SD Sale Photos

Georgia had a lot of fun at the sale and with her cousins - Caroline endured and slept a bit:)

Two Full Days of Auction Fun.

A few parting shots with one of mom's favorite trucks...

South Dakota Sale

It's been nearly 9 months since Uncle Jimmy was called home. It seems like such a long time and then in the same breath, like it was yesterday. Patrick and Uncle Topher have been busy...I think with quick math, I figured the Murano has endured 12,000 miles back and forth to SD (that's quite a bit of gas money), Kiewit Power has provided nearly four weeks of vacation for sale related events and on the low side these two have lifted, sorted and carried more than 15 TONS of STUFF! 

We know that 14 tons is the bare minimum, since they loaded and then unloaded 7 tons to the dump. Even when you see the photos it's hard to imagine the shear volume of stuff they have sorted, cleaned, boxed, emptied, carried, carried again, loaded onto trailers, drove to a different location, etc. You name it, they've done it. Uncle Jimmy is proud, I know that much - these two have worked as a team and conquered a lifetime of collections. In fact, maybe two lifetimes - Uncle Jimmy was a collector!

After so much work, the results were disappointing on so many levels, BUT, progress has been made. Only one more sale is left - the farm will be sold on October 4 and Patrick will endure one more trip back home. Following that there is the formal closing of the estate, the final accounting and distributions. For those that love their family members you may prayerfully consider who you have chosen to be the executor of your estate. Although I know Patrick has done an outstanding job, it is truly a second full-time job and he luckily, had lots of help.

I will post photos soon. Cheers to you Uncle Jim, you had an amazing collection of so many things. May we be inspired by your collections to perhaps, keep ours to a minimum:) Nice work Patrick, we're proud of you, but selfishly I'm really looking forward to having you back to our family full time after the first of the year!

So Many Updates...So Little Time

So, I needed to post these updates nearly 4 weeks ago. We had the best weekend and it was full of firsts. There were also several additional milestones I missed along the way. Now I'm playing catch up. So much more to come...

1. Caroline shared her first word with us - it is clearly 'Hello' - September 9
2. Georgia and Caroline engaged in their very first game of hide-n-go-seek. Self initiated by Georgia, it was pretty cute. August 31
3. Caroline is also sporting 2 small teeth on the bottom - after what has felt like months of teething, we celebrated her 11 month birthday with two tiny presents - August 18.
4. August 4 - Caroline showed us her first moves and started crawling.
5. August 19, both Caroline and Georgia were officially back in 'school' for the fall.
6. August 29, first official photo shoot for Caroline. Thank you Marcy! Great pics of both the girls, but older sister was a stinker, so only one of them together. Soon a sneak peek.