Happy New Year.........

Sorry to all of you faithfull readers that it took so long to get this blog posting done. Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Years. It certainly was a full house here. The first time that we were together with all thirteen of us. We took a few pictures too! What a happy bunch. Let me introduce you. From left to right starting with the back row: Dianna & Jordan, Aaron & Rebecca, Pete, Amanda & Matt, Isaac & Mary. Then in the front row: Beppe holding Micaiah, Damaris, and Pake holding Caleb.



A nice picture of the siblings. It was last summer at Upper Clements, that they were all together the last time.
And, "The Guys". As the girls get older, we seem to get more guys in the picture.
All in all, we had a great time together. There was even enough snow for a bit of snow mobiling. And a lot of games were played as well.
And now it is back to work for all of us. May God Bless all of you in the coming year.

A time for travel..........

It is Thursday already, wow, does time ever fly. In just a few more days, the Lord willing, the whole family will be together for the first time ever with this many people. 13 All together, that should fill the house up nicely for the holidays.
We here at home are soo excited. Pete and Rebecca are going to get us a tree tomorrow. And we are getting the house nicely decorated for Christmas.
We wish all of you that have to travel a safe journey, where ever you may go or however far you need to travel. May God go with you.

Quick update........

It has been a very busy week. Alternating between being in the warehouse and paper work. And then some work in the house in between. Mom has been decorating in the house, and it starting to look really nice.
It has been snowing here some more the last few days. We actually have snowbanks on the side of the road this year. And it is still fall, at least technicaly. Since winter doesn't start until the 21'st. We have not had a winter like this for many years. This coming weekend, we are getting a Nor'easter. And then milder on Monday. The system is still forming, so no idea as to what we are getting exactly.
I guess we will know on Monday. How has your winter been so far?
Stay warm, and we'll chat later........

Snow.......

It is finaly here. Just finished plowing yesterday. Timing, or what. And then today it was white outside when we got up. It snowed of and on all day. We propable got about 10 cm. And then the wind came and blew it all in the woods. Oh well, it saved some shoveling. It made for nasty driving though.
Pete and me were busy in the house today, fix and repair, for the coming guests. It will be a nice surprise for them.
I hope you all have a great weekend. God's Blessings to you....

A quick road trip.........

Today we went to Nova Scotia to pick up Pete's new wheels. He bought a '91 VW Jetta GTX. His first car ever.

And here it is. We had to go all the way to the Annapolis Valley. Almost in Upper Clements. Klaas & Feije and Brian & Stanley came too.
The one thing it really needs yet though is an engine. It has a Flinstone drive in it right now. Down the road it will probably be upgraded to a 16 valve, lots of hp engine. Right Pete?I think Pete is the happiest guy in Rustico right now.
It is a good feeling to be able to make someone happy......And for the rest? Home sweet home. Oost,West, thuis best!

Carrots are done........

Well, after a long battle with the weather, we are done with the carrots. The last ones staid in the ground because they had too much wireworm.
So now it is cleaning equipment, and greasing and oiling. And then on Monday we can park everything in the shed and hook unto the plows. The outside work is mostly done, so let it snow. Just a short one for now. I'm going to bring the kids in bed.
Talk to you later.......

Just for old time sake, here are a few more pictures.....

On the left we are digging carrots at the 55 acres, such nice scenery. It was a Kodak moment.. And on the right is a picture of the yard. Marten had trouble keeping up and wanted a little stockpile in the yard. Looks like he got lots.....

Great weather......

We are getting lots of carrots out of the ground. The weather has been just great this fall. Today we shattered the record of most trailers loaded in one day. The previous record was twenty one tractor trailers. Today when we got to work, there were nine trailers waiting in the yard. And by the time that I quit digging at 8:30 this evening, Marten had loaded twenty six trailers. Wow, what a busy day. We dug fifty four tandem loads from Harvey's fields today. No major breakdowns. Thanks be to God for all his blessings.