Weekends

We had a really fun weekend this past week. Carlee got her steer on Saturday his name is Cotton. He is just as fluffy as a cotton ball. She is very excited. Carlee and Bert worked with him on Saturday, and then when I got home on Monday night Carlee was out brushing him again. I think Cotton is going to get a lot of attention from Carlee. They are becoming quite the buddies. We went and watched Brianna play in the Championship Volleyball tournament on Satruday afternoon. It was so good. They won first place. She was so excited. They received very nice placques. I was so proud of her. We all got together for a celebration party as Bob called it. We had pizza at the house and the kids played together. Carlee and her friend Caitlyn McKibben dressed up Payton and Laney. Oh my goodness they were so much fun to watch. We had a baker, cowboy, and hunter. The kids had a lot of fun and then adults had a good time laughing at the kids. What fun!!! Koen and Ellie had their durags on. Carlee fixed them right up. Koen is crawling. How cute is that. He cracks me up because he is so laid back.
Sunday all the Edge grandkids met at the Pumpkin Patch except Ellie. She was resting with Grandma Robbie. The kids had a really good time. They played so hard in the corn tub. I am really not sure how much corn we all ended up with down our shirts and pants. Tanner and Brianna went through the corn maze about 10 times I think. They had a great time. It was cute to watch all the kids try to pick out which pumpkin or gourd that they wanted to take home. It was such a fun time for the kids and us.
Sunday night I have never laughed so hard. I needed that so much. We had congregational singing and then the children's choirs sang. Brianna and Payton did an awesome job. Payton didn't sing a whole lot, but she stood up there and did a really nice job. Brianna had her motions down and sang out. Someone picked Jesus Loves Me to sing, well Payton knew the words to that one. She belted that out over the congregation. It was so cute. During prayer Payton kept saying Amen and Thank you Jesus. I think that she felt that Kevin needed to be done with the prayer. Tanner I felt so sorry for because I kept getting on to him because he was laughing so hard at Payton. The sad thing was that during the prayer I thought that both of us were going to lose it. You know I felt bad for laughing during prayer, but God must have known that I needed some laughter. He blessed with that all through the day on Sunday.

The kids

Well the kids did good with their report cards. They seem to be doing really good in school. I am very proud of them. Tanner is getting excited he is getting ready to start playing some basketball. It seems like the seasons go by so fast. I think the team he is playing on will start practicing in a couple weeks, so he is getting ready and excited to start something new. Carlee is suppose to go over to Casey's and pick up her steer today. Casey went up to Iowa yesterday and picked up Carlee's steer for her while he was picking up some for himself. I think she is getting excited to get her steer home and getting acquainted with him. I don't think Carlee has decided on a name yet. She is still working on that. Carlee is going to a dance tonight. She is suppose to meet a boy there, so she is starting to grow up. It is fun to watch her go and do things with her friends. A group of girls are going to meet at Pizza Hut and then go to the dance together to meet the boys that asked them to the dance. Cracks me up!!!! Bert and I are wondering if Carlee will even talk to the boy that she is meeting.

Fun Times

Well the kids finally got their school pictures back yesterday. They seemed to be very pleased with them. I thought they turned out really good. Tanner is back to normal and seems to be back on his feet after his illness. It is nice to see him up and picking on Carlee again. She probably doesn't think so though. Carlee and Bert worked really hard this weekend. They worked for Casey Wiss at his cattle sale. They worked most of the day on Saturday and then they were up at Casey's by 6:15 on Sunday. They washed around 50 head of cattle both days. I think Carlee had dishpan hands by the time she was done. They had a really good time though. On Saturday night we got to celebrate Jackson's birthday at Chicken Annie's followed by birthday cake at Grandma Barbara's. Jackson was very cute while he was eating his cake. Chocolate everywhere. I don't think poor Jackson got to open one of his gifts though with all of the sibling and cousins helping. The kids had a really good time together.
Here are Carlee and Tanner's school pictures. They are growing way to fast!!!!!

Been a while

I haven't posted very much this week. I guess time has gotten away from me. Carlee has been busy all week with tests all week for the end of first quarter. She went to the last 7th & 8th grade football game last night. She is going tonight to Homecoming game. She is really getting in to the socializing. It is neat to watch. Carlee marches in the homecomming parade today after school.
Tanner is still sick. I took him to the doctor on Tuesday and they gave him some antibiotics, and they are still not helping. Tanner is still running 100.5 fever, coughing, sore throat, and nasty nose. Bert is taking him back to the doctor today. I guess Dr. Grote wants to see him again. I am hoping they find something different to give him to help him get over this nasty stuff. Please say a little prayer for him today. Bert and I know it isn't a very high fever, but we are starting to worry about him a little bit. We just want to see our little guy up and jumping around again. It is weird to watch him lay around all week long.
Things have been pretty quiet around Lamar this week. I guess that is a good thing!!! Carlee and I are excited about going to watch Brianna play in her volleyball game Saturday. Her team is doing really good, and we haven't had a chance to watch her yet. We are really excited about that.

We have to find a name

Well here is a picture of Carlee's new Shorthorn steer. She seems to be very excited. Tanner thought Cotton would be a good name for him. He saw that name on a bull in another sale catalog. I am sure that Carlee will come up with something fun. I think she is getting excited for the show season to start. She only has 5 months to go. HA!!! We are suppose to go and pick him up by November 1st, so I guess the kids and I will get to go and see Iowa. I don't think that I have ever been. I guess this is a good excuse.

