Best of 2008

As the year draws to a close and we all look forward to 2009 I'm working on a photo montage of 2008... its a work in progress but here's what I have so far...

http://peckontheweb.com/bestof08.html

What do u think... do you see yourself in there somewhere??

8 years later....

For those of you who don't know - I hate my kitchen floor... well actually if you know me you probably know that I hate my kitchen floor - I think I have told everyone who I have ever talked to or who has been to my house. In fact now that I think about it, the first thing I said to Bill after we moved in was, we have to do something about this floor.. it was nasty white laminate and it was VERY hard to clean... did I mention we live on a dirt road??? So... just before Thanksgiving I had a meltdown and told Bill it was time - I had waited long enough the floor had to go - either we were doing it together or I was doing it alone it was up to him...

I'm pretty sure Bill wishes he would have picked option B, but instead he chose option A and we went shopping... we found some bamboo floor that we both had to have, then the fun began. Lets just say we are not floor installers nor will we ever be. We thought we had to glue it down so we bought this ridiculously priced $120 thing of glue and we were all set to get started - after hours of ripping up the old floor, but lucky for us Greg Peck stopped by and saved us from ourselves... (you have to nail down the floor)

So one long weekend, a lot of nails, a bruise from walking into the maul when Bill was swinging it, one trip to the hospital (Bill is allergic to Bamboo), and a very sore and tired Bill & Traci .. the floor is finally DONE! So now I don't hate my floor any more I LOVE IT and think it is the best floor ever!.... so here it is... before and after...

May I present Mr. & Mrs. Katie & Jeramie Newburn

Wedding Bells were ringing this weekend, Dan and Sarah McClure's daughter Katie married Jeramie Newburn. It was a beautiful wedding, and we had a great time. It was however the first time I had to introduce myself to the bride and groom at the wedding!!! But that didn't last long, we had a great time dancing and chatting with Katie and Jeramie and their families... here are some pics of the nights...

Tractor Rides

It's been awhile since I've had a chance to blog.... one thing that I missed telling you about was tractor rides...All kids love to ride in the tractors and they especially love the combine, so Trevor and Bill gave a few tractor rides this year.... First was Lucas Badiner Dave & Gloria's Grandson, he rode last year and his parents said it took him 8 months to stop talking about the tractors... so after this ride I think Jeremy and Sarah will be going to get Lucas his own tractor toy for Christmas :-)

And... this year Rilley and Lilly rode in the tractor for the first time and LOVED IT... Lyz says Rilley has been talking tractors for weeks now... hopefully Santa knows how to find the John Deere store... here's some more pictures of our Future Farmers of America... farming was done early this year - earlier than I can ever remember... so now its on to the pivot project and tree cutting - never a dull moment on the farm.

Big Moe

Enough said....

Bye Bye Maple Tree

Today Jason cut down the old Maple tree that used to be in mom and dad's yard. It had to be cut down because of the pivot... mom was sad to see it go... it definatly looks strange down there without the barns and the tree...

Halloween Schoolcraft Style

Happy Halloween,
We celebrated Halloween this year by trick or treating Schoolcraft Style... It was a great time and the kids got tons of candy... some of the highlights were Jen & I getting pulled over by the police on the golf cart, Lexi asking every single person where their doggie was... and candy, candy, candy... by the end all the little kids got tired and were riding home piggy back style....