Varmits!

We are sad to report that our dog Otis is not with us anymore. We do not know what happened to him and we do miss him. He was a good dog and he did keep things at bay. Since he has been gone we have been invaded with rock chucks and chipmunks. We are talking they have been everywhere and right at our houses. The squirrels this year are really bad also. Yesterday morning Verna called and said she needed Bailey to come over with her new gun and get some rock chucks. We went over there and they have totally eaten her whole garden and all her petunia blossoms. She was seeing them all over the yard. There was also evidence of them being right in her front door (if you get what I mean). So we went around back and sat on the backs step and waited. We didn't have to wait very long and the fun began. Bailey is an awesome shot. She shot 6 of them. Yes 6, isn't that gross. She shot one today by our bully barn when we sat down to have lunch. She is an awesome aim. We also went to O'rourkes last night and had pizza and salad and cold pop. I have to say it was soooo yummy. We took Verna with us and had a great time. On the way home we wanted to go look at the hay. Which by the way is very depressing. Long story short, froze to many times to make hay. Sad, Sad. I will tell you later how many bales we got on the whole piece after the baling is done. Anyway as we pulled up to the hay field it litereally was moving. Hundred and hundreds of squirrels. So we raced home and we all got our 22's and went back and did some damage. What a beautiful evening it was. It was a good day, but we were all tired and wind and sun burned by the time we got home. We also had gone on a buggy ride up Packsaddle Canyon to check on headgate. We also took it up on mountain and brought the spray truck home. Yes, we are glad to be done spraying. We broke down and so Simplot came and sprayed the last 200 acres. We do have our pipe up and running and Garrett Beard is moving it. Bailey and him are good friends and they had a great day hanging around each other yesterday and he helped us.

Bedroom

Still working on it. But I really like the new bed spread. I also bought one long drap and I cut it up and made the curtains for all three windows. Not bad to get them all for I think 7 or 8 dollars. I still want to paint the wall where the sinks are the same color blue as the bathroom and curtains. Maybe I will get to it next week. Sorry this is a really bad picture, but I had to hide some messes still. ha ha. I am still going through closest and I have got to go through a pile of Dalan's mission stuff and get it all boxed up for him.

Bathroom

Not the best photo's but you get the idea.

Bailey Summer Photo 2012

We needed a new summer picture of Bailey so we went and played around the other day and got some cute ones of her. But then she does not take a bad picture.

Bailey's Grades

We are so proud of Bailey and her grades. Can not believe she is a Senior this fall. Cry Cry for me.

English A
Health A-
Enviro Science A
US History B
Psychology A-
Edicatopm Ass't A
Study Skills A
Total GPA 3.771

Some pictures of weekly events

Catch Up

I have so much catching up to do on the blog. Oh my, it is almost a little overwhelming to me. On June 8th, Stacy, Bailey, and Verna met Dalan in Rexburg and we went to Bill Cosby at BYUI. It was a lot of fun! I have always loved him. We had a great time. We also go to meet Dalan's companion Elder Trent Ricks. He seems like a super neat guy.

I also decided on a whim, like I always do to paint and redo my bathroom. Now yes I have been thinking about it for a long time but I just up and went bought paint and started. It took several days but I think it turned out great. Stacy helped me and we put up board and batten. It looks fresh and clean. The ceiling really needed to be painted because of a wonderful roofer, so it got the complete job.

During the 11th through the 18th was our annual Green Canyon week. We took our camper in on Monday night and stay until Wednesday night. It is always fun to spend time with family. We always eat yummy. That is the funniest part I think. On Sunday night we went up to Jeff and Alana's cabin and hung out and ate there. It was super fun. Dalan was there for that night and then he came on Tuesday night and ate and swam. It was a lot of fun. On Friday we took off and went to Twin to see family there and to be there for Father's Day. It was a lot of fun also. Family is everything! On Saturday the guys all moved cattle so us girls and the kids hung out at the house and then made a quick trip to town where I bought a new bedspread and curtains for my bedroom. On Sunday we went to church and then came home and ate. Spent the afternoon laying around for a while and left for home. We stopped at Cary's and Steph and saw them and Josh. It was a good trip. We all didn't want to face realities of work, school, and responsibilities. A to clarify I have the most wonderful father in the world and the most wonderful husband and father to me and our children. I am so blessed.

So we all got home and then this week it has been busy trying to not cry over the frosts. They just keep coming and coming. But it has warmed up and Stacy got busy spraying and we are hoping to finish that up. I have been preparing a lesson for Sunday and Bailey has helped me clean house. Dalan came home on Friday and the kids have got the pipe up and running while Stacy has been in the sprayer. Huge huge help. It is so fun to have them both here. It makes me so happy. Dalan also bought a new gun this week and Bailey got a new 22 for her birthday, so a little shooting has been going on also.

Cuteness

I got really lucky and asked a guy if I could have his fire hydrant. He was thinking I was weird. So excited!! He said do you want me to help load it? Yeah man!

Last Day of School June 1, 2012

So Proud of this beautiful girl!! Ms. Williams awarded her this award at the Award's Ceremony the day before school got out.

Last Day as a Junior, Wow!

Last few days of being a Junior

Memorial Day Week-End 2012@Lava Hot Springs

Anyia, Dalan, and Bailey

Bailey, Anyia, Logan, Dalan, & Zack

Dalan and Bailey both in the top bunk. First time Dalan went camping since his mission and in our new camper.

The sun shone on the last morning as we were packing up to leave.



Our new pick up's first road trip. We are liking it, we still can't believe we bought a Dodge???

It can be crazy how different years can be, but since we finished putting our crops in really early this year we decided we wanted to go do something different for Memorial Day. Like really leave town. So we decided to go to Lava and camp for the week end. We thought it would be fun to have someone come with us and we had talked about camping with Cary and his family and we also invited all of Stacy's family thinking that if maybe one of them could make it, that would be great. Well so exciting for us all of Stacy's family said that it was a go! Could not have planned that one any better. We had a great time, even if it rained all week end long. Some of us went to the big pool with the slides and etc. and got to spend about 15 minutes there and got rained out. We did enjoy all the hot pools though. On Sunday we drove over and visited with Darwin and Marianne and saw some of their family. It was a great time. Didn't get very many pictures but I snapped a few as we were getting ready to head home.