Did anyone else wake up to something like this?

Thankful for the .80" of rain.

Christmas Drawing

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Every year (except last year) since Halle was born I have drawn a picture of my girls for our Christmas card.  Some years are easier than others!!!  ENJOY!

My Foxtrotter CAN Foxtrot!

LOCATION:
Lake Cunningham.  One of my favorite places to ride.  Lots of wooded trails.  Trails are nicely groomed and trimmed.  Not many steep hills.  Great views of the lake and some very nice homes to checkout too.

WHO:
Judy on Max, Joanne on Reba, Marcel on Echo, and myself on Cassie.

WEATHER:
Weather Forecast - 61 degrees; yes, it mentioned some wind too.  We missed the 61 degrees during our ride.  Closer to upper 40's, and yes, there was wind.  Glad we bundled up!  No wind in the trees, but on top of the hills and along the dam we felt a cool breeze.

THE RIDE:
Cassie, being a Missouri Foxtrotter, isn't known for being a "fast" gaited horse.  She rides just fine with the slower quarter horses.  Max and Reba are also Foxtrotters.  Echo is a Paso.  They are "fast" gaited horses.  Worried that I would have a hard time keeping up and having to push Cassie the entire ride, I realized real quick that I wasn't going to have that problem today.  I'm assuming she was "in" during our ride and I was going to have to put up with her mare-ish ways.

For the first mile, Cassie was in the smoothest Foxtrot that I have ever had on her.  Only problem is that I didn't put her in that gait and it also felt like she was about ready to burst.  Such a high energy level.  Thought she was going to start flying along with me flying right off.  Now I need to figure out how to get her in that smooth gait when I want her to be in it.  Someday.

We did lots of circles.  Eventually I got her collected enough to move on.  She did tire out of her prancing soon and decided to walk.  Every once in a while when she caught her breath she would push a bit.

Also working on Cassie's eating habits during rides.  My goal is that she doesn't even try to snack when she has the bit in her mouth.  I can count on one hand the number of times she tried to get some grass along the way.  So much better!

I've been tracking all of my rides since I brought Cassie home on November 3.  I have ridden 57.68 miles in a time of 18:42:54 at an average speed of 3.08 mph and a max speed of 12.08 mph.  The mild fall weather has been great!!  Cooler weather is in the forecast so we'll be taking a little break.  I've decided my riding cutoff is mid 40's, with no wind.

Joanne, Marcel, & Judy.  Someday when Cassie & I turn into leaders, I will get the fronts of everyone :-)

Judy on Max.  All bundled up!

Left:  Joanne and Reba, Right:  Marcel dismounting Echo.

Cassie after the ride.

Joanne's horse Echo.

Name: 12/5/2012 12:02pm

Activity type: horseback riding
Description: Ride at Lake Cunningham
Total distance: 10.22 km (6.4 mi)
Total time: 1:57:59
Moving time: 1:56:32
Average speed: 5.20 km/h (3.2 mi/h)
Average moving speed: 5.26 km/h (3.3 mi/h)
Max speed: 13.15 km/h (8.2 mi/h)
Average pace: 11.54 min/km (18.6 min/mi)
Average moving pace: 11.40 min/km (18.4 min/mi)
Fastest pace: 4.56 min/km (7.3 min/mi)
Max elevation: 384 m (1260 ft)
Min elevation: 332 m (1090 ft)
Elevation gain: 291 m (954 ft)
Max grade: 0 %
Min grade: 0 %



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Let's Play Ball!!

It's that time of year to start basketball.  Liv has already played five games.  Unfortunately, they are defeated at 0-5.  We normally see improvement each week, but last week was a little rough.  Her team averages about 12 points per game.  We had a problem shooting at first.   Now we are shooting more, but not going in.  We've changed some things up that will hopefully allow us to get some more offensive rebounds and put those in.  Our defense is good because the other teams aren't scoring much on us either.  Hopefully we'll be able to turn things around for her 3 games this weekend.  Sorry, no pics of her team yet.

