Tiffany Not a Hunter

This Sunday we had no plans for the afternoon. After throwing around several ideas between Jeff and I he decided that he wanted to go for a walk. This walk was not your Sunday stroll. He has two game cams which he hangs up in the middle of no where that takes photos. This is so he knows if there are any good bucks in the area. We drove out past my grandparents and parked outside of their river bottom land. We began walking, Jeff mentioned that I would complain by the time we were done. I asked where we walking to after about 10 mins of walking. He pointed way in the distance, "that pine tree over there." I began to complain of why we would walk that far, if only at that time I knew where we would be going after we got to the pine tree. Well we got to the pine tree, but had to go a little farther because that wasn't a good enough spot! After Jeff got his game cam hung up, he decided to walk around another corn/bean field. All in all we walk for one hour and half. This wouldn't be bad for me except most of it was walking through weeds that were just about as tall as me! I am not one for bugs crawling on me and not being able to see where I am walking. I don't think Jeff will be asking me to go on one of walks anytime soon!

Huff Family August 2009

Jeff, myself, dad, and mom at Grandpa and Grandma Havens's farm in August 2009.

This is part of my mom's family. My uncle Chris and his family was not able to attend and three of my cousins were unable to attend.

In August we had a Huff Family Reunion, which we try to have every year. This is those who were able to attend. I believe that grandma added it up and we are only missing about 15 people. This is my Grandma Havens's family, her brother and sisters familys. We had a fun filled day on the farm.

Walk For Pink

The Adair County Health Foundation is having our first annual Walk For Pink. This is a walk/run around the 2-mile trail at the Greenfield Lake. We are raising funds to purchase a new digital mammogram machine. If you are interested in participating details can be found at www.adaircountyhealthsystem.org under the upcoming events tab!

Summer Hamburgers...UMMM

For supper tonight we had grilled hamburgers. I even grilled them while Jeff was not home so it is a plus they were cooked all the way through and I didn't catch anything on fire :-) I topped mine off with fresh relish that my mom had made out of cukes from her garden. I think that it is the best relish ever! I also had a slice of a garden tomatoe on mine. Ummm couldn't ask for a better summer meal!

Jeff The Golfer

Below is Jeff hitting it out of the sand... there are a lot more sand traps on this course compared to Greenfield! Below is a picture of Jeff waiting in the pickup... notice in the background.. it is pouring!! And we were to be in the golf cart all day! I am surprised a got a picture of him smiling because he wasn't in the best of mood while it kept raining!

As many know Jeff won the Greenfield Golf and Country Club tournament, winning the rights to the Atlantic Golf And Country Club Tournament of Champions. He took part in the tournament Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Friday he was very disappointed in himself as he did not score well. So on Saturday I got off work at 6:30AM instead of 7:30AM to leave for Atlantic at 8AM. We were 5 miles from Atlantic and it started to rain. We sat in the pickup until 11AM when he could get out the golf cart. We were not able to start golfing until noon! He did a little better, I would say because I was there but the only thing I know about golf is that I don't enjoy it that much. The only thing that I would say when he got down on himself was that "You are a lot better than I am." His response each time was "Thats not saying much." All in all it was a wonderful day. I had fun riding around on the golf cart. I think Jeff enjoyed the day too.

Wind = Tree Down

This past Sunday morning I woke after a hard nights sleep (I was very tired worked three jobs and went with Jeff to a golf tournament) to look out our bedroom window to our only shade tree being broke off. Only a section of the tree fell down. Jeff is going to try to save the standing part of the tree since it is our only shade at this point in our back yard. It must have been a weak tree because Jeff's mom hand recently planted two trees in the back yard and they are still standing straight.

New Part-time Job

Recently I decided that working overnight shifts and weekends was not what I would want to do it we ever have kids. Instead of waiting until then, because I have to plan ahead. I decided to pursue a part-time with the Fontanelle Observer. This job will consist of selling ads, covering events, and general paper duties. The joy of this job is I do it when I want to and all of the computer stuff I do from home. I am not scheduled any certain time or amount of hours. I am keeping both part-time jobs until I make sure this job works out. I will keep everyone posted on how it going.

Weekend In Outdoors

What a wonderful August weekend. Friday started off by getting prepared for our first Wine Tasting to benefit the Adair County Health Foundation. It was a fun, enjoyable, and relaxing event. Over 75 people attended and drank wine, chatted, and ate some cheese. The event was to be from 4pm to 7pm. People enjoyed it so much they stayed till around 11pm.
Friday night I meet Jeff at the Bridgewater campgrounds for a weekend of camping. He had already been to the beach to swim with 2 of my friends kids. My friend Juree has five children from the age of 9 to 3 months old. So there is never a dull moment when we camp with them. I went to bed shortly after getting to the campgrounds, we sold our camper so we were tenting it. We got use a tent that was given to us for our wedding.
On Saturday I woke up at 5:30AM (because Jeff got up to go mow at work) so I went home and showered (yes that is great advantage to camping only 15 miles from your home). I got back in time to help get the kids ready for the day. Shortly after lunch began the beach runs. Jeff and I took the four olders kids by ourselves. I came to a conclusion that I don't want more than 3 kids and I hope they are all girls. After getting after Jevin (5yrs old) for peeing on the beach in front of everyone, I thought I lost Joslyn (9 yrs old). I began to yell for her as I was hold Jazz (2 yrs old) in the water... she grabs around your neck because she still isn't sure of water... I find Joslyn and to her and mine shock Jazz had pulled down my swimsuit and I was hanging out. What a sight for those other beach goers! All in all it was a great time!
We left on Sunday morning because it was begining to rain. Jeff and I both laid around most of day after getting things put away!

Life Motto

I have been faced with several things lately that are either not fun to deal with or life changing. Last night I thought of something... life throws curve balls you can either ignore them and go on or you can realize them and deal with them in stride. So I that is my new motto in life. Hopefully I am taking curve balls in stride.

Wine Event This Week

We are having the first Wine Tasting for the Adair County Health Foundation. It is this Friday (August 7th) from 4pm to 7pm at Wine and Roses In Greenfield. Anyone is welcome, it is casual, and a come and go. Tickets are $20 if you purchase them before Friday and they are $25 Friday at the door. Let me know if you are interested in attending.

Well the month of July is finally over. It was a busy month for both Jeff and I. We had a lot of fun with RAGBRAI coming to Greenfield. We hosted around 30 people at our house. I also worked the First Aid stand for part of the day, that was a fun experience also.

Then we had the County Fair. The hospital has a booth that I am in charge of so I had to sit at the booth most of time. We did enjoy several evening events, the demo and the mud bogs. Jeff even rode in a mud bog with his hunting buddy Jack Zimmerline! Now he would like one.

Mom and I decided to have a garage sale in July also, it amazes me what people will buy!! It was a lot work but I got rid of a lot of stuff.

With Jeff working at the Golf Course and myself working full time at the hospital and part time at Support Services, I can't remember the last day this summer that we got to just hang out at our house.