A WEIRD week!

Once again there is much to catch up on...I know this would be easier if I just did it more often. But, this time I really do have a valid excuse!!!

First, it got cold enough for this to happen!!

Yup!!! Our first snow......and actually that was about all we got..then the weather turned around and for most of the week it was sunny and into the 60's. Can't complain when it is already November!!

Next up the excuse for not blogging before now. Little back story here! We were required by Dave's work, in order to maintain our insurance, to undergo health assessments...good thing it turns out! First thing in the lady tells me my bp is high???? Never Ever have I had a issue with that. How high...try, 176/110...WHAT? Freaked me right out. It did go down but still wasn't feeling the best. I will admit I have had a few moments where I had not felt well recently but, when ya hit 55 you write it off to other issues!! So I made a doc appointment and at that time bp was not bad 134/96, but he informed me I was having irregular heartbeats and rushed in a EKG, it showed nothing, Everything normal!!! Sent me home with bp meds, and I had hoped that would be it!!

UMMM NO!

Sunday I ended up in the ER. I had really been feeling awful and both Dave and Sarah could feel my pulse and also the missed beats. After 2 hours on the machines....NOTHING...bloodwork and x-rays came back fine and by the time I left bp was 126/69!! What the?? Oh and my arms looked like I was a drug addict, after all the blood draws and them blowing 2 veins trying to get in the iv?!?!

Tomorrow I go in for a Holter monitor to see what they can see...Wish me luck!

Early in the week we were treated to a beautiful sunset, at least what we can see of it!!

Trust me when I tell you the best thing that could happen to me all week was when Jesse and Amy came up and brought Lukas. Only thing better would have been if Sarah could have joined us, she was in Ohio for business. Look who got a big boy haircut!! He looks too old now!! :( But still way too cute!

Dranpa and Lukas doing lawnmower repairs with his new tools!!

And, when it gets late and you still want to work!!

Since he had completed all the repairs the night before the lawnmower was ready for work....but he had his tools just in case!!

He also worked on repairing the suet feeder, and watched the birds at the feeder. Short story here.....We were out in the woods when we heard a loud cackling....he stopped, looked at me and said "woodpecker" seriously it was a Pileated Woodpecker in the distance.... How the heck does he remember this stuff!!!

I also love if you ask him to spell his name....he says..L ask what is next..U..K..A..S and then at the top of his lungs he yells LUKAS!!

In the afternoon aunt Sarah came back from her trip and right away she was off playing with her little buddy. They were having fun in the sun!


Pretty sure she is SMITTEN!!


He had lots of fun pounding on all kinds of things in the woods....what, they all needed repairs!! :) :)

He is very thoughtful that way!!

The neighbors were having some asphalt work done so we were hanging out at the end of the drive watching the "the BIG TRUCKS" when dranpa came home from work. Lukas wanted to hop in with him!

SHHhhhh......Don't tell his mommy and daddy but dranpa let him drive without a license!!!

Lukas had been waiting ALL day to play with dranpa's drill so as soon as they got to the garage out it came!!

It's a good thing Dave had a little helper as the nose on the carved wood bear had fallen off!!

On Saturday Dave decided to try a new approach to cleaning the gutters. It worked out GREAT!!

Then today he channeled his inner lumberjack!! The woods needed some clean-up!

He cut it into 6 foot lengths and then loaded it in the ATV.

From the looks of the tires he may have to blow up those tires, or carry less wood!!

Again we are caught up. I will keep you all informed on the test outcome.

Once again wish me luck, Please!!

Whats up?

This post will be full of a lot of this and that's....

and THIS is my little buddy helping with some clean up!!!

I will apologize in advance to Lukas...but I just think it is way too cute to see his little butt in big boy unders!!! He does a great job keeping Thomas dry!!

So I started with by buddy and will end with him....till then a catch up on some or the other things we do!!!

Last week as you know we went to Sarah and Jesse's work for trick or treating.....I included the cute nice shots and had to show you this one.....I thought it was pretty fun!!! Someone doesn't like Barbie!!

And REALLY likes.....Loves Ken!!

LOL!!!.....I would have love to know who did this one!!

Sunday morning and it was time to face facts.....the leaves were not going away on there own!!

Turned out to be a good day for all the work!! Sun came out and with just an entire day and 4 tanks of gas this was accomplished!!!

Unfortunately, it is now the weekend again and as you can see not all the trees have given up their leaves so I will have to do this again!!

Brace yourselves!!!! This will be a shocker!!!

I....yes you heard me right.....I baked 2 pies from scratch....well, not entirely from scratch, pie crusts do come in a package!!!

To say that Dave was in a state of shock would be an understatement!!!
I think there is one piece left!!

and I LOVE my newer kitchen for cooking.....not the cooking, just the kitchen!

See I told you........more Lukas!!!

He brought puppy and daddy's puppy with him this week and wanted to introduce them to moose!!! Too CUTE!!