Halle had her first games on Saturday, December 1.  They won their first game 40-13.  Wow - 40 points for 4th graders!!! Seemed like everything they put up, went in.  Granted the rims are lowered a foot, but these girls are also a foot shorter.  They had a great inside game.  Halle had 4 points and 4 assists.  She does a great job handling the ball and looking inside.  Game number 2 we lost 20-13.  This team had a really good post player that took away a lot of our inside game.   Halle ended up with 2 points and 3 assists.

Our friend Molly played in the game before ours on the same court.  Her team also won their game.

Halle will be playing on Saturday's through February.  Liv will be done with this league December 16.  She'll start Junior High Basketball after the Christmas break.  Can't wait!!!

217 East Cherry, Cook SOLD!!

Congratulations to Jeanne  & girls!  Congratulations Cheryl & Curtis!  You guys will have a great holiday season in your new homes.  Let the memories begin!

So thankful!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!  We truly have so much to be thankful for.  So many things all around us!

Thanks to Judy for letting us borrow the pony Nellie!!  Cassie now has a pasture mate.  They may not claim to notice each other often, but neither likes to be left without the other in the lot.  And, thanks to Cassie for being a great partner on the trails.  We have ridden 37 miles since I road her home on November 3.  Nineteen of those miles have been with Judy.  So much easier having Cassie home and being able to meet halfway to ride.  Great fall weather too!

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Thanks to that big buck that Nick finally sighted in 30 minutes before the end of deer season!!  Biggest buck he's ever got.  Looks like he's going to do a "European Mount."  It won't be a stuffed deer on our wall, but the skull with the antlers.  And, in his office rather than in my living room.  

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Kam & Lake

Kam & River

Lake

River

Thanks to Kam & Chris for coming home to Nebraska with their adorable girls - River age 4 and Lake age 3.  What great kids.  They loved their time with Nellie!  A quick ride and a little grooming.  Nellie did a great job with the girls.  Trying to sell them on moving back to Syracuse.  These girls would love small town living.

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Chris 

Kam, Lake, & River 

Lake, River, & Kam

Thanks for hanging out with us for a bit on the swing set and trampoline.  Chris even tried out the trampoline and it made noises that it never has before :-)

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Livia holding River, Lake on the floor, Liv's friend Payton

Back - Payton, Livia, Halle; Front - Pressley, Reagan

The newest addition - Harper Quinn, 5 months.

Thanks to all the girls in our lives!  I really enjoy being a girl mom.  I'm sure I would've done fine with a boy, but I just love these girls!  The girls got out of school early today for the holiday break.  I took Livia and her friend Payton to see Breaking Dawn Part 2.  They are such fun girls.  Never a dull moment!  And, yes, we all really liked the movie!

Jeremy and Irene ventured back to Nebraska with Reagan age 5, Pressley age 3, and Harper 5 months.  We were so ready for these girls to be back.  First time we met Harper.  Just love watching these kids together and watching them grow!

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Thanks for the men in our family too.  I have a great picture of nephew Charlie to post, but don't have it downloaded yet.  That's a must see soon!!!  He's the only boy at this time on the Wilhelm side.  

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Thanks to all our friends and family for EVERYTHING!  

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Picture Day

Time for picture taking for Christmas gifts!!  Our girls are growing up so fast!

The Great Migration East

The great migration to the east!!!!  The barn was ready to go - waterer hooked up, hay, bedding in the stall.  I've been dreaming of having my own horse for as long as I can remember.  I've had her, but now she's home!!!  I can look out my window and just see her.  (Ok, this is where my non horse friends think I'm really weird.)





I started my trip around 12:30.  Temperatures were rising, up to 45 and no wind!  Got a quick pic of us before we left.  Chuck said his good-byes.  I think he'll miss her and I think Cassie will miss him too.  He has the best treats!  Have a feeling he'll stop by and see her when he gets the chance.  Did I mention that Chuck was very instrumental in getting our shed ready to go?  He is the handiest guy around and we thank him for everything he has done for us!!!!

