It’s been a crazy wonderful time. Hope for many more years to come.
Jul 19, 2020
16 years
16 years ago, two individuals joined in holy matrimony to become one. We are not quite fully one but we are getting closer.
It’s been a crazy wonderful time. Hope for many more years to come.
It’s been a crazy wonderful time. Hope for many more years to come.
Throwback
This past weekend has been super busy. Kalinda has been working hard to throw a bridal shower for her niece Kezia, and dad has been trying to support by doing yard work and keeping the kids busy.
Side note: Wade was curious as to why the bride had to shower at our house and not just do that before she came over. 😂🤣
So dad took the kids out to Glenwood to dirt bike and water the garden. Dad set up a little track with some flagging for the kids to practice turning. They had fun. Kansas and dad went to the park and played on swings and sides.
After a few hours we cleaned up the hoses and dirt bikes, just in time as a storm blew in. We went out to the Hartley cemetery to check on our family. Macie learned about an aunt she has that past away when she was 3 days old.
Then we started to drive home and saw uncle Dave sitting in his tractor so we pulled in to have a visit. He shared some good stories from the past about his mom.
I don’t know the whole story about his mom, but his mom and our dad split up probably in the late 60s, and the story the kids heard challenged their feelings toward their mom in some cases that they did not want to have anything to do with her. So all the kids stayed on the farm with dad. Aunt Audrey was one of the kids who still made contact with her mother. One time their mom came to visit Audrey for a week but Audrey and her husband had to leave and her mom did not want to travel with them so she ask Dave if she could spend the night at his place. He reluctantly agreed. That night uncle Dave learned a lot about his mom and the story he had heard growing up from dad had another side. So each story has 2 sides and it’s important to listen to both sides before casting judgement.
I am grateful for my older siblings. They are tough, hard working and kind. My brother take care of the Hartley cemetery without any reward. That is no small commitment. So on Saturday During the bridal shower I took wade out to the cemetery to mow and trim around the graves.
Wade helped brush the grass off the grave stones and push the mower. He learned that helping people who can’t help themselves brings wonderful feelings.
Just when we were finishing up, Uncle Dave came by to check his pocket gopher traps he set around the cemetery. It’s great to keep running into my brother s and visiting with them about the old days.
Side note: Wade was curious as to why the bride had to shower at our house and not just do that before she came over. 😂🤣
So dad took the kids out to Glenwood to dirt bike and water the garden. Dad set up a little track with some flagging for the kids to practice turning. They had fun. Kansas and dad went to the park and played on swings and sides.
After a few hours we cleaned up the hoses and dirt bikes, just in time as a storm blew in. We went out to the Hartley cemetery to check on our family. Macie learned about an aunt she has that past away when she was 3 days old.
Then we started to drive home and saw uncle Dave sitting in his tractor so we pulled in to have a visit. He shared some good stories from the past about his mom.
I don’t know the whole story about his mom, but his mom and our dad split up probably in the late 60s, and the story the kids heard challenged their feelings toward their mom in some cases that they did not want to have anything to do with her. So all the kids stayed on the farm with dad. Aunt Audrey was one of the kids who still made contact with her mother. One time their mom came to visit Audrey for a week but Audrey and her husband had to leave and her mom did not want to travel with them so she ask Dave if she could spend the night at his place. He reluctantly agreed. That night uncle Dave learned a lot about his mom and the story he had heard growing up from dad had another side. So each story has 2 sides and it’s important to listen to both sides before casting judgement.
I am grateful for my older siblings. They are tough, hard working and kind. My brother take care of the Hartley cemetery without any reward. That is no small commitment. So on Saturday During the bridal shower I took wade out to the cemetery to mow and trim around the graves.
Wade helped brush the grass off the grave stones and push the mower. He learned that helping people who can’t help themselves brings wonderful feelings.
Just when we were finishing up, Uncle Dave came by to check his pocket gopher traps he set around the cemetery. It’s great to keep running into my brother s and visiting with them about the old days.
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