Taylor Here This Week

Well hello everyone. It has been a while since I have last posted. Thought I would share what has been going on here. Taylor is here all week this week. We have had a pretty jam packed week so far. Taylor had a volleyball camp here this week at the High School. She brought a friend with her from Lester Prairie. They both had a blast. VB in the mornings and pool in the afternoon. It does not get much better then that for them. This is my working week with Taylor so it was good for her to have someone here for the first three days. Madi went home today and I think Taylor was pretty sad. Anyways we got a couple of games of bowling in and some playtime at the park and a bike ride. I am kind of pooped. I am actually taking tomorrow off and I think Taylor and I are planning on golfing tomorrow.

Taylor played in a softball tournament last weekend. They won both of their games on Saturday (of course I was not there) and lost both of her games on Sunday(Tammy and I went to these two). They played pretty well, but could not pull it off. I think she is now done with softball for the year.

Dan, Jayme, Ty and Cole are coming down on Friday so we should have a full weekend of chasing Ty and Cole around. It will be good to see them as we have not seen them for a while.

Hope everyone is doing well and we will see you all soon.

Terry

Just catching up

Hi guys,

It's finally a quiet Saturday, so will add a few lines to this blog before it is chore time. It's actually a hot day today, like summer is supposed to be, so have pretty much been setting in front of the sewing machine with a good recorded book going enjoying the air conditioning!!
Racheal was here most of the day and we finished a couple of 4-H sewing projects she wanted help with. She does pretty well, and is getting better all the time using the machine. If she can keep scheduling a little sewing work now and then she might be able to tackle things on her own after a while. Am not sure the projects we finished will score high in judging as there are a few errors, on the other hand, she is only a junior in 4-H and did most of the work on these herself. She does now know how to wind a bobbin and thread the machine on her own, and that's something to start!!

We had a nice weekend last week at Lake Benton in Minnisota riding and camping with Jeff and Cheryl Plucker, and Lynette and Randy Dump. ( no, I did not make those names up). The trails were pretty steep, and also wet as they had 5 inches of rain the week before so it was a little interesting. Dad had an episode of gout plagueing him that weekend but rode anyway even though his hand was major swollen and sore. (It's better- he got a shot and medication when we got home). Ter, Tammy, Taylor and Jeannie and Isabella visited Sat afternoon at the campsite. Ter and Taylor rode one of the longer rides and Isabella got her horse fix by riding Sis by herself (with Grandma leading) around the camp road. Everyone picknicked Sat night together. We really enjoyed the weekend.

Wheat harvest is about 2/3's done. I think they are on Burseks today with that being the last field. They are a little disappointed with 50 bu/acre yields as they thought it looked better than that. Never the less, that's still pretty good. Also weaned the calves off the old broken mouth cows they bought last fall and sold the cows. Did really well, almost made back what they bought the cows for (with 7 limpers left in the feedlot to be sold this next week in Yankton) plus have the calves to feed and sell later. Am sure that is a project they will do again next year.

Yard and garden look pretty good, except for the wounded tomatoes. There are a few tomatoes on though, so at least should have some to eat. Picking potatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, swiss chard, peas, cabbage and broccoli. Need more eaters around here!!

Baby had her annual haircut and looks like a greyhound. She is thoroughy enjoying being cool and is ready again to play ball or go for horse rides with me. She wasn't as embarrassed about the change as last year this time.

Don't know much else. How's everyone else doing? Love, Mom

Where is everyone??

Bella's birthday was July 8th. Our family really hasn't done anything fun since?? I doubt it.

We are headed to the ZOO this morning. Should be interesting. Just a trip with mom. Wish me luck!

Birthday Fun!

SUPER STAR BIRTHDAY GIRL!




The Foam Pit. (Tried not to think about how many kids have gone potty in here.)




The Castle Cake. It didn't do well on the car ride, should have taken a picture before we left.


Bella had her third 4th birthday party this last Saturday. She was pretty excited to have all of her friends at the gymnastics place. I think the parents had more fun jumping on the tramps than the kids.




Thought I would share some pictures. Hope everyone is having a great week!

Jeannie

If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes

It is a sight to behold......Kevin, while blaring 38 Special on the turntable, is using the Bowflex, AND, in between reps is using our new Dyson DC 25 vacuum to pick up the dog hair.

Just another exciting night here at the Kriz-Wickham household!

Have a great weekend everyone. :-)

Happy Birthday Bella!

The pic turned out good! As you can see, we left a spot for Vegas Dave and Tammy. Thanks for putting up with all of us. Was great to see everyone. Kade says "you have a good week."

Dave: Thanks for boating everybody around -- that's always the cherry on top, especially for Kade.

Happy 4th of July Kriz Family! Missin you all!