Bailey Freshman Picture 2009

Isn't she BEAUTIFUL! We love you Bailey.

What a Shot!

On Saturday the 17th of October 2009 we went for a drive looking for deer. We had an enjoyable drive enjoying each others company. We all said watch us drive up our driveway and see deer since we didn't see any up on the mountain. Well up by our hay stack guess what we saw?! Bailey didn't have her gun ready so Dalan said here shoot mine so she leaned over Dalan and shot the 30-06. She just had shot it that afternoon when they went and sited them in. Her adrenalin was running high enough she didn't even feel it kick. One shot and the deer went down hard. It was an awesome shot. Bailey had killed three deer in her life time and has shot 3 times!! She was so excited! It was great fun. Stacy gut it out how easy is that. Drove up to it in the pickup, warm weather, a creek right next to us and the barn just yards away. It was fun.

Harvest is done.

Dalan the Deer!

Bailey's Cute Halloween Pumpkin!

Yeh, we finished cutting grain just in time for Halloween. He He! We finished this afternoon with snow in the edges of the field. Crazy. Bailey got her wisdom teeth out on Friday and has been so miserable. She missed Friday school and did not go today. Hopefully she will be able to go tomorrow. I feel so bad for her. Cary and his family came on Friday and Saturday and we had a great time with them. It was really low key and enjoyable. Cary came up for Dirk Johnson's wedding. (might I add long awaited wedding) ha ha. Dalan also came and spent some time with us on Saturday and then hurried back for a nine o'clock date. (blind) He called this morning and talked to me a minute with cooking questions. Some lucky girl is going to get steak and cheese cake but he didn't know who. He is having a blast. What a socializer! He did not get that from his parents, I am not sure where it came from.

How awesome is Dalan. He didn't know he was cool as his Dad. This was taken in 1986

Bailey taken in 1984!! Cool

Wow, what a week. Where do I start. We cut grain until the middle of the week and got snowed out. When the combines could run without breakdowns.( two wobble boxes!) Bailey was home from school for Fall Break and she and I got to enjoy the stomach flu together. So much fun. ha ha. Our dishwasher broke and was not worth fixing. But through it all feel so blessed. Yes I got a new dishwasher yeh! Bailey and I are now well and Stacy and Dalan did not have to experience it. And most amazingly we finished cutting grain yesterday all except 15 acres! The ox was in the mire and it dried out enough yesterday to go cut before the predicted snow storm. Jim Douglass came and drove a combine, Dalan was on combine, Cleve came and drove truck and then with Stacy, Bailey and I we kept everyone going. We worked until it started to snow but cut 100 acres or so. We feel so blessed! These pictures are of Monday morning.

Macie's Eggs

Macie and her family came for a short visit to see us and her Daddy helped Stacy cut grain. We so enjoyed seeing all of them and loved the help. Macie decorated her own egg carton(thanks Bailey) and then gathered the eggs and took a dozen home. She is so cute!

Harvest and Canning

We have been busy trying to get the grain gathered in. Wow. We have had lots of breakdowns and some rain and it seems like we have been working on this a long time. On Saturday we finished the home place and moved up to the mountain. It is too green though and so we will hurry up and wait for it to change. It was cold last night and feels like it will be really cold tonight so maybe the frost will help us out. I did see something I thought I would never see, Stacy climbed up the grain bin to close the lid one night in his CROCS. I had to harass him a little. Love Ya Hun. I have also been doing more canning. I did 18 quarts of peach pie filling last Monday and made peach freezer jam and peach leather. Yummy. Today I have got 12 pints of salsa done. Next week I hope to get my apples. Now an update on Dalan. He is doing so well and loving college life. He is making friends by the handfuls and most of them are of the really cute kind. It is fun to watch him grow and become a fine young man. He has a job in his ward and that has kept him busy also. He is the home teaching coordinator. He has been working close with the Elders Quorm President and really likes him. He has great roommates and is doing well. He came home on Sunday to Grandpa's birthday party and spent the night and left this morning to get back to his 9 o'clock class. It was fun to see him and visit. Bailey misses him so much. She only has one week left of school and then will be out for Fall Break. We hope we can go camping, but the way is looks we will probably be cutting grain. Hopefully we have a long fall and can get some last minute camping in.