The weekend

Well we have had a busy weekend. Carlee and I left around 8:30 yesterday morning and headed to her school. The band marched in the Missouri Southern Homecoming Parade. The Lamar Middle School received 2nd place out of all the middle schools that attended. The kids were really excited. They looked really good, who would have thought that we would have over 100 kids in band in 7th and 8th grade. When we got back to town we started getting ready for the 4-H hayride at the house. Bert and Tanner pretty much had everything taken care of outside. The parents and kids had a lot of fun I think. We had around 60 people at the house for weiner roast and hayride. This is usually one of the biggest turn outs of the 4-H meetings. Tanner came inside he has been coughing for a couple days. When everyone left I came in to check on him and his eyes were beat red. Took his temperature and it was 102 degrees. He has been sick off and on today with just a fever, cough, and drainage. He is liking all the attention though. We have watched a lot of tv today.
Carlee received good news this morning. She is the proud owner of a pure white shorthorn steer from Iowa. She is very excited. All we have heard is that she just wanted another white calf. Well her dad found her one and Carlee won the bidding process, so we will be getting him soon. We have bid on a couple more today, so we will see what the outcome is on them. We should know something tonight. Carlee and Bert are really having fun with the bidding process over the phone. This is the first year that we have tried this. Bert has met some really nice people through it, so it has worked out nicely!

I am behind

I am behind on my posting. I first want to say thank you to everyone that prayed for Payton on Friday. Payton did really good through surgery. When Tara and Bob brought Payton home the sickness started. Poor little Payton started vomiting when they got home and it didn't let up until about 9:30. Payton was a little trooper though. She just trying to find things different things to make it better. It was to cute she would just say, "Make it all better". The way she would say it would just bring a smile to your face. Priceless is a good word for it.

Carlee had her last volleyball game on Tuesday. They ended their season with a bang and won the first two matches. Carlee did an awesome job with her serves. She told me Wednesday morning that she was disappointed that the season was over. She is wanting to play club volleyball now. I told her we would see how long that lasted, and the details of it.

Bert traveled to Iowa yesterday. He went with Cody Gariss. They went to look at steers, I think they stopped at several places between Missouri and Iowa. Crazy boys. They left around 6:00 am and they returned last night around 12:00. Bert said that they had fun and they saw a lot of different animals. He told me that he found some bargain heifers, so you know that isn't a good thing. Not only did he find some steers, but they also found some heifers. YIKES!!! Of course Bert looks at it as an investment, I just look at expense. HA!

The kids are excited for the weekend, we are having our 4-H hayride on Saturday night. We have a weiner roast and hayride. Carlee and I will be traveling to Joplin Saturday morning for her to march in the MSSU homecoming parade and then we will head back to get ready for the hayride. I think the kids are more excited than Bert and I. I just keep thinking oh my goodness my house is not clean yet. Of course what else would a woman think about. ha!!!!

It was nice

It was so nice last night. We all got to be at home and set at the dinner table together. It is funny because you would think as beef farmers you wouldn't run out of meat. HA! Not us. We had to have pancakes because we are out of meat. When I got home Bert was telling me that our meat was done at Cloud's and we could pick it up on Wednesday. I was so thankful that we may not have to eat pancakes the rest of the week. I think he said we had 1700 lbs of meat coming between his parents and us. I stopped and thought about that for a while. How lucky we are to have that luxury of having that meat in the freezer just waiting for us to eat it. Sometimes we don't realize how blessed we really are. There are times where I have so many wants, like a new car. HA!! (Bet you can't tell what I think about a lot) I set back and think, but I am so lucky because I have food on the table, healthy family, shelter, and great friends. What more can a person really ask for.

My request

I have a request from all of you that take time to read our blog. My sister's little girl Payton is going to be having surgery on Friday. I would like for all of you that read this blog take time to remember Payton in your prayers. Please also remember Bob and Tara, they are going to need God's hand on them while Payton is back having this procedure done. Please just ask that the Lord just gives them peace. I was reading some bible verses and this reminded me that God is always with us. I thought of Bob, Tara, and Payton when I read it.
"Have I not commanded you? Be strong & courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go." Joshua 1:9
If you have time here is Bob and Tara's blog that shows pictures of their family. It is sometimes nice to have a picture of who you are praying for. http://www.btpklittlejohn.blogspot.com/

Thank you all for taking the time to pray for their family!!!

Payton with Spaghetti

Carlee had so much fun watching Payton eat her spaghetti. I have to show some pictures. Carlee had a blast taking them.

What a fun weekend

We had a lot of fun this weekend. I had to work on Saturday, but after I worked we spent good quality family time together. Carlee and Bert worked on painting some more fence while I was working. When I got home Tanner and Bert started to build fence on the east side of the house. In the evening Sara, Laney, Ellie, Bob, Tara, Payton, and Koen came out. We ate some spaghetti and the kids got to play together. The kids had a ball. Sara had to leave to go and pick up Brianna. Brianna got to go and play at a friends house. Bob and Bert got the job of putting a stick on stencil up on my family room wall. By the time they were done Bert hated me. HA!! I think Bob would have too, but he had already put two up for Tara at their house. He hated Tara first, so he knew what to expect. Sunday we all got together and had lunch at our house. We normally eat at mom and dad's but they are having cards at their house on Monday so didn't want to make a mess for them to clean up. Bert went over and got chicken from Chicken Mary's. It was pretty good eating!!! Payton and Brianna decided they weren't ready to go home, so they stayed and played at our house for a while. Payton and I went outside to watch a coyote out in the field. It was a big one, the sad thing it wasn't very far from the house. Brianna and Tanner played the game boys of course. We had a very nice time this weekend and enjoyed everyone's company.

Carlee has a volleyball game tonight. She only has three games left. It seems so odd that she is almost done. She has worked so hard. She asked us in the car the other night if there was somewhere that she could play in the winter. Bert and I told her we didn't think there was, she got so disappointed. It is nice to know that she is doing something that she really enjoys. We have a couple pictures of some of the volleyball games below.