We had 18 women make the shower for Gabi.  Jim, Chad, Nate, Lucas, Todd, Craig and Collin spent some time out on the patio while we had the shower.  Then they came in for cake and treats too!  Ken let Lucas, Collin and Evie drive the John Deere lawn mower and the big 3020 tractor […]

This is the second year we have gone to the Amish Auction held just north of Pawnee City.  The whole community gets together and makes food, craft items and furniture, they pots flowers and take consignments to raise money for their school.  The serve burgers, but their dinner this year was a chicken leg and […]

Our kitties are about ready to find a new home.  They are big enough to eat and drink out of bowl.  They love to hang out around the wood pile. It gives them some security to be behind the rolls of wire fence and hide out in the stacked wood when the dogs come around. […]

Brandy and McLintock fight like brother and sister.  This is just a short clip, but almost every evening when we’re doing chores, they are nipping and kicking each other.  What  a pair!

Neal – the guy that Ken share’s his cubicle with has a couple of bee hives.  The other day a lady at Ameritas told Neal about some bees in her yard.  She had thrown a number of things at them including this swiffer.  She wanted to get rid of them so Neal and Ken decided […]

Ken has been keeping busy this winter.  He built a new saddle rack. He even had time to sort through his fishing stuff, putting some of his lures in the plastic organizers that Carie got him for Christmas.

We were lucky to host the Steele Easter this year. Doesn’t this bring back memories?!!

I was very excited because this was my first chance to use Grandma Steele’s quilting frame. Here it is all finished in 2013  You can see the flannel backing. This was a “practice” quilt.  I hope to do a pieced quilt with some design to it next.  But that will have to wait until the […]