Down Home

We went out to take a cold drink to Ryan and the welder.   Welding is a hot job for a hot day!  This poor pivot has had a rough week, and so has Ryan!  It is just old and rusting apart, one of the pipes between the wheels rusted in half and the pivot point has been leaky all year and so he was finally getting it fixed. 

On the way home I took a few pictures of the potatoes, they are looking good!

And the pasture and house,

Notice our “pink” pasture,(mostly under the Country Livn’ watermark) only the girls and I could pull that one off!  Not really, the pasture mix has pink flowers in it, it just usually gets eaten down before it blossoms.  We need some critters desperately to eat it so it isn't so hard to move our lines.  It is above the girls heads in some places, makes it REALLY fun to work in!

Growing!

Rett grew overnight!  Even the kids noticed.  He is such a fun happy baby, I cant hardly believe it!  I am glad he got over his fussiness so we can really enjoy him, he is a doll baby!  Claire Bear is usually to busy to stop and hold him but she wanted to this morning, he is almost as long as her!

What a fun big sister!

Campfire

We had our first hot dog roast of the season.  The fire pit got a little over grown and full of dirt, I am going to have to get it cleaned out before our next fire.  It still worked good enough to roast hotdogs and GIANT marshmallows!

Sara came and brought some cousins for us to play with too.   Its always more fun with more!

Signs of Summer

We have been enjoying some summery type foods this week.  We may or may not have had hotdogs every night….  I just love this time of year!  The kids loved making and eating fruit kabobs too.

Claire Bear made her own REALLY big and with her favorites, YUMMY!

TORNADO!

In Claire Bears room!  This girl is so BUSY!  She unloads all of her drawers and toy boxes in 3 minutes FLAT!  It is really quite frustrating actually.  Good thing I like this little red head!

Adventures in Grandmas BIG Van!

We borrowed Grandma Telford’s big van while our suburban was in the shop.  We had a BLAST in that big ol thing!  I only drove it one day and almost got stuck taking lunch to Ryan.  The kids thought it was pretty amazing that I could get us un-stuck,  Justin said “Mom Power!”  It was pretty fun!  We got a little, well a lot muddy! 

 

Some of the things I heard while the van was on loan were;

This van is FANCY! 

Can we ask Grandma how many dollars this van would cost us?

 

Can we borrow this van for the trip to Bear Lake?

Can we go out and play in the van?

This van is AWESOME!

We have had a lot of fun memories and trips in the big brown van, the odometer can prove it, 325,000 miles of fun!  We were happy Grandma let us borrow but I was glad to get my suburban back!

BOYS!

Boys will be boys, this is what happens when a naughty boy gets sent to his room for time out:

He stuck his arm in the ball popper and got it stuck, he was not in pain but got upset when we were laughing at him. 

It was stuck on pretty tight, I had to undo some screws to get it out.  He (hopefully) wont be doing that again any time soon!

Gardening

We have been spending a lot of time in the garden lately.  Claire Bear got dressed for the occasion;

Her tap shoes were so small she couldn’t pull them off, OUCH!

Rett trying to stay out of the sun, I burned his little cheekeys.  Poor boy!

The new garden,

Now I just have to figure out how to grow something in it!  I had to replant all of my seeds, I hope they will sprout and grow fast.

The kids are making all sorts of holes and ditches to run water in.  It is so fun to play in the water!

Happy Fathers Day

We are so lucky to have such a good Daddy!  He is never to tired to read stories or play bucking bull.

Happy Fathers Day Ryan, We love you!

Picnic

We had a picnic today out in the field with Ryan.  The sun was shinning!

Ryan took a load of kids for a round or two while Emma and I cleaned up the picnic.

They all wanted to stay but only Ashley got to.  Justin and Claire like it for a while but then they get bored, trust me I know from experience!  It was a fun afternoon and Ashley really enjoyed the time with her Dad.

Slip N Slide

It was ALMOST warm enough Friday to play in the water.  Justin and Emma had to try out the slip n slide.

 

Ash tried it once with all of her clothes on and that was enough for her.  Rett is there under all of those blankies.  Claire bear was streaking around so I didn’t take any pictures of her.

I think it might be time for a bigger pool;

Summer please come soon!

Swimming Lessons Come To An End

We are sad to be done with swimming lessons.  The kids all progress so much over the two weeks and then we quit going every day and loose our awesome swimming skills.  I guess I just need to keep taking them swimming.  They all passed on to the next level, Justin and Claire will be level 2 and Ash and E will be level 4!  The weather was cold most of the days but Friday was really nice finally!  Ash is doing her favorite, the back float:

Emma;

Emma’s splash, I never got a picture of them jumping in I am to slow, but I got lots of good splashes…..

The girls LOVED their teacher he was fun for them.  Ashley jumped off the “high dive” (it is actually the life guard stand)  She is so brave, she loved it too!  Cant wait again for next year.

Ranching

We helped Ryan gather and move cows this week.  I think we do this at least weekly.  It is a fun family activity though.  Ryan makes Ash and Emma stand in tough places and push the cows, they are working girls!  Claire says she will just watch because she is scared of cows, I tell her I am too!

Ryan and his crew gathering the heifers.

It is so fun to work together as a family!

Like Christmas!

The kids keep reminding me that Rett needs his baby toys so I finally went out and got them.  It was so fun to open the tote, it was like Christmas morning!

The person who was supposed to be most excited didn’t even crack a smile though!  The toy I needed for him I think I got rid of…..me on one of my de-junking sprees I'm sure…..

I am going to have to buy him a new mat to lay on with toys hanging down.  He loves the mobile on the swing so I think he would really like one of those.  Everyone else found something they could play with too, how fun!

Even the big girls!