Van Grouw Complete Dispersal Sale

Aubrey and I drove up to Northwest Iowa to witness the Van Grouw Complete Dispersal Sale that was on Friday, January 27 at our farm.  It was a neat thing to be a part of and it made me really proud of my Dad (and Mom and rest of the family) for all his hard work to raise such great cows.  He was/is well respected by many dairymen, friends, and neighbors and his hard work all these years paid off!  Way to go, Van Grouw Dairy, Inc. You made us all proud to be a "Van Grouw." Here are a few pics to get a glimpse of the day. 

The Mortin barn was converted into pens and a show arena.  This was the west side. 

 The is the east side of barn with an auction area and chairs all around.  

Pardon the "spots" in the pics, it was kinda dusty in the barn.

 Aubrey's only picture ever with the "black and white" cows.

waiting for the sale to start, sitting in the back of the barn

all the "Van Grouw" ladies

Mom and Dad talking before it started

Dad had to introduce the family before the sale started.  

the SALE!

more cows...

 sitting in the back with friends and family taking it all in 

Wiew of all the people there! We estimated at least 100 people!

Uncle Curt, Grandpa, and Aubrey

all the cars, pickups, and trailers parked in the pasture

baby girls in for a lunch break and naps

I guess this was a good cow...maybe? ;)

Curt and our relief milker from Dordt, Andrew

Andrew milked all the cows after they were sold. 

 Curt and Hannah before the ISU Kansas game...ISU won :)

 Aubrey discovered that it's fun to grab the water from the spout 

 Grandpa had free time to spend feeding Aubrey.

playing with toys by herself...beginning of her sickness :(

Sorry, folks

Sorry, everyone for the lack of updating lately.  Today Aubrey and I are headed to Northwest Iowa to my parents' for the weekend to witness the dairy sale!  After this weekend I hope to get some pics of this weekend and do a better job of updating, too! Stay tuned...

10 months (a little late)

Aubrey has been upgraded to the next size up car seat - she thinks she's big stuff :)

Happy 10 months old, a little late 

She loves to pull this cheesy face.  Nice view of the big bottom teeth, though.

 getting more brave by her learning table all by herself 

It's not January, is it?!

This picture was just taken outside as I was taking down the Christmas lights on JANUARY 5 and it was 65 degrees outside! What a breath of fresh air!  The weather is absolutely gorgeous so I just had to take Aubrey outside for awhile with no coat, but I did feel I still needed a blanket on her...after all, it is the middle of winter! I love it!!!

Osky Beats Pella!

I know you probably can hardly believe it, but here is a post that has nothing to do with AUBREY:) I just wanted to give a shout out to the Oskaloosa Girls Basketball and of course their amazing coach, STEVE, and assistants for their win tonight!  The Oskalooa girls traveled TO PELLA to beat them on their home court in a very exciting game which went into overtime with us beating them 38-36! It feels so good to FINALLY pull out a W in a tight game.  Rumor has it, that it has been since 2000 since Oskaloosa Girls have beat Pella! So, I am a very proud wife tonight and CONGRATS again to the whole team and coaching staff! Wohoo!!

Christmas Break fun

Since we ALMOST have a crawler, we decided we needed to get a new entertainment center that was much more "baby proof" than our other very open, glass one.  Here is what we got, thanks to Mom and Dad Van Grouw for the Christmas money :)

 Aubrey eating macaroni for the first time 

 giddy up horsey on daddy's shoulders 

 lots of snuggle time with Daddy over break - so nice!

she has spent hours in her new play area :) 

another view of the entertainment center :)