BIRTHDAY

Today I hit the final birthday before the big 50 next year. :(

Last night Nick and I went to HyVee to buy a frosted cake - then off to the frosting isle to pick out decorations and candles. When we got home he was decorating like crazy. He put the words "HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDMA DEANNE LUKE 49" "NICK 5" He covered it in smiley faces, peace signs and flowers and added 10 crayola candles. Then he and I sang to me and he blew the candles out. What fun we had.

HELPING A FRIEND & NEIGHBOR WITH HARVEST

Today a large group of friends and neighbors helped the Torgeson family with their Harvest while Kevin is in rehab at Mary Greeley. It was amazing the turn out. Trucks were lined up at the coop to unload. Quite a site! And as a surprise to everyone, Kevin was given a 3 hour pass from the hospital so Linda drove him around from field to field to see everyone. He wasn't allowed to get out of the car - sounded like he was given very strict orders from the doctors. A bunch of us prepared a roast beef sandwich meal for the guys at noon. It was a great day.

DRIVING COMBINES AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE THESE DAYS!

Nick was up to help Grandpa combine beans. As you can see, he even got to drive the combine. Pictures were taken from my phone so not real clear but he's the yellow standing behind the wheel coming in from the field. So proud of himself.

Great Sunday!

What a nice day we had - NO RAIN! Nick was up and started the day off with a quick game of MarioKart Wii and then out to the shed to help Grandpa wax his 'new' (new to him) orange 'halloween' truck, as Nick refers to it.

Our Little Race Driver

I got to take Nick trick-or-treating last night while he was at his Dad's. We had a great time. Two weeks ago he told me he was going to be a ghost but he showed up as "Jeff Gordon" and proud of it.