Surprise!!

Uncle Brad's Surprise

On Saturday we all went to Ruthven to Uncle Cory & Aunt Sandy's Christmas Tree Farm to help decorate and get ready for the season. When we walked into the barn - Brad was there!!! What a surprise! He had driven all night from Oklahoma City, to Rachael's and then they drove over on Saturday.

Here's dad finally figuring out it was actually Brad he was seeing.

Becky and Miles
Brad, Jacob & Sophia

Here's the Thomas Family

Christmas Tree Farm Creations

I just added a new link to my favorite links list: www.christmastreefarmcreations.com
It's my Uncle Cory's new website. He does amazing custom wood laser gifts - you'll have to take a look. He has some really neat things. Great ideas for christmas presents. He has more products to add, we just started the site so keep checking back.

Also check out my mom's website: www.quiltnkaboodle.com
This is her quilt store that she co-owns with Kim Barrett. They have a really great store - for all of you quilters! :-)

Harvest

While we were in Texas Ashley got to stay home with the grandparents. Here she is riding the combine with Bappa.

And here is what daddy came home with the other day while mommy and Ashley were painting the corn crib... Honey wants a ride.

Ring of Success Texas Pig Sale

On Thursday night we left for Plainview, TX for the Ring of Success Pig Sale. Daddy did AWESOME and got Grand Champion Spot, Duroc, & Landrace barrows and Grand Champion Duroc Gilt which then went on to win the Overall Grand Champion over the whole show!! At the barrow sale yesterday Daddy was presented with a big texas belt buckle for having the champion. The sale went great and the pigs sold really good. It was a long trip but well worth it. Here are a few pictures....

On our way through Oklahoma City we met Brad for breakfast. It was so good to see him!! We sure miss him. Doesn't he look GREAT!!This is our pig man. He was hauing pails, hitting pigs with sticks and watering them all day. He just loves to be in with the pigs.


Here's Jacob showing his very 1st pig! This was one of the very last pigs to sell for the day so the crowd is really small but for most of the sale it was standing room only.
We're almost home!!!!!

Here's the belt buckle that daddy won for Overall Grand Champion. Ryan can't wait to take it to school tomorrow. :-) Now daddy can fit in with all the Texans with their belts. ha ha