Relaxing Family Time

 Rachel and the grandchildren came back over to our house on Saturday, and

even though we had some snow flurries, we cooked out on the grill.

It was great to just enjoy one another's company.

We got a lot of chores done when everyone was here:  the guys inspected our outbuilding roof, 

Dennis trimmed some low branches on some of our trees, and Courtney helped me get some 

pictures updated.  Thank you so much!

Courtney and Dennis headed back to Alabama very early Sunday morning, and

Jonathan flew back to Arizona later that afternoon.

Thank you so much for coming!

Nebraska vs Iowa Football Game

We bought tickets for everyone to go to the Husker game the day after

Thanksgiving.  Rachel had to work, and wasn't interested anyway, and I chose to

watch the game in the warmth and comfort of our home.

The weather the entire week before Thanksgiving had approached 70*, so it

was incredibly disappointing to have the high be 38* on game day!

But they all had a great time and stayed "fairly" warm!

They don't look cold, do they?

Even thought Nebraska lost, they all had a great time!

 

Thanksgiving Family Photos

I love these daughters of mine so much!

 

The three "originals" - love you three to the moon and back!

The men of the family!  So glad we are officially adding Dennis to the group!

Our three grandchildren!

What a great day!  Good food, good photos, and the love of family!

Thanksgiving 2023

 We had a wonderful Thanksgiving, and had all of the children here with us, except for David, 

who is serving in the Army in Bulgaria!

The weather was dry, but very cold - the week before we had almost 70*

temperatures!  But it was still a great time for all.

Joshua is always so excited to have ten pounds of mashed potatoes!

He and Courtney always make the BEST mashed potatoes!

No one went away hungry, that's for sure!

Rachel's Family 2023

 Love all of these pictures of Rachel and her children!

Elenna, age 8

Nathan, age 4 1/2

Kinsley, age 2 1/2

Autumn in Nebraska

After harvesting the fields adjacent to our house, the farmer put up electric fencing

and set his cows in the field.  So fun to watch!

Willie, age 17, still enjoying the great outdoors!

Engagement!

Courtney and Dennis have been together for a number of years, and we "hoped" an engagement

would be forthcoming!  We like Dennis a lot and feel that the two of them are

a really good match.

They went on a Mediterranean cruise in August and Dennis popped the question in Italy!

We are all so excited and looking forward to a May wedding1

 

We love you both!!!

Detasseling 2023!

Detasseling began on Saturday, July 8.

Here are the boys loading up on their bus (Parkview) on the very first day.

Isaac is in the orange shirt and Joshua is wearing the green.

......and at the end of the day having been in a very muddy field!

Each day looks pretty much the same, so there haven't been a huge

variety of photos!

 

The boys have been very diligent about rinsing out their cooler and water jug

when they get home.  Sometimes their shoes are so bad they have to be hosed out and

then dried in front of a fan in readiness for the next day!  They pack their own lunches, make

their own breakfast, and get themselves up on time at 4:50 am each morning.

They have shown great responsibility!!

Their bus was named "The Jolly Rancher"!

Update!  Today was their final day.  Great picture of the entire bus crew!

 What a great summer!!

Jonathan and David's Visit!

 Jonathan and David flew up to Lincoln for a visit in mid-June.  David had some

leave available before his deployment in July.  He is going to Poland for about

nine months!

I really didn't take many pictures - we were too busy!

A push-up challenge with David - I think Joshua won!

So good to see this young man again!

It happened that Jonathan and David were here on Father's Day, so we got the

Krause Men photo in front of the display at church!

Quite the basketball competition these young men had on several evenings!

So nice to have these young men visit!