Puppies

Molly, daughter of Ollie (coyote hunting icon,) gave birth to 7 puppies on June 26. BL is so proud of these little creatures. I remember when we brought Molly home as a puppy, I must admit she was pretty cute. Brett was about 18 mouths old, Molly would run after her tripping on the grass, her own legs, or anything else.


Now the little, cute puppies are chow hounds, growing everyday, waiting to go to their new homes, and just waiting for their first hunt!

Maybe we need an ark?

Storm clouds, bring rain...
rain makes grass grow and grow...

rain runs into the pond... OVER THE BRIDGE!

We have had many inches of rain this week. Maybe we need to build an ark like Moses...

just kidding Noah built the ark!

VBS

Troy United Methodist Church Bible School Program 2010

Picture it!

We have had a 2 week break from riding our ponies because we have very busy with other things, so Tuesday we rode. The ponies were frisky, the girls were complaining... "we're hot, can we go watch TV? We can ride later, blah, blah!" We must ride again, soon. So today we ate scrambled eggs with Velveeta cheese in them, the best, then I head out to catch the beasts. As I tied up Tilly, I saw the girls walking across the back yard... holey-knee jeans tucked in their boots, old t-shirts with the sleeves cut off, and ball caps covering their messy unbrushed hair. I giggle out loud, what a proud moment that was! By the way, we rode to the back pasture to check the blackberries, they need a few more weeks, and the ponies and girls did much better!

County Fair

At the fair last week we...

celebrated a birthday

(Happy Birthday Grandma Suzy, awesome cake Ashley),

camped in the IH,

wore mud boots,showered in the shower house,

rode an elephant,

showed Bill and Rosie,

played Bingo,

ate fair food,

rode rides,

lost Briley (only for a short time),

saw many friends,

entered a stick horse rodeo,

won the water balloon toss (thanks Coach Eric),

worked for the Cattleman,

found horseshoes,

played Minute It to Win It,

and had a great time!

Many thanks go to the volunteers that help with the fair,

we are so fortunate to have a wonderful County Fair year after year!

July 4th

These little cowgirls are ready to go watch the first night of the rodeo. It is so nice that they are old enough to go and enjoy it, and go with the flow through the late nights, afternoon naps, and eating whenever!


The girls are practicing their Queen wave for the 4th of July parade!
They sure enjoyed watching the fireworks with their best buddies ever
from the top of a pickup cab!

The beginning of July starts our summer craziness, Bri's birthday, Ft. Bloomfield Rodeo, then the DC Fair... all within the first 11 days of July. Loving summer and loving my job!

Happy Birthday!

Homemade ice cream, fireworks, friends, and family at Grandpa's cabin

Classmates at the city park and pool for some birthday fun!

Happy 6th Birthday!