Trent's 1st Birthday

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Artoberfest in Mville.....

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Visit to the Cousins

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Labor Day Weekend in Kansas City

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Day at the Lake 2013

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The Cousins

I love these photos!   Aunt Amy came up to Alma the day that the Lutheran schools had their play day/track meet and brought Shelby and Trent to see us.  It was brutally hot that day at the track with the sun shining down hot with no trees for shade, so Amy took Trent back over to mom's house, and left Shelby with us.  She is such a sweetie, and Allison loves her little cousin!  She does so well with her, and plays really, really caring with her.  I wish we lived closer to each other so that the two could for sure develop a close relationship. As it is, we will have to be sure to make efforts to get us all together as frequently as possible.

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*Sigh*.....not again...

Poor Bruce....He's kinda feeling this is not his year...but technically hitting the deer was in November of 2012, soooooo it's a new year.  He drove my car to church this morning because he comes later (as Allison and I go earlier for Sunday School and Bible Class).  When we were leaving church, the snow/ice pelts had begun to fall. It was pretty frozen on the windshield.  Allison and I were in the SUV and we were behind Bruce by a few minutes because we had to scrape and melt the windshield.  We came around the block, and I noticed this accident scene.  After taking a second look, I'm like "Hey! That's my car!"  Weird moment there.....

Poor Bruce...he was coming from the south (directly in the back in the picture) and he has the yield sign; he was in the middle of the intersection, and the other red car was coming from the east and just plowed into him.  It is a five-street intersection, and it is a bugger....it's hard to see on a good day.  Thankfully no one was injured; however, the other driver hit our car with so much force that his airbag deployed and he did actually have a "burned" chin that was bleeding a tad bit.  

The police basically ruled it as a "no fault" accident...they couldn't determine a fault in the accident, maybe the weather, who knows

But, look at the front end of a front wheel drive car.  My 1997 Sunfire may have seen the last days on the streets.  While I'm a little nostalgic about it, it's had a good life, and I've been wanting a different car, but Bruce could see no reason for a new one.  Alas, now something will have to happen, huh?

This afternoon, I've been on the local dealers websites to see if they have any listings for preowned cars, etc.  Bruce joked that I was appearing to be in real mourning here, and couldn't I even wait until the body was cool.  :D

Again, thankfully, so much thankfully, Bruce was okay and not injured except for maybe a stiff leg for a little while, and of course shaken...it could have been much worse.  We are very lucky.

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A Day at the Circus

A Saturday afternoon at the Arab Shrine Circus in Topeka  for our family yesterday  We had taken Allison to the circus several years ago, but she didn't remember going. Even after being there, and seeing the set up and some of the acts, it didn't ring a bell for her  But, she had a good time and enjoyed the circus.  These tigers and elephants and one lovely horse were the only animal acts.  The animal acts are my personal favorites, but it seems they are moving away from those types of acts and moving more toward the acrobatics; there were also more clown/"attempts" at humor acts also.  Bruce had taken Allison to the Chinese Circus at McCain in Manhattan a few months ago, and even he made the comment that this circus didn't live up to those standards.  Every act at the Chinese Circus was choreographed with several performers moving constantly and very tailored and succinct as opposed to yesterday where one person would do something and then the next person and so on.  It just wasn't as polished or difficult level.

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Too many deer?

What happens when nature decides there is at least one too many deer in the population?
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We were headed out to Bethlehem Church this morning around 7:30, for the kids to sing in church, and we had pretty much just turned to go north on Hwy 77 north of Mville, and the deer just ran right smack dab in front of poor Bruce as he was driving.  There was nothing else to do, and we are just so thankful that he is a good driver, and was able to keep control of the vehicle so that we were not hurt.  I have no idea what the deer looked like, and I don't think we want to know. I'm sure it 't'aint purty....(sigh)

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