Wiley Road Update - November 2013

We're getting the 'in town' house ready to sell come the spring.  Part of that is transplanting some of our favorites to the farm house.  My brother, Don, creates all sorts of day lilies and we've transplanted those along with iris' from MS that were at my great-grandmother's house.

Day lilies transplanted.

Irises from MS transplanted.

 There goes the chimney!

The dead tree is no longer. 

Green Bay Packers - Boy's Trip

Kurt and Garrett joined Stephanie's Dad, John, brother's Matt and Don and Don's son, our nephew, John Rylee to Green Bay for the weekend.  It was the same weekend as the girl's trip to NC.  They had an amazing time.  It was Garrett's first professional football game.  He was such a sport and loved it.  A few pics of the weekend!

North Carolina Girl's Trip!

Adeline and  I trekked to NC to visit close family friends last weekend when the guys went to Green Bay for a Packer game.  The Braun girls met us there as well to meet up with the Warren family that moved to NC in August.  It was a quick trip but it was amazing.  We had so much fun.  We did nails, chatted, shopped and went to the Children's Museum in Raleigh.

Airport greeting!

All the girls!

Besties since toddlers!

They're Gone!

No more braces!!  For now anyway, all braces are off.  Adeline still wears a retainer at night as well a permanent retainer in her top jaw.

Happy Halloween 2013!

Park Fun

While at a birthday party for a friend's daughter, we caught a little slide time.  Crapo Park in Burlington is so fun!

Garrett...our Gman...is 6!

Family and friends visited for Garrett's 6th birthday.  Planes was the theme with a cookie cake and a Planes piñata.  LOTS of LEGOs were received as well as clothes, books.

All smiles!

LEGO Cargo Plane!  He loves it...fully assembled by himself in 3 days!

Garrett and his longtime buddy, Braden.

Our First Kittens!

These two cute kittens were our first barn cats.  Brother and sister from Grandma Webster's mama cat.  Everyday, we ventured out to the farm to feed the kittens and clean the litter box.

The kiddos with Chocolate Chip and Carmel.

Update: Sadly, the kittens were gone by the end of October.  The kids new that it was possible for the kittens to venture off or worse, dinner for the coyotes. :(

Lomax Lap 5k

The inaugural Lomax Lap (5k) in memory of Kurt's dad, Greg. We miss him dearly. Coming in a surprise 1st place was his 9-yr old granddaughter, Adeline. Her very first 5k!   "..and a grand time was had by all..."

Family in FULL force!

 

Runner girl!

 

Wiley Road Update

A few pics to show off the progress.  All new windows delivered and now installed.  What a difference!  The old fiberboard and plaster is also a thing of the past.


Window delivery!

Foyer stairs.

Living room looking towards dining room.

See the chimney.  That's what needs to go now...stay tuned for future updates!

First Day of School!

Precious little darlings....get back to school and learn something, we need schedule structure too!

Garrett - Kindergarten; Adeline - 4th Grade

Garrett is SO ready for Kindergarten! 

Bring on 4th grade!

 

Happy 9th Birthday Sweet Adeline

It's real.  She's 9.  Headed to 4th grade in a matter of days.  Mommy and Daddy love you sweet baby girl.

Summer Day Trip to Chicago!

We boarded Amtrak in the early am in Galesburg and headed to Chicago for a fun filled day.  We went aboard the Architectural Cruise at Navy Pier, American Girl and Lego at Water Tower as well as Garrett's Popcorn and Giordano's Pizza!  A grand time was had by all!

Summer Painting Project

This summer Mom Webster put a new coat of paint on our small barn/outbuilding.  Part of it was out of requirement by the insurance guys - did they not see how bad of shape the house was in; but part of it was just to take a reasonably simple project and make it beautiful.  Claudia loves to paint and offered to complete the project for us.  It was awesome.  She did an amazing job and we got to spend time with her too during her mid-week and weekend visits to Elmwood.  The kids enjoyed it as did Kurt and I.

Finishing touches!  Thanks Mom!

Barn red - 1000% improvement!

 

Camp AWAY from Home?!

This year Adeline attended Girl Scout camp away from home for a week.  She was able to bunk with Charlei, her BFF from pre-school along with a few of Charlei's friends from Washington.  They did all sorts of amazing things and surprisingly Adeline loved it (we were a little worried :)).

Bunk mates all set for a week at Girl Scout camp.

Wow!!  Our baby girl!

Happy Father's Day!

 A little break after a days work on Father's Day.  Hey, it's what Kurt wanted to do today! 

 

Here are our little helpers!

 

 

Spring soccer comes to an end

 Soccer is awesome!  Catching a break!

Garrett and Coach Christina.