Curtis has a birthday

Today we had pudding cupcakes and went to nana Lils for lunch . After we came home and Curtis and Jeremy made duck, pheasant and grouse. Orzo pasta and sautéed zucchini . Pretty good. So glad Curtis got a shot gun for his birthday. We should have plenty of game with there hunting skills. The sun actually was out half the day. Even though it was only 24 degrees. It felt fantastic.

Shotgun

So here in ND you do a lot of hunting. So for Curtis' unbirthday he got a shotgun to shoot geese and what not. Blah blah . He is enjoying the feel of that gun and I am feeling for the birds. Brad was the most excited about dad having a gun. They are going in the morning with Lewis and Jeremy . 6:00 am. I will enjoy sleeping in a warm bed. It snowed iced rain. Yep all those today. I am excited to maybe try to make banana cupcakes Sunday for Curtis real birthday to bring to work, it has banana pudding and whipped cream. Yummo! Well for me. We had dinner and cheese cake with the hills and birds. Hawaiian hay stacks feed a lot of people. I love my birthday boy.

Dark at 4:30

I get done with work at five. Ok it's so dark that I want to go home and get ready for bed. It sure is strange depending on your location when it gets dark. Obama won the election.
We had our first killdeer get together for the sisters in our ward. We went to the buckskin bar and grill. Had about fifteen sisters. It was great fun getting to know these new sisters. We are all transplants and a lot of these girls don't work and they live in fifth wheels or small campers. Crazy how people live. Out here. No housing to rent so you do what you have too. We're so lucky to have a home. We're having a get together monthly with the sisters. At my house and were seeing about Ashley's. we're driving from Dickinson we went shopping because of the big storm coming tomorrow and we may get trapped with the blizzard. Marie is in Connecticut for FEMA I am glad she got out. That FEMA has been a freest spot for her. She loves being out. Copper is at Deanna's house probably for the winter. I am sure he loves it there with their kids and there dog that looks like him just smaller.

Freezing

It started out cold, ended colder! Please let this winter be mild. I feel bad for the football players at killdeer. Saturday is sure to be coldest yet. Low 25. Brad is watching the baseball play offs. Curtis and I went to buckskin and shared chicken fried steak dinner. Yep that's how big it is. So good when you are starving. Nichole to a early night to bed. It sure is quiet not having our little friends next door. The costly and bird family moved a few blocks the wrong way. I think Lewis bought another house do they could afford the rent. They split the cost of the top floor and some other couple are downstairs. They are lucky to have two bathrooms we are still with one bathroom but the family has a good rhythm of schedules with the bathroom in the mornings. We all get to our places nice and clean. Getting under a warm blanket and calling it a night. Good night.

Another manic Monday

It's like a schedule weather forecast from last week. Rainy and dark. So I decided to wear my bright yellow scarf to off set the mood. I already feel better and warmer. I am waiting for Curtis to pick me up and I will be off to work. It's pay week so a lot of envelopes and paper shuffling and maybe a handful of truckers wanting to know why there checks are wrong. The truckers never seem to catch the vision of turning in their tickets on time. I know days slip by very quickly but come on huh? Went to work and the Internet went down all day. So only half the pay roll got done. Chaos will happen when the checks won't go in until Thursday. Second time in a row. Ugly days this week. I hope we survive.i hope some how it might go in on time crossing fingers. Watching the debate tonight and see we as a country need a lot more help than we expect. I seem to see more things I was not aware of. I hope payroll goes through and the right president will be chosen.

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Sunday

Sitting under my covered porch and enjoying the cool evening. Wow I love this porch. It looks like it rained a little while I took a nap. Curtis is out on a oil site helping a new pusher and helping where needed. I guess with this job here in Dakota you never know when you are needed. We're so blessed to have such a great places to live and have family everywhere you turn. I have three brothers living in the two houses next to mine and a great sister sister in law and nieces and nephew for my kids. Nichole is in love with the baby next door. Clancy Bird and Brad really likes the father Jeremy Bird age 23. They love to hang and go shooting and fishing with Curtis and Lewis. So blessed.

Brads birthday

Wow Brad has made it to 17 and he is one piece and happy. He plays football on the varsity team and seems to like it. He makes a lot of contact and gets what he is aiming for. He is such a good kid and so glad he is in my life. I love Bradley James Hanzel.

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We have moved to our home. Now we live one house to the south of our old house. It is plenty big for just the four of us. I am enjoying being with the family without the chaos of other people sharing the same house . We can roam free in our pjs and look out the front door and the big windows. I will be sad when the Hills move up the hill in there new house in a couple of weeks. I know they wish they could live closer to the school and work . It's the only decent house they could find. They will use there house for workers and hopefully that will fix the shortage of housing. It is nice having the kids so close to my kids. Well it's been cooling off slowly and I am enjoying that. I think this heat is crazy. It has been in the nineties way to long. Brad will be turning 17 next week. Wow where has the time gone. Well I guess I will get a move on and get ready for work.

