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| Matt, Mollie and Charlie came up last weekend so Matt could help Eric with the deck. The girls loved playing with Charlie and I think he liked it too. |
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| Charlies loves his trains. |
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| Not really sure why Charlie wanted to ride in the bottom but he liked it. It was so funny. |
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| Charlie and Elise looking at our fish. Charlie was quite excited to watch him swim around. |
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| The neighbor guys coming over to help get the beam on... it's only about 30 feet long and really heavy. Eric told me not to take pictures.. hee hee |
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| And it is done.. at least the structure is. We have passed inspection and now we can put the deck boards on and the railing and the stairs... and October starts in 3 days so here is hoping the weather holds out for us. |
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| A little rest on the "deck" (you can see my house paint samples behind him... more to come on that). |
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| Miss Arnold's First Grade Class |
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| I was able to go on Lauren's field trip to the apple orchard and pumpkin patch in Cambridge, IA. It was a chilly morning but sooo much fun. |
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| The Tunnel |
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| Sitting in the old school house. |
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| Faith Fluerehelm (front) and Lizzie Alsteen (right). |
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| Learning how bees pollinate the apple trees. |
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| Learning how they put weights on the apple trees to open them up for the sun. |
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| Lizzie Alsteen |
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| These horses were so beautiful and HUGE. Our instructor told us that if we clap the horse will come out of the barn and sure enough, the kids clapped and out she came! |
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| Piggies!! Reminds me of my aunt and uncle's farm up near Pomeroy, IA. |
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| There were goats everywhere.... they had a very high bridge and they just run around. |
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| Awwwww, baby goats. |
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| Learning how they pick, sort and clean the apples for shipping... it smelled so good in here. |
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| Group hugs!! |
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| On the hay ride out to the pumpkin patch. |
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| Miss Arnold with Katelynn and Caroline. |
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| Picking gourds in the patch. We all were able to bring 2 home... there were some really pretty ones. |
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| Lunch Time.... |
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| We didn't have a lot of play time but had a few minutes to jump on the giant pillow. |
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| This was a challenge to get them all to stop bouncing and screaming long enough to snap a photo!! |
