Do you get tired of hearing about Chad, Nicole and Addie? I hope not. I try not to brag talk about them too much.
Some of you have read it before but when we were in Kentucky and Chad was in high school, he had a real dislike for pickup trucks and the “rednecks” who drove them! Chad had a little sports car and considered himself a refined, city boy. Guys who couldn’t wait for the weekend so they could hunt and fish and trap . . Chad was so intolerant! In the Kentucky school, there was a real division – the city kids who thought all meat came from the grocery store and the kids who went out in the woods and found dinner. Parts of Kentucky area little rural but yet there are the subdivisions where kids have been raised to never live in the country or see anyone living off the land.
Then we moved to Missouri and Chad met Bobby. Bobby was kind of a mix of city and redneck, but mostly just a good, all around type young man from such a great family. His family took Chad in and treated him like one of their own and they had plenty of their own . . 7 kids I think. Chad learned so much from Bobby and his family. Bobby is now married with three kids of his own and Chad and Nicole are still friends with them all.
We had not been in Missouri long before my freezer was full of ducks, geese, venison and fish. My city boy had undergone a complete transformation . . which made me happy!
Here he is grinding venison and fat to make the best ground meat ever! I wish I had that grinder! Chad even looks like a mountain man with that beard!
Grinding Venison
And here’s my well rounded little granddaughter. She can dress up and be a dainty (well, almost) little girl!
Birthday Outfit
Or, she can help her pawpaw bring home dinner.
Addie with Dinner
I’ve said it before, I’m so proud of Chad and Nicole and the way they’re living their lives and raising Addie.
Sherrill says
Chad also has a fish hook on his shirt! HA Is Addie holding a squirrel? Dang, I wish they’d come get some of mine!! LOL Never get tired of reading the stories, Judy.
katie z. says
I love reading about Chad et al. It doesn’t seem that long ago that he was still little!
Theresa says
If they all turn out like Addie, I hope they have a lot more children.
Susan says
Heck, no, I don’t get tired of hearing about them! It’s nice to know that someone did something right in bringing up a child. =) Sure won’t hear these stories from me. I love hearing about all of them. And moose is even better than venison! Much better ground up, wouldn’t eat it for a steak, though – too tough.
L says
I’m smiling ear to ear for you and your family.
Marion Morgan says
So enjoy your family stories, esp. About Addie. She is getting so big.
Linda in NE says
I always enjoy your stories about Chad & his family. And could anybody be any cuter than little Addie standing there holding a dead squirrel? (Except for my little grands, of course) I imagine a bunch of PETA people fainting away, totally horrified at the picture. 🙂 Is that an evil thought?!?
Eileen says
Never get tired of hearing about Chad, Nicole and Addie! They are a precious family.
Diane says
It’s kinda funny. I was telling a friend something about Addie and her fishing. My friend asked who Addie was and I had to stop and try to explain I don’t really know her or her parents but a lady I don’t know on the Internet is her grandma and she was telling about….it went down hill from there. Lol
My husband’s sister’s name is also Judy and if I say, Judy said he asks, “Judy my sister or Judy Laquidara?” Lol. Sometimes he just waits to hear what I have to say to know which one. ????