Nice day for a drive

We had Maddies birthday. She turned 13 . Such a cutie. Her parents took kimmie to Byu for school and will be back Wednesday . We will keep eye on the three kids next door. They are such good kids. We are officially moving into our new house in six days. Wow won't know what to do with my own house. No traffic upstairs to wake me and covering up like crazy hoping not to run into other guys using stairs or laundry room. The house will be furnished we will pay for labor to have basement finished. It will be great. I have been thankful for our housing do far. I appreciate so much of the good experience of new things. It's been fun traveling to football games which brad plays on with the killdeer high. He has been having great fun and it's so great that the Hills go to all the games to support the boy and school pride. Next two games will be here in killdeer. The busing they have for the football players is one of those luxury buses. With killdeer cowboys logo on the outside of bus, man you would think there was a movie star inside riding. Good times. All is well and looking forward to the cooler days soon. Love me some jacket wearing days.

Veggie and maple bars

Spencer from burley brought up veggie and maple bars from the fair. Kids loved the maple bars and I will enjoy the produce . Thanks Marie . You're the best. I love me a garden next year. Well off to another week and school stars on Wednesday for Nic and Brad. What happened to summer. Loving the cooler weather and had a great fish fry yesterday. Walleye and pike. With the Hills and Leach family.

Football

Brad played his first varsity football scrimmage game here in ND he did great. A very nice day to watch a football game with the Hills.

17 eggs

Went to Walmart and looked at the eggs to see if any were cracked. No cracked eggs but one missing egg. I looked around and couldn't find it anywhere. So I didn't buy those eggs. I rather get my money's worth and and get 18 eggs. We went to dinner at a Mexican restaurant while the kids went to mutual. I guess we will go again it was pretty crowded and good food.

Fireflies

Jeremy took the hill girls and my kids to catch fireflies. The kids are excited and I am excited to see them in there little jars. The are do pretty and they do light up. We had a great weather kind of day. Tomorrow will get 70 and low 45. I love it when it gets cold at night. I just seem to sleep better and the house seems quieter. Well no pic tonight unless the kids get back soon.

House

See antsy thing odd about this house? Yep it's in the middle of the street. I think it might be stuck there. It's do pose to go on a platform but the trees seem to be in the way or it's just going to take some jacking up to get it on. It is one of those nights where the temp has dropped and little burst of rain scatters. It makes me want to get snuggled into bed but it's only eight and I would fall asleep and be wide awake at two. So here I sit freezing on the couch wondering what I should do. Well I found something to do. Netflix. Bye.

Bismark

We went to Bismarck in the pouring rain. It was a fun drive. We listened to country music minus Brad listening to his music with head phones. I think he only had one ear bud in because he likes country but won't admit it. We walked the mall and than we went to see the big Holstein cow. Than we took the back roads and went to historic Indian village. There were no huts just indentations where they had there village. It was a pretty quiet walk to the river in the cool of the night. We talked in whispers and wondered how long they stayed and it was awesome to see deer and little bunnies running around. There might of been some trees with little red berries that might of been the same trees. It was a very beautiful place. The photo of Brad walking along the river was taken by Curtis .the water was low but when the river was high they used it transport supplies back and forth. After we had to take the back muddy roads to the freeway. Since it rained so much we had the pleasure of riding through big puddles. It was Awesome. Well since I skipped a day you get two photos .

For Marie

Hi Marie here is a photo for you . We all miss you and copper. We went to the new Bourne legacy. It was pretty good. I am enjoying the red heeler that sits under my desk at work. We went to Wendy's for dinner . Have a great day whoever reads this We are having ABBA sing us to our home forty minutes away. Breaking up is never easy to do. Knowing you knowing me!

Pharmacy

So this is are little pharmacy/ gifts and two rolls of wrapping paper. It has one each of whatever they have on the shells. Like we're going to buy them all out. It's all good. ND does not have big box pharmacies. Against the rules. Also on Sundays a lot of the stores can't open till noon. It's nice to be together but it will be better when we can move into our new house maybe in a couple of weeks.

Belle

This is a two year old red healer. She likes to hang under my desk. Waiting for attention or snacks. Brad had a appt at the little doctors office at 3:30 today. He went over and the office was closed but the little receptionist said he could come in at 8:00 in the morning. Got to love little towns.

Kids

See the kids are excited to be together. So grateful they have each other. They start football and volleyball on Wednesday. I am grateful for great children. It was a good day in ND. We worked and than drove to Dickinson to do some shopping and came home and hung out watching Olympics. Funny how the kids kept picking out the cute people. I will be sad when the Olympics end. We got a new pickup and we drove it here to enjoy. We are officially fitting in the ND ways.