Yes, it has been some time since I put anything here but do not fear it is not due to lack of possible content! The top photo is one of my "baby's" senior pictures, when did my chubby little man become a good looking cowboy? Beyond pleased with what that boy is doing with his life, but he will always be a whippersnapper to me. Then we next have the baby on the other end of the line, Hugh man! He is deeply committed to his Lego engineering projects at the moment. He will get up in the night to 'check' his collection with a flashlight or he will use the light on his alarm clock! Still a whippersnapper and he still lets me get a good snuggle in now and then. The princess whippersnapper and her goat friends are next in the photo gallery. The two pigmys and Mighty Thor the Nigerian dwarf like to stand on the dear and they even fight over the good spots. Ah, Brenton sniff testing the gluten free breads Cody made for his Agriscience/FFA project...they were beyond grouse. I am so glad that the real makers of gluten free breads have developed better ideas than to just switch flours out. However he did win so the race for Nationals is on! My last whippersnapper is showing how bad the breads were in his picture as well. Liam is great! Well that covers everyone except my darling doggies, cantankerous cat, and the two bum lambs who are pretty sure we are trying to starve them to death since we cut back on their snack bottle (they are getting hat as well!). Life is good here on the wanna be a farm/ranch acre!

Fun pictures!

The boys built replicas of the Nile river but they were washed out in a major storm last weekend. Cody and Hugh have a hard time keeping sleeves or shirts on it seems. Brenton came home beyond muddy from the last few games he reffed. Liam is learning how to workout on the treadmill for when the high temperatures don't go above twenty, I don't know how he is gong to get his dog into that program though! And last but not least our amazing goalie at his last club soccer game. Too fun! Ok so the pictures are in the reverse order of my commentary. I will perfect my blogging skills at a later date. For now I am just happy to get something posted!

Too much fun!

Life here has been busy as always. Lots of life type decisions being made such as which college, which major, which photo for the yearbook. All the important things. But seriously we have been that good kind of busy that wears you out and makes you smile all at once. So here is the run down. Soccer season is over for a few months so we actually see Brenton before 9 at night, and Cody is back to working whenever he can with his Grandpa Jr. which is a huge good thing in my book. Half of the lambs have been sold (the kids had to deal with their first bad check experience but it turned out well), the ewes are off meeting with the bucks at the ranch, the other half of the lambs are eating lots and waiting to go to market soon! The two pygmy goats have been dehorned and we will never go thru that again. Don't ask even I was queasy about that ordeal and I never get queasy! Home education is rocking along though I still can't master Latin so Moira is taking that over. Cody has been accepted to Utah State and given a two year tuition scholarship, if he moves his ACT score up by one point he will get four years so we are studying! Liam is waiting to start basketball and considering a return to Irish dance as is Hugh though he refuses to even discuss playing basketball. Moira has a new project a ten day old Nigerian Dwarf goat, he is smaller than the cat! She is in love with the thing and bottle feeds it every four hours and spoils it rotten. Hugh is busy being Hugh and that is just great! Brenton is building a goat and bum lamb palace complete with insulation and wiring! He does nothing halfway that man! So life is good and we are so grateful to be a family even when there is too much laundry and not enough time. Have a happy weekend!

Marathoning and Turning 6!

Well no pictures for this note....I ran a marathon today and the only pictures from that will be the ones that the race photographer sells later. You know a picture of me and twenty or so total strangers as we run past the photographer! I am bone tired but must rally as the little man's 6th bday bash is tonight, I will post pictures of the little darling later. Quite honestly the timing is great, I don't have to cook or do the dishes. I thought a great deal about my family members whom have passed away in the past 6 years or so. All of my parents sibling are now gone and only two the siblings spouses survive; which makes me wonder if one heaven is not a bit louder (we were never a quiet group) and how will I keep their stories alive for my children and my brother's children? Yep, 4 hours of running can lead to lots of pondering! Well off to the pizza and root beer bash, the kid knows how to party....a few friends, good food, and a movie! Maybe early bedtime too?

Recent Happenings

I cannot remember the order I saved these pictures in so if the commentary is not in order consider it a brain exercise! This past week Moira obtained her learner's permit, but even more noteworthy is the fact that Liam and Hugh waited politely in the chairs at the DMV for over 30 minutes while she did it! We also made jars and jars of peach salsa which requires piles of diced onions. I cannot chop a small onion without major issues much less enough for all that salsa even with a food processor. So the solution I came up with a few years back involves ski goggles, open windows and fans going at full speed! My kids find it hysterical but you will notice none of them are helping at that point. The snake picture is one Moira took in the garden and then zoomed in on, she is great in the garden and amazing with nature photography! Sorry about the sideways picture but I am not sure how to turn it on the blog so consider it a yoga move to view it. Homeschool is rocking along and I am hoping for no more traveling for awhile. I just returned from Phoenix, I will write about that some other time. Back to the salt mines...........

oops

Ok the first picture in the last post was actually of Moira and Brenton as he was trashing the living room or as he calls it 'preparing for yet another scout trip'. And the picture attached here is of the kids and Brenton's mother Sherie at the falls on the way to the Matson reunion. It is late can you tell?

Matson Reunion 2010

We had a great time in Mid June at Idaho Falls with Brenton's mom on our way to the Matson family reunion which was just up the road near Rigby. The kids loved the falls and seeing Sherie's old stomping grounds, she and Herb were married in the Idaho Falls Temple. The farmer's market was fun but Hugh was pretty sure the guy with the pet wolf had 'a problem in his head', such a rancher's grandson. He also pointed out that wolves eat sheep and that is bad! The Matson homestead is still in the family and we were blessed to go on a sort of home grown tour of the area with some of the cousins, it was amazing and perfect. I have more cool pictures somewhere and will post them at some random point in time as I seem to be doing lately. The cute little boy with Hugh is Matt, Dee and Mary's grandson (cousins basically).