Leaves... so much fun.

The weekend of the Twin City 10 mile run we stayed at Jim and Denise's. 

The kids spent the afternoon in the leaf pile. 

Endless fun.

Medtronic TC 10 Mile 2010

 The Malecek crew did the Twin City 10 mile run on 10/3/2010.

It was a bit cold out if you can tell.

 But as we got running we soon warmed up.

 We all finished and were able to get our shirts. 

 I gotta say... there has gotta be an easy way to get a t-shirt!!

Rochelle, our niece, is our fearless cheerleader once again.

Pumpkins, pumpkins, and more pumpkins

 Like the Muskmelon and Watermelon we had an excellent crop of Pumpkins and Gourds this year.

 This selection here... is not even half of the total. 

They were all so big and nicely shaped.

The kids and Willie helped me harvest them.

 The kids in a pumpkin patch, how cute.

Sohre Family Fun

We spent the weekend and my Mom and Dad's.  We had a blast.

The weather was B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L.

 We spent the Saturday at the cabin and of course we didn't bring swimsuits... who would of thought the kids would go in the lake in Ocotober???  Crazy nice weather!

 Pontoon ride.

Sunday we spent the day on the farm doing all kinds of fun stuff.

The weather again was just B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!!

The reason for the weekend get-together was brother Darrin was home from DC.

We haven't seen him since last Christmas, so the visit was soooo much welcomed.

Lots of good food. Lots of good family fun.

Happy #2 Birthday Zachy!

 Dear Zachariah turned 2 years old Oct. 1st.  Gracie wanted to get him an Ice Cream Cake, so we did.

We celebrated at home on his birthday and then again on the weekend with the Malecek's at Auntie Denise and Uncle Jim's house.

 We gave him a toy music set, but I think Marty liked playing with it just as much as the kids!

 He got his first big tractor from Grandma and Grandpa Malecek.
He immediately went to town and started driving it around.

 The second birthday cake.  I guess he is destined to be a farm boy.

 He wanted so bad to take that tractor off the cake. Gracie enjoyed licking the frosting.



Farming

Well in Southern MN it is farming season.  We are surrounded with the farm families out in those fields harvesting that crop. Cornie-Corn as the kids like to say it.

We went out a got a ride in the combine with Uncle Kevin when he was in the fields next to our house.

Gracie had so much fun she didn't want to come back with me. 

 The goofy part was she liked to watch the back of the combine (the hopper) more than the front where the corn was being picked.  As a kid I always liked to watch the front. I used to pretend the corn was dancing as it went down into the corn head.

 So we left Gracie for a few more rounds with Uncle Kevin and Zachy and I went to the other end of the field to meet them at the end of the row.

 Nothing like a nice harvest sunset to finish the day.

 The weekend before this we were at my Mom and Dad's and Gracie rode the tractor with Grandpa Sohre and Margoe... they were hauling manure! Oh, such a nice scent this fills the air with!