What happened while I was out of the room.
I went to the hotel lobby to look up restaurants on the complimentary computers. While I was gone, Maggie got into my purse and managed to take these incriminating photos of my youngest and the man who was supposed to be supervising them. Who do you think has the upper hand?
International Harvester!
Walker has always favored red tractors, then when the song "International Harvester" came out he became a IH man.
Sorry about the cheezy smile. I swear I tried to get him to smile normally. Apparently, at the age of 4, a child loses the ability to smile normally for pictures.
Farm show update 1
We head out, are on the road by 3:30. We get to Harrisburg, have a delightful supper at the Outback Steakhouse and as we're leaving, we notice an odor coming from Will. We discuss it and feel it will hold until we get to the hotel - we want to run to Gabriel Brothers to see if Erik can find a fleece to wear tomorrow, since he didn't follow my plan and shower and change before we left Butler.
As we leave Gabriel Bros., Erik states, "He's leaking." I hold Will in the front seat as Gabriel Bros. is just behind our hotel, and we get checked in and head to the room. I know he will need a bath, so I start running it and take off his clothes only to find his diaper not only leaked, but it created a thick paste going from butt to ankle. I stripped him, bathed him, got the room set up, and now, here I am, sitting in the lobby of a hotel while I do what I thought I was going to escape doing for three days . . . LAUNDRY! It's the dirtiest word on the planet!
Now, it doesn't matter that Erik didn't change before we left, because I was able to wash his fleece with the dirty clothes. Typical, things go perfectly for Erik and I am stuck with the short end of the stick!
Check in over the weekend for updates - I won't be able to post pics, but I'll post them when we get back!
Winter Wonderland
Isn't this just a picture postcard? The snow is so pretty - but that's because I don't have to leave the property and travel the roads. From what I have seen on the news though, everything is cancelled or closed activity-wise. That's probably for the best because weather forecasts are predicting more snow and possibly rain later! YUCK. Erik has been out since 4 am plowing - he did come home for some breakfast and more coffee and now he and Walker are out again getting back to work.
Forgot his coffee
Erik forgot his coffee in the house so he had to stop and pick it up on the way back. The snow is so heavy already, he had to back up and get a running start again in order to push all the snow out of the way. He had already plowed the driveway once today too.
Our house (still not finished)
You'd never guess it was warm, cozy and toasty inside this house, would you? Someday it will be finished on the outside. Unless it keeps snowing like this!
Dolly Madison
Okay, can anyone really see this as a ferocious barn cat? This little fur ball is as tall as she is wide - and it is not fat! She is just so furry. I know I've said it before, but she really is the most adorable thing I've seen in a long time. We weighed her the other day in the goat sling - she didn't even register 2 pounds yet! Half that was probably fur. The funniest thing is that she is fast friends with our Australian Shepherd, Maverick. He puts up with her pawing and clawing at him, and they have even been seen buddying up together. I can almost hear Maverick saying, "Well, that little whipper-snapper" as Dolly bats at his stubby little tail.
Watching the donkey get his hooves trimmed
Will was desperate to get outside last Saturday, so I hauled us both out to the stable and we watched Erik & his mom man handle Maurice the donkey and trim his hooves. It was quite a site and Will was really amused. Will just loves it outside and can't wait to go out. Aren't his eyes and eye lashes amazing? Everyone comments on his eyes. Some of you will remember when Walker would "make eyes" at the ladies. I think Will is going to be quite the charmer too!
Goodness Grows Manchester, "Manny"
This is "Goodness Grows Manchester" or as we call him, Manny. This is the billy we partially drove to Cinci for. I'm glad we came home with him because it really made the trip worthwhile. He's got about 5 more months until we start letting him do his job. We're excited to see what he can do!
Evolution of my cameras
My 1st canon from 7 years ago - the new canon I got for Christmas., originally uploaded by Jenniferschwalm.
The top camera is the canon I bought for Erik for Christmas that we were married. I bought it so we would have a great camera to take with us on our honeymoon. The compact flash held like 60 photos!
The other camera is my new camera Erik bought me for Christmas. I wanted to have a little point and shoot to keep in my purse for those unexpected shots and so I don't have to drag around my Sony and bang it up. Funny part is that the original camera is probably almost as heavy as the DSLR. The new point n shoot is really nice and I'm glad to have it so I don't bang up my good DSLR anymore. Of course, this also means I'm dragging around 2 cameras everywhere!