We took the usual route down the long driveway and exited Wilhelm Family Farms.  Cassie was riding very calm so far and I felt like she was ready for our long ride.

We made it across the section by only scaring up 3 deer; 1 nice buck and a couple smaller doe.  They stayed out in front of us so Cassie didn't get spooked at all.  Saw a couple of bluebirds which is odd this time of year.  Hard to believe that we'll be riding a new trail.  Excited to see what that will be.

My main concern with our trip home was the one and only bridge we would have to cross.  It was a one car bridge with no sides and a big drop off.  I've had visions of us not making it across the bridge successfully.  I decided to get off and walk her across before the trip started.  Remember, my short self has a hard time getting back on my tall horse.  So, my loving husband met me there with my step.  All went well and we continued on our trip straight down G Road.

Only three houses close to the road until the last mile.  The first one had a dog that was locked up.  The third one, I texted beforehand to see if they had dog.  Not a fierce dog, but they kept her in the house while I road by (thanks!).  But, their dairy cattle decided to follow us along the fence.  Cassie thought that was quite interesting.  

We only met 5 cars on the entire trip.  Nothing major except the anhydrous tank being hauled by a truck kind of took her off guard.  Made it across 2 lane Highway 50 with no traffic too.

Our last mile had a lot more action.  I think Cassie was wondering when we were going to turn around and go home because that would be a long trip home.  She tried to turn around a few times, but I got her turned in the right direction.  Lots of grassy areas here and saw a couple more deer in the trees.  Passed a tractor that was doing some dirt work.  She saw her first neighbor horse.  He ran away from us :-(  She was really taking in all of the sites and sounds, stopping just to look a few times.

Once we made it to our lane it was like she knew that was where she needed to go.  She saw her barn for the first time!  The most she spooked the entire trip was at the round bales by her barn.

I set up a GPS Tracker on my phone this morning to record my trip.  Going to try to use this each time I ride and keep track of my rides.  Would be very interesting to see how many miles we ride together.


Activity type: Horseback Riding

Description: Homecoming

Total distance: 9.13 km (5.7 mi)

Total time: 1:54:07

Moving time: 1:50:00

Average speed: 4.80 km/h (3.0 mi/h)

Average moving speed: 4.98 km/h (3.1 mi/h)

Max speed: 14.08 km/h (8.7 mi/h)

Average pace: 12.50 min/km (20.1 min/mi)

Average moving pace: 12.04 min/km (19.4 min/mi)

Fastest pace: 4.26 min/km (6.9 min/mi)

Max elevation: 382 m (1253 ft)

Min elevation: 289 m (947 ft)

Elevation gain: 308 m (1011 ft)

Max grade: 0 %

Min grade: 0 %

Recorded: 11/3/2012 12:24pm

Map:  https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=214749973068700153477.0004cd9c5137f3eee585f


Once I got Cassie unsaddled, I lead her around the boundaries.  Still very calm about everything.  She did a great job on the ride and it looked like she was liking her new digs already.  

I just watched her for awhile.  What do horses do when they aren't being ridden or not eating?  Livia came to the barn and we sat together and watched.  Cassie toured her lot and indoor stall numerous times and always ended up back at her hay or mineral block.  Nice sitting with Liv too.  She doesn't always like to sit and chat anymore.  My mom stopped by to check everything out and we just sat and chatted too.  And then Nick came home and guess what we did.  Looks like we are in the market for a patio set :-)

A beautiful day, a beautiful ride on a beautiful horse!!!  She's home!

1085 Mohawk, Syracuse, NE, NEW LISTING!

1085 Mohawk, Syracuse, NE, NEW LISTING!!!

Type of 

Price: $ 138,000 
 

School District: Syracuse 
 

City: Syracuse 
 

County: Otoe 
 

Bedrooms: 3

Hey – take a look at this one!!! If you are in the market for a ranch style house without a basement (no stairs!) this is for you!!! Originally built in 1941, this house was purchased by a group in 2011 and completely remodeled. All drywall, electrical, plumbing, furnace/ac, fixtures, and more were replaced. Neutral colors. Ceiling fans in all the bedrooms. 3 bedrooms. Call me to take a look – Lynn Wilhelm, 402-269-7468.

