Its December!

Well as it has been almost a month since this page was last updated, it is high time that something is written, and for added effect perhaps a few pictures.

Dad is working in the barnyard to get chores don in the AM and PM, and in the hours inbetween he is hauling manure to the fields before they freeze. Interestingly enough the sheriff's office called and told dad that they had recieved some complaints that there was manure on the road. (DUH) Dad told the dispatcher that it isn't coming out of the back of the manure spreader, it comes off the tires. She was very understanding and said, I know you are trying as hard as you can to keep it off the roads, but we are obligated to tell you that we have had complaints. Silly city folk, what do you think gives nutrients to all those plants that are growing so greenly in the field that you feed to your animals in the winter?

Mom is of course very busy. She is trying to get all the christmas together, as well as going to meetings, and getting ready to go and help Lac next week. She is going to Poci the night of the 9th and Lac is having that baby on the 10th. It is scheduled of course 'cause it's a c-section. So mom'll be there from the 9th to the 12th to tend Abi while Lac is in the hospital and Sky is at work, then Mem gets out of school and will go to Poci to help Lac so mom can go home and finish getting ready for Christmas.

Ben was in the High School's production of Into the Woods (it's a musical) he was one of the male leads. It went on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday before thanksgiving. There were some in the show that had musical talent, and it had some difficult music. They had fun. Quite possibly one of the most impressive parts of the show was Ben's beard. He's 17, and he can grow a full beard. Before he shaved it off Mem got a picture. He started wrestling the monday before Thanksgiving, and after he gave the guy he was practicing with some really bad wisker burn, he decided it was time to shave.

Jake and Zac are looking forward to christmas and have been working hard on their gifts for their family members. I'm pretty impressed. And of course Mom has been harrassing Ben to get to the present he is working on for his family members, but he's hardly ever there. He'll get it done, sometime before christmas. He's really quite good at working under pressure.

David went to Texas to help Hal and Dani work on their house, and all are looking forward to Christmas to see our family. And that's an update on our family.