Halloween fun

The girls loved their costumes. Grandma Baxter made Michone's. It was awesome - THANKS DAWNIE!!
Finised product on the Jack-o-lanterns.

Ryan with his pumpkin

One could say that Ashley has a cautious or reserved outlook on life.

Michone is a little more "YEE HAWWWW"

Landon cut his top a little narrow, but we got the yuckies out in the end.

Kalli modeling the pose for her pumpkin.

Family home evening time!!

Show Time!!

Here is Michone, Ashley, and Ace (our neighbor) with their sheep at the county fair. We have a great 4H leader who knows how to do well with picking good quality lambs and also how to show them.
Michone with a top prize smile. Michone and Ashley both placed FIRST in their age group for showmanship. The judges then bring the top two or three from each age division and show again. Michone almost got Reserve Grand Champion but walked behind the lamb which knocked her to 3rd place. Great job girls!!

Ashley, Michone, and I getting caught a little off gaurd

Ashley did great in quality. She was one away from reserve grand champion (which means she placed third overall)!

Kalli loves her bunny. This is her second year showing this bunny and she did wonderful.

All done and time to PARTY! Ashley was not sad to see her lamb go as it was often a battle of wills between them during walks!

New School Year, New Outfits

Here are a few pictures of back to school day. Landon catches the 11:30 bus for afternoon kindergarten. The girls catch their bus at 7:45.

How could parents so young have children so old. 7th grade, 4th grade, and 2nd grade.

Bingham Family Reunion

YEE HAW!! Let the fun times roll.
A little back blog to catch up on...
While in Oregon this summer for the Bingham Family Reunion, the weather turned a little wet and cool. Jacob and Wendy arranged to use this arena to have our "rodeo" in. It was a lot of fun and very much needed for the children to run and play.

One of the games was a stick horse race. Here are lots of great grandchildren having a go at it.
I would give names, but I am not sure the spelling...

Here is Ryan ready to start.

Ryan has decided this is not for him!

We might have a little to learn about being a graceful "non-winner."

The grandparents had their chance for glory as well......

Dad, Bonnie, Cindy, and Lynn off to a fast start.

Bonnie and Cindy looking good on the corner.

A couple of people are going the wrong way here.

Rest time.

Giving Justin a big "YAY HO"

Justin and Emily had been planning on coming from Germany but after three days in the "airport" with no luck getting a flight, they decided to throw in the towel. Justin had called Dad's cell phone to tell him they would not be coming and so Jason had us give him a YAY Ho.

Who is more relaxed? Landon or the horse?

One of the games Wendy had was the cowhide race. Here is Hillary, Tara and Nic (the horses) in full speed. Nic - I love your form - is that kind of a cross between power running and power walking?

Whatever it is, it must work!

Now there is perfect form!

Just like a real rodeo, the bullride is saved for the end.

We had a great time and really enjoyed visiting with family. I look forward to the next time the Blaine and Lois Bingham family get together.

Fall Fun

We made a big pile of leaves and put them underneath the rope swing. It did not work as well as we hoped, but it was still a blast.
I am sorry about the blurry pictures.

Angel!

"Angel," our favorite and only Bantam Leghorn chicken died. She laid the cutest little white eggs. The kids have shown her at the County Fair and won quite a few ribbons. We always caught her to show friends and Kiylee and Ashley put on a talent show with her and Dalmation. Sadly today, Brady our dog, chased Angel to death. (Dalmation died earlier this summer) Landon and Ryan knew just what to do. They headed out to the back of our property and started digging. This is what I saw...

Ryan's job was to pull out the big rocks once Landon loosened them up.

Once the hole was the right depth, Angel was buried with lots of love and tenderness.

Here is Landon digging.

Get Wood or Go Sledding?

We haven't quite figured out how to get to our camping spot before 8 p.m. We are very greatful for a wonderful camping trailer from G'pa and G'ma Baxter that we can just hook up, go, get there, and then only have to worry about starting a fire and eating. As you can see we remembered the ear warmers and gloves, but who needs a coat? Kalli is just finishing off a perfectly cooked hotdog. We love campfire cooking! Michone is the "card" of the family. Every picture I took of her that night had some similar pose. We love having her as the life of the family. Notice Landon, where is his mother?

Did we have breakfast? Oh, yes, I forgot, my children are growing and inhaling food. I love it. I feel like such a good cook. We did have eggs, hashbrowns, and bacon, thanks to the stove in the trailer. Ashley does not like her picture taken, but we are glad she is part of our family.

Landon and Ryan love to give a good "cheese"!

The kids found this great deer home not too far from our camping spot. We think we can see where they bedded down and they found tracks and droppings not too far from this cool home. From left to right, Landon, Kalli, Michone, leaf (I believe Ashely's legs are sticking out), and Ryan.

Dad and the kids leaving the "cool deer home."

Kalli found some gigantic leaves and a great walking stick. Do you see the skiff of snow? This should have been a type and a shadow of things to come.

The purpose of camping was so we could get started early and get wood. This is our wood truck and where we get wood. Slightly more challenging than other years but we will prevail with an entire truckload of wood! Way to go Dad, or we like to call him Paul Bunyon. Without boots and with all the brush covered it was very difficult for the children to walk on the hills so most of their time was spent making snowmen and catching, loading, and stacking the logs once we got them to the truck. They had great attitudes and I was very proud of them.

This is "Paul" looking for the perfect tree. He has his work cowboy boots on with holes in some of the stitching, brrrrrr!

Thankful to have a great saw to work with!

Kalli with one of her cute creations.

Landon has a whole family of little snowmen. I love the hat on the big one.

Ryan is our next "Paul Bunyon". I don't know where he learns how to do this, but he is good. He is chopping a little limb in half about 18 inches in front of him.