Weather was cold enough for the winter coat and he found that chewing on the zipper to be very comforting!!

He found this stick and was all excited to tell me it was an L for Lukas!!!

All day long all I heard was dranpa...dranpa..."drill wiff wood!!"

Last time he was here he and gpa hung out in the garage and played with all the tools. He couldn't wait for him to come home so they could go out there again!!

He doesn't forget much....they had lots of fun....We better be careful he will be building boats before we know it!!!!

No special story here....just a special boy!!!

He loved to use the "pincher's" to pick up EVERYTHING!!!

See ya soon all!!

Halloween 2010

Hello...

So It has been a really long time since I took over g-mas blog, and what better time than to tell you about my Halloween!!!

So any ideas what it is that I am going to be for trick or treating??? Come on put your thinking caps on?? Just a second I will put on my costume for you!!!!

There we go..........got it now??!!??

I am a Lemur!!

As you know I loved the lemurs at the zoo this summer so mommy and daddy looked and they found this cute outfit for me!!

This was going to be one really busy weekend!! Started out on Friday when I got to go to g-mas and g-pa house. G-ma helped me put on my costume and we headed over to Steelcase for lunch with g-pa!!

I love playing in the big water pond they have there....g-pa made sure I didn't get my outfit too wet!! I really want to ride on the big pendulum they have there!!!

See, I was trying to show some other boy in a fish suit the cool water....and I had to show puppy too. He was really interested!!

Silly g-pa put me in this chair and he kept spinning me round and round!! He had better be careful next time he does this because he waited till after lunch.....I maintained though!

I really didn't want to leave so g-pa had to carry me out....I was just having way too much fun walking around, riding in the elevators and meeting some of his co-workers.

After a brief stop at the house for a little nap to rejuvenate myself it was off to aunt Yaya and daddy's work, for more fun!

It took me a little longer to head in because there were these really cool stones all along the way! For some reason they were stuck in the ground and I couldn't get them to come up!!

Aunt Yaya met us at the door and I was sooooooooooo glad to see her. She is so much fun!!

She took me all around her department and introduced me to all kinds of really nice people, but I have to say I was most impressed with this man!!

Come on now......you would be impressed too if you had seen all these pez toys!! I really wanted his Thomas the train one but, he only gave me the candy that goes in it......hmmmmm and I put on my best cute face and asked nicely...."have it" and still he put it back on the display!!!

I'm thinking someone may get me one for Christmas!!! hehe

Then it was off to Daddy's office. I was so excited to see him I went running to him!

And, when he lifted me up I was able to see how his whole building had prepared for all the trick or treaters!!!!

I KNOW....... Impressive isn't it.

G-ma said it was awesome how everyone put this together for us, and I must agree!!

It brought a smile to my face!!

In one of the cubicles there was this witch.....I am sure she was a very nice lady, I just mean she was dressed as a witch,:).....anyways she had candy and maybe that was interesting to the other kids, but!! I spotted something way cooler than candy......yup, she had a broom!!! And like that guy across the street she wouldn't let me take it home either. She said something about needing it to fly home???

Come On, what does she think I am?????????

Gullible!?

Fine, I will get a much better ride!!! Ha ha my mommy was more than happy to give me a lift!!

And before we headed back to g-ma and g-pas house we posed for a family portrait. See how hard my daddy works....even while we were taking pics he was on the phone.

I may have been running a little and I may have tripped and got a little rug burn on my nose!!! But, in order to make me smile someone may have been willing to put a lemur hat on !

And , if you keep that person distracted she may have forgotten it was on and got almost all the way to her car before she remembered it!!

Oh, dranma!!!

I may have chewed on a few of the smarties...and maybe a few other things too. What you don't try things right away....mommy said you have to take the wrappers off first, who knew!?!?

I had a really good time ....we went to chinese for dinner and then home for the night. On Saturday aunt Yaya came down to hang out and after mommy got out of work we headed over to the nature center for another outing! I got to wear my cool costume again. I also made sure to take puppy along so he could see all the cool stuff.

Oh, and of course tags came along too. I do have to say it was a little cool out and this thing is really cozy!

We had a lot of fun, I got to see owls, and there were a lot of people dressed up in costumes in the woods telling stories. But, one of the BEST things they had .......donuts!!!

I went with the 2 fisted approach on these...they were YUMMY!!

All in all I think I like this Halloween thing. I really didn't appreciate it last year..I can hardly wait till next year. I did have one more night to wear this outfit around my neighborhood on the actual night!!

So I will leave you with one last picture of me playing dress up at my house!!

My mommy took the lenses out of a old pair of glasses and I like to play with them!!

I know ADORABLE aren't I??!!! :) :)

Hey, what are you doing on my computer buddy!!??...... Ok, never mind I read your post and you did a great job!! Thanks for filling everyone in on the latest goings on!!

To end this I just have to say he was beyond cute as a lemur and getting to share in all his adventures was my pleasure!!