The Party is Next Weekend!!

I have heard back from a few folks. If you are planning on coming please contact me soon. You can comment to this posting by clicking on the word comment, email me, or call.

Birthday Weekend

We were down at Mom & Dad's for this past weekend. We celebrated Olivia's 4th birthday, which will be Wednesday. It was also Gina and Richard's 12th anniversary on Sunday. We all had, still have, bad colds, but we had fun anyways!

Olivia with her cake and presents.

A Candyland Creation!
Starbursts, Starlight mints, Dots, cupcakes, M&Ms,
marshmallows,malted milk balls, ice cream cones,
sprinkles, and suckers.

Nate, Westin and Olivia

Olivia's photography, they wore Nate out!

Olivia, Nate and Emma having snacks at Menomonie convention.

The Kids.

Countdown to Halloween

Have you started planning your costumes? Does anyone have any food ideas that go with the western life or some creepy, gross Halloween recipes we can make?

Just remember the party is planned for the Saturday before Halloween, which is on a Wednesday this year.

Halloween Invite

Please RSVP by commenting to this post, I will contact you with further information.

Here are some costume ideas and more information about the time period.

Costume Ideas: mountain man, cowboy/girl, rancher, saloon barman or dealer, stage coach driver, railroad worker, gold rusher, bank robber, outlaw, quick-draw gunman/woman, Indian chief, warrior, squaw

Wild West Time Line: 1830 - 1900
1831: James Bowie invents the Bowie knife.
1833: Samuel Colt invents and begins producing the revolver.
1836: The Alamo is attacked by Mexican forces and all of its more than 180 defenders are slain, including William Travis, Jim Bowie, and Davy Crockett.
1841: The first covered wagons to travel the Oregon
1849: 80,000 fourty-niners make their way to California in search of gold.
1850: Levi Strauss begins manufacturing heavyweight trousers for gold miners.
1851: John L. Soule, in an editorial in the Terre Haute Express, advises: "Go West, young man, go West."
1861: The Civil War begins when Confederates fire on Fort Sumter.
1865: Lee surrenders at Apomattox, effectively ending the Civil War.
1866: Jesse and Frank James launch their criminal career with a bank robbery in Liberty, Missouri
1867: The first cattle drive from Texas up the Chisholm Trail arrives at the rail yards of Abilene, Kansas.
1869: The Central Pacific and Union Pacific join at Promontory Point, Utah, creating the first transcontinental railroad.
1869: Wild Bill Hickok is Marshall in Hays City, Kansas.
1872: Buffalo Bill Cody awarded Congressional Medal of Honor for valor in action during the Indian Wars.
1873: The James Gang pulls its first train robbery at Adair, Iowa.
1875: Wyatt Earp begins his career as a law officer in Wichita, Kansas.
1880: Hide hunters have shot the buffalo to near extinction.
1882: Annie Oakley makes her first public appearance at a sharp shooting show.
1889: Fifty thousand homesteaders swarm into Oklahoma on the first day of the land rush.
1896: Butch Cassidy formed the “Wild Bunch” which consisted of 15 men and 4 women. Link to

information site - http://www.legendsofamerica.com/WE-TimeLine.html

Fall, Fall, Fall!

In celebration of chilly weather, leaves turning, autumn foods and the lighting of warm fires, I have redesigned my blog page. Enjoy! - Jana