a teacher at school.  We have a long history together.  I had her daughter in kindergarten in 1980.  We began teaching full time together in 1997.   We have a special bond in experiencing the death of a child.  Her grandson died of a brain aneurysm at the age of 10.

On this beautiful fall afternoon, I attempted to put together a fall arrangement in our yard.  I went out to the barn for the straw bales, to the cornfield for the corn stalks, and a stop at the local green house for mums on closeout.  Our neighbors raise pumpkins .  They stopped to drop off the fantastic pumpkins to finish the look.

Thirty four years ago our oldest son, at the precious age of four, was killed in a farm accident on our farm. As I have shared before, it is something you never got over, however you do learn to live with the grief.  It is hidden away in a special spot in your heart.  On the anniversary of the accident, the grief tightly hidden begins to surface again.  I am so very thankful and blessed to have friends who pray me through the day.   When the day is over, the grief returns to the secret spot in my heart that only I know is there.

However, my birthday was the day following the funeral service.  My DH has never been able to celebrate my birthday since that time.  I am so very thankful I have friends who have been faithful and make me feel loved and special on my day.  Also, since I have Daughters-in-love who now make sure there is something special for me.  I am so very blessed.

Kylie loved her baby carrier.  Now I have requests for three more!

The best place to be when you are tired is on your papa's lap.

God Bless you my friends,