Popsicle kinda day!

We have been enjoying some LAZY days of summer! I wish it could be summer all year round, not Spring, or Fall, but SUMMER! I am loving having Ryan around the Richfield farm, this is how farming is supposed to be, when I get to see my husband throughout the day, and when he comes in for lunch, the kids have been able to ride around with him quite a bit too, so I know they are loving having their Daddy around also. He is glad to not be commuting much right now too. We have just been doing this and that. I am trying to get caught up on my blogging, real life has been too much fun to worry about blogging life! Sounds funny!

EMMA

Last week we stayed one night up in Arco while Ryan finished first cutting hay up there. It is always fun to sleep in the camper and watch movies, and no trip to Arco is complete with out a visit to Pickles Place! We had a fun two days anyway!

JUSTIN

Kiley and her family came through town and stayed for the night Monday. We enjoyed having boy cousins around, {and Jaci too}. Dallie is getting big, she is turning one this week, Wow, that has gone by fast!

ASHLEY (and Pinkie)

Tuesday morning I went up to girls camp for the day. I helped teach a fun class about hair braiding. I couldn't believe how some of the girls could catch on so fast! It was amazing! I also found out I DO NOT want to be a beautician, like I always thought I wanted to be, I will just stick to doing my own girls hair! (I don't know how Paige does it!)

CLAIRE BEAR

Summer is being very good to us, we have not even been swimming once, in Justin's prayer the other night he prayed that "Tomorrow bless that we can go swimming" It didn't work, we still haven't gone! We are planning to go on Friday, we have got to get signed up for swim lessons at some point too. Oh well, that is the joys of summer, not having to be tied to a schedule!

JACK, even he got to lick a Popsicle that fell in the grass, YUMMY! We are loving these "DOG" days of SUMMER!!

Summer time owies!

We are just loving moving our pipe in the pasture, Here is Emma's barbed wire scar, Justin has one only half as long, but twice as deep. We just LOVE climbing through the fence everyday!

Our other REAL love are the kitties, they are feisty little things, trying to survive the kids "Loving" on them. {this is Ashley's hand} I could have chosen any one of my children to take a picture of right now, they all have kittie scratches! Fun Summer!

Evening of July 4th

We had a busy 4th as you can tell! The evening was just as busy as the rest of the day! After the baptism we ran up to Stanley for the kids to ride in the bike parade. It was fast and fun. I couldn't tell if we were in it, or if we missed it or what, either way we rode our bikes down the middle of main street and that was fun! Here are a couple of pictures from the parade:We borrowed a 3year old for our family picture here (Braden) Justin was NOT happy, he did not get a Popsicle after the parade and was pouting, (they ran out) this is the only shot I got of him, he was NOT a happy camper! BOO HOO!!

Then the men had to have a parade of their own,

{jared, ryan, cody, mark, aaron rode too}

Ryan was SO excited to get to ride in the mountains with his brothers! He only rides his motorcycle around the farm, he has never ridden on a track or in the mountains and his brothers are like professional riders, so they helped him catch the fever! He LOVED it! I think he will be riding a lot more often now!

Then the fireworks, there were tons, I mean TONS of sparklers flying while we were waiting for it to get dark. There were about 20 Telford cousins and then about that many cousins from Des's side of the family, so some Uncles and grandpas started a fire and just lit the sparklers right out of the fire. They were fun for the girls, until they got burned, Claire burned her finger, thumb and hand, poor kid! Emma burned one finger, but it didn't slow her down much!

Ashley just kept going and going! What a fun night!

Justin crashed out early and missed it all, we were SO exhausted from all of the playing!

We had such a great time! We had to leave right after the fireworks to get home, the only thing more sad than taking down the tent is taking down the Christmas tree! So TRUE! We were sad to leave! We could have stayed another week, it was such a great trip! Thanks Aaron and Des!

Kegans Baptism

The reason we went on the trip was to get this boy baptized! He was baptized in the Salmon River, it was really cool, and different. I haven't ever been to a baptism not in a church, It was neat to see everyone in their Sunday clothes out in the middle of the forest. It was a really nice day, what a perfect day for him to remember! We are proud of your choice to be baptized Kegan!
Braden, at the baptismClaire Bear, it was such a nice afternoon!

A day on the Lake!

We spent our last day (the 4th of July) on Redfish Lake. We had a great time, it was sandy and nice, the weather was overcast but it didn't stop the kids from getting in. It was COLD! Justin was very brave, he kept going in up to his waste, he supposedly doesn't like water though? Maybe he only likes lake water??

Ashley and Brooke headed out on the lake!

This was the only shot of Emma that I got in the boat, she is washing the sand off of her feet.

Claire's first taste of sand

She really was trying it, but only once, we LOVED the beach!

Brooke caught this huge yellow butterfly, she used the net, but then it just sat on her finger, so cool!

Jaci and Braden

Justin, Jaci, Braden. Some of us didn't even wear our swim suits, it really wasn't that warm, warm enough though I guess!

Brooke and Ashley

Justin LOVING the beach!

Emma liked it too!

All the kids posing for a picture, it is a beautiful lake, we had a great time!

Custer Ghost Town

On the Third day of the family Vacation we went to a cool ghost town called Custer, it was near Stanley. It was an old mining town that was abandoned after everything was mined out of it I guess? We panned for "GOLD" Even the guys had to try it out, everyone was a winner, we all came home with a shiny piece of glitter!

Then the kids explored around, I am not sure what this was, but Justin kept sticking his head in it, and thought it was pretty cool??

Megan and Emma In school, Justin, Jaci, and Emma.

Telford Family Vacation day 1 1/2

This year we had our family vacation up in Stanley, Idaho. Aaron and Des's family were in charge and so they had it at Des's Grandparents ranch in Stanley. It was so beautiful there.

It was so fun to spend time with our cousins, we just played and played all day every day! Ashley was especially excited to get to spend some time with her best buddy Brookie. They are such good friends. I am glad they have each other to play with and they get along really well. Here they are eating their dutch oven dinner in the climbing tree the first night.

As the night went on more and more families trickled in, Sydney, Claire, Emma

Braden, Kaden, Justin, Sydney, and Claire

Notice how dirty they are already, this was only the first evening, they hadn't even played a full day yet!

Then there were a bunch more, it looks like, Megan, Jerick, Braden, Kaden, Justin, Sydney, Kegan, Brooke, Ash, (in back) Claire, Emma, Kaylee Nichole, Alaina, and Jessie. We didnt have Jaci and Tayson there yet, or Jake and Jessie's kids, that's a lot of cousins!

Thursday morning we just hung around camp and relaxed and had nice weather, it was overcast, so not SO hot like Wednesday, but it didn't rain, which was good. Uncle Cody was giving manicures and pedicures:

What a good Uncle Cody, (he is single BTW, and TOTALLY available!!! OK not like desperate available, just available, well.....maybe a little desperate, HEY, but we still LOVE him!)

Then it was on to rides, anytime the four wheelers started up there were at least 10 kids hopping on! The dads and grandpas were good sports about letting EVERYONE ride!

That is a big load! The kids also enjoyed the paddle boat and catching all sorts of bugs, and stuff.