A few mornings a week Tuff, Grace and I take the golf cart out for a drive to check out the sights and critters. Keep in mind my parents live on hole number one at the golf course so most our drives are on the golf course and the river which runs parallel to the course. Here are a few pictures from our morning adventures.
Getting ready to head out for our drive. Mornings are getting cold.
This little buddy was in our neighbors tree.
Hummingbird sighting before they fly south.
Beautiful foggy morning (shot taken from my parents yard looking at golf course).
Hole 18 through the fog.
A deer enjoying a drink of water.
Trumpeter Swan. I heard them fly over my parents house and we found them about 1/2 mile down the river.
Baby Paint Turtle walking across 11 green.
Grace really wanted to play with the turtle.
Another foggy morning. This time a picture from 17 fairway.
Done with one of our morning adventures and Grace usually starts her morning nap.
Tons of turtles in the pond by hole four.
Forming a train!
Northern Flicker woodpecker.
Speaking of woodpeckers. They've been eating at the edges of my parent's home.
So Tuff got out a pellet gun, drew a woodpecker on a board and started to practice.
Then my dad joined in on the fun for a bit.
First shot hit the feet and second was the finisher.
Below is the best shot I got of one of the culprits (Hairy Woodpecker).
No woodpeckers were coming around while Tuff was practicing his shot so he tried to call them in with metal on a shovel. Haha! Tuff keeps us all entertained.
The birds are still alive. No sign of them the last few weeks.
Last week my mom played in a senior golf tournament and she took first net! It was really fun to watch her play since she only hits the links about five times a year. 94, which included two birdies on the back nine, is pretty good for rarely playing.
Tuff got his first golf handicap a few days ago. 4.4 is pretty awesome. He's had a lot of practice this summer.
A few weeks ago we traveled to Detroit Lakes, Minnesota to watch my little sister Cydney play a college golf tournament at Wildflower Golf Course. Cydney plays for North Dakota State University (NDSU) so of course Grace wore the appropriate attire.
As you can see in the photo below the golf course is in the prairie.
It was very windy and not very warm.
A Striped Gopher Tuff found in the plains of the golf course.
Getting into position to watch Cydney putt:
Best place to watch the putts from.
Cydney finishes an up and down at Wildflower.
The last two Saturdays we watched my nephew Finn play in sixth grade football.
Finn is number four and seen below at quarterback.
At cornerback.
At defensive end.
Post game smiles from number four.
Yesterday Tuff went out fishing on the river right by my parents home. He gave me a call and told me to run to the river bank right away and bring the camera.
This was what he caught. A big Northern Pike; the biggest Tuff has ever caught. What makes it even more impressive is the river is not very big and very shallow. Who knew there were fish this big in there?
Tuff said he fought the fish for 20+ minutes and the fish was completely played out so didn't flap around after it was caught. He released it and it lives on.
Ok enough about us. Its time for a Gracie update.
Here she is helping me lift weights. We started her off with the one pound dumbbell. She's listening intently at my instructions.
First pair of jeans. First time in a belt too.
First time having a go at rice cereal. Oma fed her while I held her.
She also tried squash a week later. Loves it!
Look who can sit up no problem.
Grace watching YouTube video of a baby babbling and her talking (screaming) back at it:
Sitting up is easy peasy. Why didn't I think of this earlier?
Learning to drive motorcycle. "Ok turn the key....what's next?"
"This helmet is too big."
Sleeping Grace while daddy and mommy golf. She's wearing her golf socks of course.
Precious moments.
LOVE that miss gracie! Want to meet her so bad!
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