Overview

Date Built: 1941
Style: Ranch
# of Levels: 1
Total Sq. Ft.: 1624
Lot Size: 88 x 132
Zoning: Residential
School District: Syracuse
Heat Type: Electric

• Age: 2012

A/C Type: Central

• Age: 2012

Energy Efficient Features:

• Heat Pump

Interior Details

# of Baths: 2
# of Bedrooms: 3

• Master BR: 13.02 x 11.09

• BR #2: 11 x 11

• BR #3: 12 x 11.05

Kitchen: 23.10 x 12.08

• Pantry

• Dishwasher

• Disposal

Laundry: Main
Living Rm: 21.04 x 15.04
Ceiling Fans
W/D Hookup
Exhaust Fan

Exterior Details

Construction: Wood Frame
Roof Type: Asphalt Shingle

• Age: Approx 2005

Garage

• Type: Attached

Patio
Deck: Front
Established Trees
Additional Buildings:Storage Shed in southwest corner

Annual Taxes: $1894.46
Based on Tax Year: 2011

GO TO WWW.GRANNEMANAGENCY.COM FOR MORE INFORMATION AND PICTURES.

Lynn's Open House - Premier Designs & Scentsy

LYNN'S OPEN HOUSE - PREMIER DESIGNS & SCENTSY

Yes!!!  It’s time to start thinking about your Christmas list (or figure out what you want).  I’m having an open house with Premier Designs Jewelry and Scentsy.  Not only to get some of my shopping done, but would love to see you!!!!  If you don’t want to get anything join me for a few snacks and drinks.  If you see something you want for Christmas, I would love to pass that information on to your family too!!!  Heck, bring someone from your family if you want.  My girls love to look at this stuff. 

WHAT—Premier Designs Jewelry & Scentsy

WHEN—Friday, November 9, 6:00-8:30; There will be more socializing beyond 8:30!

WHERE—My house.  If you need directions, let me know.

If you get the chance, RSVP —402-269-7468 or wilhelmlynn@gmail.com. 

If you can’t make it and want something, I have some extra Premier Design Magazines and for Scetnsy you can go to www.jerribeckmann.scentsy.us and look for Lynn Wilhelm’s open party.

If the Rocket volleyball team happens to be playing in the second round of state volleyball, this party will be postponed!!!  We wouldn’t want to miss that!!! 

Trick or Treat 2012

Great weather for Halloween!!!!

Oldest daughter - evidently too old to trick or treat, but chooses to walk around town.  I believe it was pretty innocent and if you hear otherwise, let me know.  Us small town folk need to stick together :-)

Youngest daughter - still loves to dress up and trick or treat.  Halle and her friend Ellie decided to be 50's chicks this year.  Poodle skirts, ruffle socks, high pony tails, bright eye shadow, and scarves.  Thanks to Stacie & Hannah for helping with the make up.

After we took the girls to grandparents, Halle and some of her friends met on Oak Street.  While they went out, some parents hung out at Jay & Jo's.  Thanks to them for a great brisket sand"witch" and "treats."  After Oak we went to Walnut, Grandma Marlene's, Patty's, Haag's, and Ash.  Pictured below are KoKo, Ellie, Halle, Katie, Taylor, and Vanessa...

Stacie (make up lady) and her husband were out and about.  This is her husband with a pumpkin on his head.  I can't even imagine how that felt or smelled....

 Stacie with Halle and Ellie...

My favorite display was at Gigstads.  It's a Dr. working on his patient.  That little spout is "blood" spurting up.  They always have some great displays!!!  It's a must see just like going to Patty's for treats!

Here's to another great Halloween!!!!  Can't wait to check out the candy bag!!!  I always tell the girls to go for the smarties or reeses peanut butter cups.