More randomness from the old Iphone...

Hugh loving on Copper and Copper loving on Hugh.

This photo is from the 2013 fair, Moira was helping Mike out in the Ewe class.

What happens to dogs that sleep during read aloud time.

Hugh did not like the taste left in his mouth after getting sealants on a few teeth.

Halloween 2013, The Garn's dropped by to show us their cool costumes.

Hugh had a hard time waking up after quiet time one day.

And this is why we love the goats and put in all the work it takes to keep the herd happy and healthy.

The boy and his dog.

Liam and Brenton working on a science experiment...I think it involved balloons, expanding things and foam spraying all over the kitchen.

Liam's very first swim meet in October 2013.

Liam gleefully counting his lamb money.

We have so many pictures that have yet to be filed or printed or had anything done with them.  But at least they are around so that one day our history will be there for us to see.  All these came off my phone and are true to our daily lives.  Love this family of mine! 

A Random Week...

Bear spent many hours staring out the toy room windows at the kitten....sometimes he even rested his chin on the window sill and just stared. 

This is the tiny kitten that Bear is so obsessed with...he is just visible under the bike tire in the highly organized shed.  There were three kittens to begin with but we have not seen the other two in some time.

We started building the chicken yard today, it is laid out and the fence post holes are all dug, Brenton is amazing to dig in this horrible clay soil.  The fence will go up on Monday and the we will start planting various things for the girts to munch on during good weather.  The little coop is from some neighbors who had to get rid of their hens. 

This is the second coop from the same neighbors...it will have some remodeling and reenforcing added to it and then it will go inside the yard for the next group of hens.  We are getting a half dozen Rhode Island Reds from Liam's boss so we can keep the egg supply steady.  The gold hens will probably lay one more year, the neighbors had had them for three years I think.

Ah, the garden!  Bubba helped me lay out some 'raised' rows for the tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers.  We put the zuchs where the pumpkins used to be and will add onions on Monday.   The boxes are for the potatoes and we have to get some more soil before we plant them on Monday.  We are also adding one more box so there will be five.  The single boxes next to them are actually the last row for the boxes but they don't go on until the plants have grown. 

Thor, Brownie, and Oreo have been relocated to the old sheep pasture in an effort to take down some of the weeds.  I don't have a picture of Bubba's new garden spot but will get one up soon.  We are grassing in everything that is not planted or designated for something.  I am too old to pull weeds like we did this year.  I was more worn out than after a marathon.  Perhaps if there was a cheering section?

This guy worked like crazy today and I am so grateful he is willing to help with my ideas.  One day he might even decide horses are a good idea.

Dad' sidekick hung in there most of the day and then got out the pvc pipe guns and ran around a lot.

This was a good week a trip to the ortho, lots of swimming, a trip to town that included A and W, Bubba went back to work after having her Wisdom teeth out, and we sold the last of the goat kids.  Bubba has had a rough week though and we are all a bit concerned that she is still having a lot of pain concerning her teeth.  We are starting to wrap up school but will probably do a few unit studies and of course finish any book that is not completed over summer but more formal school will end next Friday.  And since Liam is already working for Matt at the farm it will make his schedule more flexible.  We also worked lambs several times and Liam put a hole in his brand new swimsuit....more to come later. 

Just a regular week...

Liam had his first outdoor swim meet and Hugh took pictures since I was in Ogden with Moira at the oral surgeon.  She had to have her wisdom teeth removed and there will be no pictures of that even per Moira.

Liam in the 50 freestyle, he improved his time by 4 seconds.

Hugh managed some good action shots for one of his first times with a 'real' camera.

Go Liam!

Note the 'farmer' tan!

Liam and Dad (Brenton) checking the time sheet...

Ok, this is actually on Easter Sunday but I ran across it and wanted to share.  This is Jake and Rachel's little girl, Stella Ray.  She is a little doll.

Flashback number two!  We met Bubba at Aggie Ice Cream up at the University to celebrate the end of her second semester and her straight 'A' report card!  We are all very proud of our Bubba!

We have also been working hard on the garden this week but I will not take pictures of it until it is less pathetic looking.  I am hoping to get the planting done by next Saturday if we can manage it.  There is a  soccer tournament next week that Brenton hopes to ref at and Bubba is in recovery mode from her teeth situation, I feel for her pain is no fun.  And pain without food is even worse!  One more thing Bubba was selected to read an essay at the Voices Symposium as the best in her English 2010 class....pretty impressive!

May birthdays field trip to SLC!

Hugh got comfy for the drive to SLC, that is my blanket that he took from me!

The first stop on our field trip was Hogle Zoo of course!  I was a rainy, windy day but we had no idea how much weather we would see before we headed out for the second stop!

The zoo is still under renovations for the African exhibit but there were several new things open when we go there.

Why do we always take a picture of this?

That is one of the new huge male lions on the rock to the right of Hugh.

Even 'stretch' Liam could not reach the huge tortoise. 

Liam added some light entertainment by dancing in the rain for us.

Hugh loved the seal show and wants to study marine biology next year.

Two peas in a pod, these two are so alike.

Not sure why the blog moved this picture but ...Liam and I decided to try the indoor climbing wall at the sports expo...he is a fast little man...I miss climbing.  I did a fair amount of indoor and outdoor climbing when I was in school in Flagstaff.

Here Liam is beating me to the top...he chose to repel down while I was reverse climbing down trying to burn off the junk food I ate:)

Hugh made fast friends with this rescue dog, it followed him around for a bit and kept licking him.

The indoor mountain bike trail course was super cool, though we kept giving poor Bubba fits.  She was pretty sure one of us was going to wipe out and bleed.

We even got Dad onto one of the bikes..and had trouble getting Liam off them.

Dad skipped an obstacle....that one was very rough.

Yep, even I had to play on the fancy bikes.

The slacklines were a favorite as well, I think I may have finally convinced Brenton that we need one of these at the house.

Sitting at the seal show.
We had a family pass to the zoo for the past year and have really enjoyed going there when we have time.  At the end of this visit, we were right near the ape house, a downpour occurred so we ducked into the building at hand.  Then we headed for the next one when there was a break in the rain only to have it start hailing!  Needless to say we worked our way to the front gate and made a dash for the van where we ate our 'picnic' lunch inside:0.  Then we were off to the Adventure gear sports expo...neat time there too...prepare for picture overload.This picture was much earlier in this post but for some reason the pictures of the expo all posted before it.  Too much tech for me.  Hope this was as fun to read as it was to do....