B.G. 09

B-days @ pull

Louisville KY 09

Crazy randomness

It has been very hectic around here lately. The kids are growing like weeds as you can see from the pictures. Aleyse is grabbing objects, hair and her toes already. She rolled from tummy to back yesterday morning. She also loves to talk. Devin is progressing at peeing on the potty. He loves going back to tammys and has been sick already. He had a fever last week. We did manage to make him feel better for the last tractor pull on Sat night. We had a great year with 7 wins all together. That is great considering we only had it apart a few times. I have been slacking at the blogging with 2 kids and working fulltime it is impossible to sit at the comp. I like being back to work but the time schedule I do not like. I leave @ 7:30 in the morning and when I get home it is around 5:30. That leaves the kids @ the sitters almost 10 hrs. I will keep up the blogging as long as time allows. My kids are my first priority. This fall and winter will bring many new first with Aleyse and farming and etc. I will keep everyone updated!!!

Chapel Hill TN

More from Troy, Wilmington, & and Bucyrus

Time flies when you are having fun. I go back to work in less than a week(boohoo). What a weeknd we had a very successful one. Won 2-3 pulls. We left Thurs for Troy MO(almost 10 hrs). It was hotter then heck out there, but a nice pull. There were only 7 tractors. We ended up 6-7. Never really hooked to the track. Didn't break anything which was good considering we had 2 more pulls for the weekend. Bud Gettinger won that pull. Go john deere!
After that pull and no rest we had to pack up and come back to OH for a pull Sat night. Left there at 10:30 and followed the Gettingers back to their place(IN). It was about a 6 hr drive or so. I think we went to bed @ 5am then back up by 8. There hospitality was greatly appreciated. By 1 we all packed up and headed for Wilmington. That drive took just a mere 2-
2 1/2 hrs. It was a beautiful day on Sat. Ended up a great day we took first place that night. Kathy and I had decided to have a cookout for the pullers(dennys birthday was thurs). I had cooked all week. Made 8lbs of sloppy joes, spinach dip, 2 loaves of bread, and 2 bathces of brownies. Even some of the other pullers wives helped out and cooked. We are so greatful to be in this sport and have such a great big extended "pullin family"!
A cousin of mine came up to the pull with her family. Her kids had never been to a pull. I know they had a good time. I'm sure her kids would love to come again. Glad they came to a pull we had won.
That night we packed up and headed for home. Pulled in at 2:30am. Sun we had wanted to go to our hometown pull in Bucyrus. Denny was so against going but we(thanks to the burgers) pulled his arm and leg and talked him into going. He was the last hook of the night and last class. So it was late again. We were all rooting and cheering as he pulled. The distance to beat was 314.75. He pulled and did not look like he beat him, but he did by 2 feet. So that was our very successful weeknd. I will post some pics as soon as I can figure out how to do a slideshow of them.

Pics from Troy, Wilmington, and Bucyrus

Pics of the family from the 3 pulls we went to over the weekend. I just love the picture of David and Devin sleeping it really shows like father like son!

Tomah WI, Tractor Pull

These are a few random pics of our trip to Tomah. We had a very successful trip up there. It took us 11 hours to get there but we finally made it. The kids slept most of the ride their and back. This was Aleyse's first trip out of Ohio. Many many more to come. David was suppost to pull on Fri evening but we got rained out. So our first pull was Sun afternoon. Their were 13 tractors in the class. We were about the 9th puller to pull. Nobody had a full pull till David came along. He had a repeat from last year. His first pull was 322. Full pull is 310. So he smoked it out the end. Then the last puller made a full pull. So that meant a pull off. Well needless to say we beat him by alot. So that made us the winners 2 years in a row. They always do a presentation to the winners, but there was rain coming. So I could not get pics of how proud we all were.

The kids were angels all weekend. I know for a fact they love tractor pulls already. Well at least Devin does for sure. Aleyse will in time.

First pull for Aleyse!

You be the judge and see how close they resemble each other. No denying they are brother and sister. Aleyse is the bottom pic and she is 7 weeks and Devin is the other pic he was 6 months.

Semi almost finished!

The semi was finished enough to go down the road for the first pull. The water and toilet are not hooked up but we managed. We also have a living quarters in the trailor with all the ammenities. All of us Sieferts got Denny a TV for father's day. So we hung it in the semi. Now Devin can watch John Deere while we are traveling to the pulls. I tried to get a decent pic of the semi and trailor. I took it at the tractor pull. I think David and Denny did a good job on the semi. It was nice to have a little more room going down the road.

T.P. time

Summer is here well almost. That means tractor pulling time. If you all know me well you know that we love tractor pulling!! Our first pull of the season was on Sat. It was in Wilmington OH. There were 11 tractors there and we got 5th place. Denny drove the tractor that was the first time in a year and 8 months since his chemo and surgery. We were all a little nervous and antsy for him, but he got the boost up and went. This also meant that this was Aleyse's first pull and long trip on the road. She weathered very well and even slept through papa's pull. She fell asleep at 10 and slept till 4:30. Considering it was a late night since the pull did not get over with till 12:00a.m. My family even came down to watch us pull. The kids had so much fun together. Now we will be gearin up for the big pull this weekend. It is in Tomah WS. Yes I will be taking both kiddos. When I go back to work I will not be going pullin. That means I will go to all I can since I'm still on maternity leave. Watch for the next post I will post a pic of Devin and Aleyse their first time pulling.

The picture of Devin(sitting by himself in the green chair) was how he was all day and night rooting on all the pullers. I think that picture is priceless.

Toter-home coming along!

First pull is this weekend. Semi has to be done by Sat. That is if we ever get the tractor back. David is working on the semi right now as I type. He is adding the generator to it. The pics are of window placing, the windows are not in cause they were bent, toilet room, & black door painted. Pic of the outside were the windows will be and the lights in the semi. I think it is coming along just fine. Oh and one more thing Denny laid the carpet the other day, not sure if you can see it. You be the judge and let me know how it is coming along. Leave comments!

painting complete

The outside is almost complete. Still have to add a few graphics or decals, but the outside is painted. All day Sun Ryan, Scotty, and David painted the Semi. I think they did a good job. Since it is raining out today David plans on working on the semi all day.

Semi renovations

Since we have a bigger family now we needed more room in the semi. We would have had to drive seperate to all the pulls. We travel so far that we decided to make it a toterhome. David purchased the back of a box truck and cut it in half. These pics are just half of the renovations. As you can see it is not painted and no windows yet. They have the plumbing ready for the potty and counter ready for the sink. The walls and the ceiling are done too. David even added speakers on the ceiling. The wall above the cab we are adding a flat screen for the road. We are purchasing one for Denny to give him for father's day. So we will be watching tractor pulling and john deere to all the pulls. I think it is looking pretty neat. Can't wait to see the final project.

More pics of Louisville

1st pic thumbs up dad.





Wed night winning family photo.
Still can sleep with all the noise!
Aren't we two of a kind!!

Morning that is their favorite saying!