Blog? What Blog?.....

Since I am very tired of getting 'hate mail' from all of you I am taking some time to make a post. However be forewarned that it will be a long one!

Here is a picture of Wilfred's crane in action. This job site was an observatory.
This is the drop down the cliff where the observatory was being built.

This is flight for life leaving the job site. The job site supervisor beaned one of the other laborers on the head with a forklift. The laborer was fine.....had a broken neck.
The crane put away as the sun was setting.
2 oryx on the mountainside. You may have to click on the picture to see them better.
Sunset

Lindsy has moved up to a big girl bed! Her brother just had to try it out with her.
The sun setting against some clouds out our back door.
Wilfred took 2 weeks to go Elk hunting. Here was the camp.
Wilfred and his Elk.

Can you see the man in the picture?
The views from Mt. Taylor.


This silly squirrel is always at the bank. Can you see him in the rocks?

Clayton and Lindsy anxiously watching the biscuits baking.
While Wilfred hunted I canned! Green Beans, Strawberry Jelly, Grape Jelly, pickles, and peaches.

Lindsy helping me bake some magic cookie bars.
She couldn't see but she could help!
Waiting for them to bake.
A potluck. All the kids were sitting on the wall. ( Yes, my husband counts as a kid.)

I came home to find these 2 lizards sitting on the tractor tires.
The kids riding tractors at the State Fair.
I spent a weekend with my mom in Las Vegas. The kids stayed with their Auntie Rae. Wilfred was still hunting.

In L.V. we went to M&M World. Here is the M&M stock car. I am holding the racing jacket I brought back for Clayton.

The lions in the middle of the MGM Grand.
Skyline of New York, New York.
More N.Y, N.Y., The Monte Carlo, and more building in the background.
Statue of Liberty outside N.Y., N.Y.

The Excalibur.
Paris!

The Rio where we stayed.

Flowers in my mom's flower garden.

Daddy pulling the kids in the wagon.
Digging up the potatoes.
The bounty of the night.
We went to the Rodeo. We watched some mutton bust'n. Here the clown was rushing in to pick up one of the little cowboys.

After the Rodeo we watched Luke Bryan in concert. It was a great concert. You can click on the picture and see it larger.
This looks like someone set a bomb off. This was the clouds as the sunset out our backdoor.

Now that you have seen why we have been so busy, I hope you will take a moment and PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT!!!!!!! :)

Clayton's Birthday...

Our Boy turned 4 and we celebrated all weekend. First off he got his birthday gift from us a week before his birthday. She is a Corgi named Missy. We let Clayton name her. She is his buddy and even gets to sleep in his room.

Clayton wanted a 'Thomas' birthday. I made this cake for him. The train would go whizzing around the track.

A very pleased boy!

Loving on Missy!

Clayton wanted to make sure Alexander had his pacifier. He was clipping it on his shirt.

Clayton was thrilled with Grandpa Gary's gift......Fishing Loot!

Fishing on Saturday...... Just getting on the lake. Grandma was holding Lindsy and Clayton was hanging on.

Reeling in the first fish. It was Grandpa's.

Daddy helping Clayton reel in his first fish.
A small mouth bass.....Good Job Clayton!
Daddy caught the biggest fish. A Walleye. Everyone else was catching small bass.
Passed out after a hard day on the boat.

Sunday Night..... Lindsy may have a future in modeling.....

4 Years Ago Today.....

Our Precious boy Clayton James was born at 6:50 am. He weighed in at 7lbs 11oz and was 21 inches long. Here are some of his baby pictures. Also some videos....A lot has changed in 4 years. My little boy has grown and keeps us entertained every day. Also we no longer have "Nunie" who Clayton was yelling at in one of the videos. Enjoy these....AND if you have kids go give them a hug and tell them that you love them...for they grow up much too fast!

Happy Birthday Clayton!!!
(Look for more pictures of his party, his awesome birthday gift, and his day at the lake. When we celebrate, we celebrate!)

Great Day for Kids, Bad Day for Dog....

These Pictures belong at the end of this post. So sorry for the mix up. This is pictures of the flooding that just happened at our house. Clayton's tractors were not able to stand up to the water. I hope he has hazard insurance. :)

Water rushing from the front yard to the back yard through the little drainage ditch Wilfred dug.

Saturday: Our poor dog Russell.... He has been a matted mess for sometime. I've tried to brush him but always end up sneezing my brains out. His long shaggy fur has been a magnet for weeds, bugs, poop, and other disgusting things. And Saturday we discovered he had mites. I have been planning to get him into the groomer, but never made it happen. (I guess I need more doing and less planning in my life!) Long story short.....Wilfred ran over to my parents house and grabbed a stock tank. I boiled several pans of hot water on the stove to make the hose water not so cold. In went the dog.
Clayton loved being able to help. Here he was contemplating where to dump the next cup of water.

Russell is a great dog. He never once tried to get away or fight. I think he was happy to finally be getting cleaned up. He ended up having to be shaved short. He was so matted there was no way it was getting brushed out. Wilfred did the grooming honors. With all the helping Clayton did he got wet and covered in dog hair. So the next thing I knew I was boiling more water. When the tank was rinsed and cleaned and the water properly warmed....in went the kids! Their first chance to skinny dip.....I hope we haven't started something we will regret!

While all of this water play was going on I was working in the kitchen. Great news! Grandpa's Apricot tree finally had a good year. This is the 5 gallon bucket Wilfred picked for me. I had picked 2 bags full. I spent Saturday making jam and canning.
Too tempting for little hands....

I also picked our first Zucchini on Saturday.
And the fruits of my labor. This picture was taken at 2:30am Sunday. I had finally finished and cleaned the kitchen up. It shouldn't have taken me so long, but I had to keep stopping to make meals and warm up water and, and , and........


Tuesday: I thought this was neat. I've never seen the roots of a corn stalk stick out before.

Squash blooms




This is a storm cell over our neighbors house. This same storm has now flooded out our yard. (See first 4 pictures)

An update of my planters.

Nothing cuter than kids in jammies......

Daddy and kids before bedtime.

Horses, Kids, Snakes.....

Do you remember My post about my mom's new horse? We called her Lilly at the time....My mom got her home on the 4th. Her name is now Serena. Here is the little squirt drinking from Wilfred's water jug. Wilfred leading Serena around.
Yesterday afternoon we went and rode horses. I have finally gotten my saddle cleaned up and ready to use again. Here is Lindsy riding Sequoia. She loves the horses!!!!!

Clayton didn't want to ride yesterday. He was more concerned with digging in the dirt. I got tickled when I looked out my kitchen window yesterday evening. This is what I saw....The shirt is too perfect!
Sunday night we were coming home about 9:15 pm. We were right in front of our house when we saw this baby(?) rattlesnake crossing the road. We ran it over several times with the car. Then got out to make sure it was indeed dead. Apparently the snake had just eaten a mouse. If you click on the picture you can see the mouses fur, tail, and a foot in the guts of the snake. This the second baby rattler that we have found in the year we have lived here. We are guessing there must be a den nearby.