Back To School

The kids went back to school last wednesday. I am now home with no kids in tow. I get 5 hrs. of me time. The house is cleaned by 9:30 and so I spend quite alot of time cooking(trying new recipes), sewing, reading, running errands and hanging out on the computer. When it starts to cool down, I'll get back into the yard thing. Here are pics of the kids on the first day of school.










Mariah is in 8th grade.

Kylee's in 7th Grade

Dillon's in 3rd grade

Paytons in 1st grade

Payton on his second day in school decked out in Laker gear!

City Leage Baseball

The boys had a great year on their city league baseball team. Dillon played for the Pirates and Payton played for his favorite team "The Angels". Dillon played short stop and pitcher while payton played all over. My favorite position for payton was catcher. He was so cute!

Branding Cows

Casey took the boys to brand cows for the first time. The boys' job was to let a few calfs through the gate then pull the rope so one calf gets loaded onto the branding table.

On the 4th calf, Dillon's thumb got smashed in the gate, when the calf suddenly backed up. The end result? A broken thumb

After icing it for about 30 minutes, Dillon decided to go back and work. There wasn't anything we could do until the swelling went down, plus it was a weekend. On monday he got a full cast which he was to wear for 4 weeks. He thought it was cool, until he found out he had to forfit his spot on the All Star Team. Mom was bumbed!

Dixie Jr. Livestock Show 2010

The girls had a great experience this year at the stock show. They've become alot more confident in themselves around these 1300 + animals. This year they started there project early so that the animals would be alot calmer and well Kylee's steer was still a knot head. It just didn't want to listen in the ring and set up the way it was suppose to. Overall the girls still had a great time. Next year will be Dillons first year and I think he's looking forward to it. As for Payton, well he seems to think he'll be to busy traveling on a baseball league....we'll see! Here are some hightlight pics.

Washing the steers

Drying/Grooming the steers

In the show ring

Grandpa Blake and Casey

We are extremely appreciative this year for the Blake Appraisal Co. and Tita for supporting the girls in purchasing their animals.

Mariah's Science Project

We are so proud of Mariah and her accomplishments in school. Science is one of her hardest subjects and she went above and beyond this year. She completed her chick project and was even successful at hatching one bird. She placed 3rd place at her school for the 7th grade class and was invited to district and placed 5th! We were very excited!


5th place in the district for 7th graders.