Happy Halloween

What a sweet bunny!

Boo!

Friends

We're such good friends!

I went to the cities Wed-Fri to visit the family and Nick went hunting in Iowa with his fam. I got to spend time with my little pumpkin!! She rolls like a pro and loves eating her feet now. Stacy B came over so Brielle could play with Adelyn. Adelyn and Brielle were holding hands, so cute!! That evening we all went to dinner at Shan and Jon's favorite little place, Babes. I joined Shan and Addy for mommy and me class the next morning (Addy really likes to play with the boys!). We shopped all day and then helped the Bradleys pack for Alaska. I can't believe my 4 1/2 month old niece is going before me! I hope she likes it.

Halloween Fun

I called mom on Friday to see if she wanted to come visit for the weekend and after work she was on her way! Nick and I made it home just in time (after his fisheries banquet) to greet her. Nick went pheasant hunting on Saturday so we spent the day shopping. I forgot how much I love T.J. Maxx (can't wait for Thanksgiving weekend with Rose Ann!!!!). We were going to pick up pumpkins at the pumpkin patch but they were closed by the time we got there so we had to go to the HyVee pumpkin patch. Mom and I wanted to get a head start on my pumpkin (usually Nick is so speedy he kicks my butt) but I couldn't find the carving kits. I hadn't carved a pumpkin with just a knife in a long time so I picked an easy carving. When Nick started carving his he found the carving kits, figures. Sunday we went to the pumpkin patch/apple orchard to get another pumpkin but it was too cold to ride the tractor out to the field and choose so we picked apples instead, mmmm.

I wish I was a black cat!


We made some yummy cookies, mmmm


Don't laugh at my cat, go Irish!


I hope we can eat all of them, we'll have to make a pie!

Jenny & Kyle's Wedding

Tuttle is now a Meeske! Nick and I went to Ames this weekend and of course it was a blast. Friday night we went to the rehearsal, rehearsal dinner and O'Malleys. Ally and I had colds
so we made it home early that night. Saturday Ally and I spent running around doing odd end things for the wedding, being the go-to girls. The wedding was beautiful and Jenny's brother did a wonderful job singing!! We headed off to the Gateway for the reception and had some fun. The old O'Malley group got to sit at a table together so of course it was good times, did I mention it was open bar all night haha! After we left the reception we had to go to O'Malleys where Tim made us Campechangas!! Before we left Sunday we got to squeeze in a quick brunch at The Cafe! Great weekend, thanks Ally for letting us stay at your house.

Hats off to Nick

Word has come back that Nick, Chris and two of their ISU professors are getting their paper published! It was their first try and the best journal (North American Journal of Fisheries Management) has accepted it. They have to make some changes but way to go!

Fun Weekend!

Natalie and Ben are married!

We finally arrived in Hibbing around midnight and ended up staying up until 2:45 a.m. We had to take advantage of our time there so we woke up early and visited with the family. We even found time to go to lunch with Stef and Sam, see Stef's new house and dog (Mable)! Her house is beautiful and Mable is very cute. I wish I would have taken a pic of the house and Mable. I'll have to get one.

We met up with some friends and headed off to the wedding. It was beautiful and I got to catch up with some of my best friends from highschool and two that I hadn't seen for five years, it better never go that long again. I also finally got to catch up with Megan and Jim about their year in China! We were suppose to leave for the cities that evening but we were having so much fun we couldn't leave the reception. So at about 1:00 a.m. we made it back to auntie and uncs and set the alarm for 4:30 a.m.

5:00 a.m. we were on the road to the cities. We got to Shan and Jon's in time to have breakfast and shower. By 10:30 we were out the door to Adelyn's dedication. Adelyn had many guests and we all got together at the house later for lunch. We were going to head home but figured Nick didn't have class or work and I didn't have anything going on so we stayed there. Thank goodness because we were tired! Jon's parent's and other family left Monday morning so we all went to Shan's "secret paradise" 9 mile creek and took a long walk! It was a very long but wonderful weekend!

Lazy Day

Nothing new has been going on here, just looking forward to the weekend! Nick and I will leave SD Friday afternoon for an appx. 7 hr trip to Hibtown (it will be our first trip to H-town from SD so we're not sure how long it takes) for Natalie and Ben's wedding. We'll leave that evening or early Sunday morning to head to the cities for Addy's dedication and then head back to SD that evening. Should be fun!

Anyways, it been pretty low key here. I've spent the whole day cleaning and doing laundry, my favorite thing to do on my day off! Thank goodness my foot is better, on Mon. a frosty mug came flying at me when I opened the freezer and gave me a nice bruise on my knee and I swear just about cut my pinky toe off. My pinky and right part of my foot instantly bruised and was swollen. I only had a minor limp the next day but dang it still hurts when I step wrong. On a positive note, I was shopping for a gift for Addy and asked the sales associate when the next Karen Kingsbury book is coming out and it's OCTOBER! Shanny got me hooked to this series of books and they are the best if you like to read. Go Baxter family, haha. Anyways, so they're calling me asap when it comes it and holding me a copy, can't wait!


Congrats to Doug (Nick's dad) for winning 1st place in a fishing tournament!
This is a pic from Nick and Chris's trip to Corpus.