Grandpa Turner's Musket

Here are some pictures of Nick in his dress blues holding a musket.

Back in Civil war time, this musket was tossed in a pond in Kentucky. Nick's great great grandfather fished it out and brought it to Iowa with him in the 1860's. It has since been passed on to the oldest son.The picture below is a copy of what Nick's dad looked like when he came back from Officer Candidates School as a 2nd Lieutenant. Nick is pictured in front of his Grandparent's house just outside of Elliott, Iowa
Here, Nick is holding the musket outside his parent's home in Elliott, Iowa

a.k.a. Turner Mountain.

Turner Family Reunion 2008

Here's the whole fam damily!Grandpa & Grandma Turner with Addison Grandma and Grandpa Turner with the grandkids
Nick with his parents and siblings that were there.
And it wouldn't be a family get together without a little gunfire! McKenzie got to try out Nick's 22 revolver. She was a little scared at first, but once she got used to it, she really enjoyed shooting it! She did pretty good!

Dad teaching her safety!

Uncle Mike supervising!

Rain Rain Go Away

With all the rain and storms we have gotten this past week, it only took one night, and more than 5 inches to create Turner Lake here on Turner Mountain! McKenzie and Trevor had a blast checking it out and discovering all the little creatures that also came with the lake!
Here are their finding! A whole frisbee full!
Nick and his brother Phil also took all the kids down to show them how to skip rocks late in the evening as the sun set.
Here is Trevor giving it a shot.

And here is Nick holding his form after his "15 skip" throw!Sunset in Iowa

Grandma & Grandpa Bob's

The day after the wedding, we had family come to the house for lunch before everyone drove back home. Addison got to play with her little cousin Rylie! She is my cousin Matt's little girl.

She was born January 1st! So Addison is about 3 weeks older. Don't you just love those big eyes!And they just couldn't keep their hands off their tootsies! I HAD to take a leg shot of the two of them in their exersaucers!

Can you tell which ones are Addison's!?!?
Addison LOVED LOVED LOVED the swing outside at grandma's house! She was smiling the entire time!

We made it to Turner Mountain

We made it down to Nick's folks yesterday and the kids have been running around the farm since we parked the car (ok, it was a van). They just love running free and being outside. Kenzie has been driving the mower, with Trevor at her side, only for joyriding....no actual mowing! Grandpa Turner just doesn't understand what can be so fun about driving around on that thing, but they are just having a BLAST! I'll try to catch a picture of them and put it up here...Kenzie has to be told to slow down from time to time, so any pics I may get may be a big blur! hahaAnd of course being at grandma's means eating anything that you can get your hands on...and it didn't take long before the kids found the ice cream stash!

Nick lay Addison on the grass and she did pretty well! It was such a nice day out.

The best part about being at Turner Mountain for Addison is that she has a great nap buddy!

We will be here all week with a big Turner Mountain Family Reunion Saturday so stay tuned for more pics!

Wedding Pictures

My only brother got married this past weekend to a fabulous lady! Here are a few pics from the weekend. Sorry I'm a little behind on posting, but we are here and there visiting family. Enjoy!

Here is Addison in her pretty little black and white dress.Here is daddy and Addi waiting for the wedding to start. Addison fell sleep during pictures on her grandma!Group shot of the wedding party.
The adorable ring bearers.The beautiful bride with her girls!
The Turner FamilyMe and my girls!
The boys just chattin' it up walking down the isle.
Hoola Hoopin Fool (a.k.a Kim)
I haven't worked some of those muscles in a LONG TIME!

The wedding was gorgeous and we all had a great time.

I was a bridesmaid with my two sisters and the bride's college friend.

McKenzie was the Jr. Bridesmaid

Trevor was a ringbearer.

At Auction

We flew in on Thursday morning, and that evening it was auction time! Nick helped out up front and so did Trevor for a few minutes.

In the picture below, Trevor is helping Nick hold up someone's future treasure! Here are all the cousins sitting out on the loading dock during the auction after raiding grandma's "Bistro".
And this is Trevor sporting his new Wilson Auction cap after the sale....it was a LONG day!