Someone is 40 today!!

Happy Birthday Brian!!!

Can it be that tomorrows the day…
It’s the prime of your life
that’s what they say….

Life begins at forty
that’s what they’re telling me
The best years of your life
just you wait and see…

I was looking in the mirror
crows feet did appear
Wait is that a sprinkling of some gray
just above my ear

It’s not turning forty that I seem to dread
but rather the plague
They all warn me about,
I think they call it the “middle age spread”

Halfway to eighty can it be so… as
I get up each morning already looking for
My get up and go

Some say I don’t look any older
than one of my kids
THANK goodness for that wrinkle cream
… now…Where’d I put the lid

My body is so achy now,
my memory’s taken flight
Yikes is that my bladder waking me up
in the middle of the night….

Ahh if age is just a state of mind
then what state am I in
And why does it seem so hard
keeping off that double chin

Its all about each day and
The challenges we face
So with this aging process
God please grant me grace

To get up every morning
And read thru the obits
When not seeing my name there
Burst out in gleeful fits

Ahh yes I will be forty
So bring it on I say…
Now help me outa my chair
so I can go out and play….
DLW Dec. 17th, 2003

The Possibilies are Endless!

Grapes Grapes and more Grapes...

Jelly, Juice, Wine....

We have some vines that have been SORELY neglected over the years

But this year for whatever reason we have GRAPES...

So we are taking them to my mom so she can made Grape Jelly...

We just don't have time and she has a bit of that and all the supplies ;-))

Maybe next year we can build an arbor so they are easier to pick!

OCTOBER SO SOON?

Smokey Mountain Range
Our new to us Toyota Sienna and Tent that we stayed in at Demorest

Motley Crew!!!

Trotter Boys Entertaining with a little target practice - THEY ARE GOOD!

Al on Abby - A true cowboy!
Lambs watching the wagon go by


3 Stooges ;-)

Oliver, Jerry & Dennis

YES!!! The best kind of snake (Copperhead) is a dead one!


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Not sure where this last month went but I know we packed it full -

With wedding plans and our trip to Georgia & Bruce busy busy in the shop -

Hard to believe that the wedding is a little less than 3 weeks away!!

These pictures are of our trip to Georgia -

We had a wonderful time - it was nice to get away & nice to come home!

PS - CONGRATS on your engagement TRISTY!!!!

Late August News...

Congrats to Andy and Susan on your "TWINS"

All our bags are packed we are ready to go!

2004 Toyota Sienna - XLT

This should work nicely for camping at convention;-)

CATTLE FOR SALE!!!

Due to a change in priorities

- we have found it necessary to downsize our herd -

We have our bull & all of our yearling heifers & momma cows for sale -

there is a possibility that some of them are expecting -

They are all registered except for one heifer

We will be just raising steers after the above have sold

Please call for pricing -

Thank you,

Bruce & Deb West

231-313-7899