Carving Pumpkins!

I brought Marshall 4 HUGE pumpkins. We carved them up on the deck and Marshall got right in there and helped scoop out the guts! He can be a diva like his mother...but he was all about getting down and dirty last night!

View From My Game Camera

I set up a game camera in February to try to catch whatever was leaving very LARGE tracks in my snow. I forgot that I left it out there and 4 months later - I have compiled a gallery of photos of all the activity I miss but my camera caught! There were over 380 pictures - most of nothing but the trees (since the wind activated the camera a few times) so I choose the ones with critters and you can see them HERE!

Ann's Wedding

Jon's sister (my new sister-in-law) Ann got married Saturday and both Jon and I were in the wedding. That is two weddings in one month that we were in together! And this was probably the last good picture of us together until another one of our siblings gets married! You can see more from the wedding on my images by Erin blog! (And for this one I was 6th Bridesmaid, Photographer & wedding day coordinator)

On the Road Again...

And this time headed to Branson with Grandma Wagner! Follow our travels on my work blog at www.wnax.com

I Change My Own Oil!

For some reason this surprised a lot of our listeners...so I had to take some picture and shoot some video to prove it! See more on my work blog: http://wnax.com/pages/3110083.php

It's My Birthday!

Dee made me a great cupcake - cake today...and decided to show up for my birthday celebration! Last year she skipped out because she had to go have Marshall - but whatever! (and then couldn't even bring him into this world on my birthday...nope - had to have his own day) ~ erin

Tea Time at the Playhouse

Today Crawford interupted my Tea time at the Playhouse to fix some major website issue! I mean really - tea time at the playhouse is not to be interupted! Today we had raspberry tea with lemon and special mint leaves (which may have been poison ivy - I am kind of itchy now). Alayna was the tea master making tea for Megan & me. Brayden was cooking up some of his famous Sour Punch Soup for our main course.

The Playhouse is at Grandma Hopi's and the kids play the same way we did when I was little enough to be in the playhouse. Everything is made from dirt, grass, rocks and sticks...but of course there are special rocks for soup, and others for tea and so on. I would have to say today's menu was exceptional and the nap that I missed out on would have just been the icing on the cake - but not for me...back to work.

If you ever get the chance to stop at the Playhouse and Alayna & Brayden are cooking that day (they are from Texas so it is a real treat to have them in the kitchen) stop by because it will be the best dirt tea and rock soup you will ever pretend to eat!

CHICAGO

Just got back from Chicago and we enjoyed it. I was a bus host for one of the two buses the radio station took to Chicago. We saw a couple of Cubs v. Twins games in Wrigley field, visited the Science & Industry Museum, made a stop near Soldier Field, went to the top of the Sears Tower, spent an evening at Navy Pier (where we took a sunset boat ride) AND managed to come back in one piece. Oh yeah - and Jon got bit by the brown duck. I would say we had a successful vacation although I know Jon is excited to be back! Some of my favorite pictures are below AND even Jon got some photography practice in when he took a few of me!

You can find more pictures below or by going to the WNAX website: http://wnax.com/WNAX-to-Chicago/4611948

Chicago!

More from Chicago!

"Vacation"

I am so glad to be back on vacation today! Seriously…this place is like a vacation compared to what I put myself through the past 5 days! I do it on purpose though - makes me like my job that much more. I played farm for the past days - bottling calves, doing chores, and cleaning up an abandoned farm (the one from the fire pictures before). We tore out fences, picked up old buldings, did some dirt work, pulled posts, loaded and unloaded a MILLION things…and so much more. The days started at 5:30AM and ended around 10:30PM! My muscles ache, I am sunburnt and scratched to hell - BUT I feel I accomplished something.

I am working on getting a few pictures up of the before and afters - but in the mean time - enjoy my video. We did tree clearing yesterday and I was determined to find a tree that I (and all my muscles) could push down. It took a few tries and a lot of grunting (I may have pulled something) but I got one down! SUCCESS!

Happy Easter from Marshall and Me

The Easter bunny accidentally delivered Marshall's Easter basket to my house...so I was kind enough to pass it on to him last night when I went to visit last night. He liked the card the best - go figure!

It's Not Christmas...

It's not Christmas and yet I got a picture of Jon and I together - and a good picture to boot! We did have to take one shot before this one...but that was it! Two pictures and a great one for the scrapbook! We took this at Katie's prom (Jon's sister) which should be the last prom with family members in it for some time!

No More Wisdom

I am secure enough to post these awful pictures! I had all four wisdom teeth surgically removed this past week - and I looked AND felt like a wreck! Just getting back to work today and working really hard!!!! A very expensive weight loss plan! Oh peanut brittle!

Snow Bunny

Check back for more from this Weekends Getaway - but for now...one of my new outfits really gives off a snow bunny vibe, doesn't it? ~ e

October Recap

Here is a recap of my past month...