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The girls were showing me what to do if there is a fire. Giana also showed me what to do in an earth crack.

Hollowen part

Pizza piggys and field trip

Weather report for the next few days.

Tonight: A few showers this evening changing to light rain overnight. Becoming blustery. Low 42F. S winds at 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 20 to 30 mph. Chance of rain 80%.
Tomorrow: Windy. A steady rain in the morning, with showers continuing in the afternoon. High 52F. Winds SSE at 25 to 40 mph. Rainfall may reach one inch. Winds could occasionally gust over 50 mph.
Tomorrow night: Rain and wind early...then remaining cloudy with showers late. Low 44F. SSW winds at 20 to 30 mph, diminishing to 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 70%. Rainfall near a quarter of an inch.
Friday: Windy with rain likely. High 52F. Winds SSW at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 90%.
Saturday: Showers. Highs in the low 50s and lows in the low 40s.
Sunday: Occasional showers possible. Highs in the low 50s and lows in the mid 40s.

Giana had a school trip to a pumpkin patch and it rained most the time. The fields were very muddy, but Giana had so much fun.

Goat baby's yuck

the whole class


Little ham Giana

Seneca was so cold her lips turned blue

The owner of the farm told us he was the first ever principal of the Holly Family School. That is the school Giana is going to, but must be fun to see how much the school has grown.

The girls finished up swimming lessions and we are not going to take any for a while, not till new baby comes. They both did so well. Eowyn spends most of her time under the water. After the lessions we decided to go out for pizza. I wanted to get a small but thought we could get a med. and then take some home for lunch. The 3 girls ate the whole thing, by themselves. It was amazing to watch.

baby heart beat

wedding anniversary

Gift from Grandma Joy.

Shawn had these sent, yes that is a bird in a nest, I think it is a referance to the pregency. (He is telling me I should be nesting I guess).


We have been married for 10 years. We have had a very productive 10 years. See the proof below.

new hair cuts

Grandma at hair place.

Eowyn is not so sure about hair cut.

Giana loving the Dora hair cut.

Eowyns hair was very long but a mess.

Poor hair dresser was confused by Giana's hair, someone had been giving her strange hair cuts.


Done. The girls were very happy with new hair cut. Eowyns hair is very straight but I am sure it will get wild again after we wash it. So now Giana talkes different and looks different. She told me she is a new person now.

Little people big world

Above is the kids new play court.

Today we went to the Roloff farm in OR. The farm is made famous by the TLC show little people big world. It was a rainy day, so we got lucky when we got to the farm the rain stoped so the farm was not too busy.

NPR story

The Minnesota National Guard's 1st Brigade Combat Team returned from Iraq after 22 months, the longest deployment in history for the Guard. Families left behind struggle to put their lives back together.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14980812&sc=emaf

The link above should take you to the story if you are interested. I can believe these people had to do 22 months of combat. At the end of the story the unit Chaplin had a great quote.

Major Chaplin JOHN MORRIS (Minnesota National Guard 1st Combat Brigade): When people say there's not a draft, that's wrong. I volunteered my family got drafted. The sad reality is that we are crushing families.