John

John has been nominated for 20/20 Salute to Leaders. Each township from Clermont County nominates someone for this each year. So, we went to the mall and he bought 2 new sportcoats and some pants. The pants and one jacket had to be altered. We picked them up Sunday and took them home. Monday he had an appointment to have his picture taken at Portrait Studio in the mall. He got dressed and the pants were way too short. The jacket fit ok. The shirt he bought was too tight in the neck. So, he wore an older pair of pants and just skipped wearing a tie. The guy who waited on him at JC Penney was a jerk. When we took the pants back, we found out that he had measured the inseam at 25 inches! The lady who waited on him when he took the pants back really helped alot. She seemed to know what she was doing, but we will have to wait until the 17th to get the pants back to see for sure. That's our latest drama. Ha! Ha!

Coyotes!

Johnny has 24 baby lambs in the barn and with the snow on the ground, the coyotes are hungry. His dog, Chloe is a Great Pyranees and is supposed to be a guard dog. Well, this morning, Katie was doing dishes when she saw one behind the manure pile. We all ran into watch it and it just stood there. Johnny had borrowed a high power rifle with a scope and he went out front behind the cars and shot it right through the eye. He's proud of himself! John can't wait to tell Andy.

Snow & Ice

Help! We're sick of this weather! It's pretty to look at, though.

The works continues

Went to the feed mill today and sent Amanda over to take some pictures. They still don't have electric. Duke sent out a crew a few days ago but they said that the pole for the transformer was rotten. Now, we have to wait until Monday for the new pole. Who knows how long it will take for them to send the crew back out to get the electric hooked up. John estimates that it will be another 2 weeks until it is operational.

The Carney Christmas

Everything went well. The food was good, the kids had plenty of places to run, upstairs and downstairs. The adults had room to spread out. It was nice. Here are a few pictures.

Our computer nerd

Here is Mac playing on the computer. He picked it up so fast! I bought him a little game that teaches shapes, colors, abc's, etc. Now he has graduated to games on noggin.com, fisher-price.com, nick jr.com and barney.com. He wants to sit there all day long. He hits a snag everyonce in awhile and will ask for help. His little mind is like a sponge. I hope he is smart in school and goes to college.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Mac had a good time once they persuaded him to go Trick or Treating. He let Kate and Johnny spray his hair silver and he dressed up as Grandpa. Johnny bought him a pirate costume, but once he got it home, Mac wouldn't even try it on. I don't know what John Wayne went as, because they went in Williamsburg by themselves and we didn't even get to see him. But, they did the same thing last year. I didn't even get a picture of him last year and I guess I won't this year either. Am I griping? I guess I am. Here are a few pictures I took of Mac. Johnny carved a big pumpkin and then soaked 2 rolls of toilet paper in kerosene overnight. He set it on fire last night. It looked really spooky!