Jacob's 1st Birthday

Happy 1st Birthday Jacob!!

Here are some of the pictures from the birthday party.

He didn't really care for the party hats.

Here's 1 of the Elmo cakes that Grandma Terry made.
I think he liked the Elmo cake!! It was kind of messy. Mason and Bappa are watching closely.
Ryan wrapped up Elmo (that used to be his) and Jacob just loved it.
Ashley wrapped this big present all by herself.
This is the Zebra gift from us that as you can see he is scared to death of!
Tyler, Ryan, Mason, Ashley & Jacob
All the grandparents with their party hats on.
Jacob & Ashley

Jacob's 1st Tractor Ride

Jacob's 1st Ride in a Tractor.

Here's the boys. Jacob loved it and everytime Mark comes in the house he says Tractor Ride? and Jacob runs to him.

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween!! Here are a few pictures from our Halloween Night.

Here's the family at Grandma Terry and Bappa's House. Grandma Terry carved the pumpkins for the kids aren't they awesome!Here they are at Great Grandma Shirley's House. She forgot it was Halloween and was surprised to see us :-)
Here is Ryan's Kindergarten class. I was on the committee for the halloween party and got to spend the afternoon there. The kids bobbed for apples, played musical chairs and rolled down the hill outside playing tag. It was so fun.
Here's Ryan bobbing for apples. It was really hard!
Ryan and his best friend Colton.

Pumpkin Carving

Today we attempted to carve pumpkins. Ashley loved cleaning out the pumpkins and Ryan wouldn't touch it. We found the pumpkin tatoos are quite a bit easier than the actual carved pumpkins :-) We had a fun time!

Daddy has been in Texas all weekend for another pig sale. We are excited to see him back tomorrow!

McKenna and Jessica Visit

On Saturday Jessica and McKenna Claborn from Minnesota stopped by. They were in the area to go to a baby shower in Pocahontas, their old hometown. Here are a few pics from the visit. It was great to see them :-)

Sophia and Harvest Pictures

Here is Sophia at the Pumpkin Patch. What a cutie!

Here is Sophia in her 1st ponytail. She just had her 1st haircut.
Harvest has started. Grandma Terry took some pictures of the harvest.
Grandpa Bill combining.

Texas Trip

This past weekend Ryan, Mark and I took pigs to the Plainview, Texas Ring of Success Sale. It was a LONG drive! It took about 15 hrs to get there and then we drove home right after the sale. Ryan was a Great help to daddy and helped him show some of the pigs and get them all ready. He also showed them to the people looking at them in the pens. The sifter didn't care for Mark's pigs - he got 3 Reserve Champs and the others placed in the top 10. But he had the top selling Duroc, Spot, and Landrace at the sale and his cross placed 7th out of 300. So even though there were no Grand Champs the people at the auction really liked them! :-) We are all glad to be back home with Ashley & Jacob.