Feeding Cows

Time to catch up the blog! We have been having fun - and I've got so many photos to prove it! Corey, Jennie and their boys were here visiting during their Spring Break - we had a great time seeing them!   Drew just had a birthday and turned 8 so they also had his baptism here at the end of the week. It was great for them to come visit and let us be a part of that. Congrats Drew!
Martha called while they were here to invite us to go feed cows with a neighbor friend of hers. My kiddos were all over that! He feeds from a sleigh in his field - so we are talking MAJOR FUN! Not to mention COWS! What on earth could be better!?

Happy Birthday Jude!

Happy Birthday from the boys at this house!  Can't believe you are six - you are practically grown up!  We love you - hope to see you soon for some Game Cube fun!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Ugly Baby

I was browsing my iphoto not too long ago, and started to remember . . . .
Now, now - before you think I am a mean and cruel mother just take a look at the evidence before you!  There are some truly interesting photo's of the little twerp.  I think they kind of fall into the category of "so ugly he is cute". . . .  maybe?  There are some photos that are down right scary!  Anyway, take a look at 'ole Yoda himself!

See how CUTE, BEAUTIFUL, CHARMING and downright HANDSOME he turned out to be?!?  That is why it is okay to remember that he used to be a bit ugly - it is so funny in comparison.
What a handsome, awesome little man!  We love you Brannen!

A Saturday on the Ranch

We took Rae to Bedford on Saturday to do some riding with Grampa Barry and ended up with a fun couple of hours on the ranch. Grampa said he was going to feed the cows - so naturally, Reese and Brannen wanted to go help. Nothing's better than riding in the ranger and feeding actual COWS!
Is he happy or what?! Reese seems to be just as happy watching Brannen be so happy! She sure does love that boy!
Look Rae! An actual Cow! Up close! So very cool!
This tipping his head to smile business is getting ridiculous! Who taught him that anyway?! RAE! It is actually still pretty cute - he just can't get his picture taken without tipping his head! Funny kid!
Seriously, Brannen's day was MADE.
Had to climb to the top of the barn too! Wouldn't be a trip to Grampa's without that. Brady and Brannen were the climbers this time.
After feeding the cows, they got to work. Rae worked some cows with Moonshine - the horse Grampa has been training this winter. She is turning out to be a really good cutting horse, and Rae was in the drivers seat today. They did great!
I can't believe Rae actually likes to do this - she is definitely a cowgirl. It would scare me to death. That horse is turning FAST! She could easily spill off of there. She loves it though.
Yahoo! Grampa is away from the ranger! My turn to drive! And drive I will -with my head tipped the whole time!!
Gotta love that Reese. Always taking care of someone.

Another Saturday on the ranch. What fun we had!

Happy Birthday Mom

I missed my mom yesterday on her birthday and thought about her alot. I sure wish she were around here to drive me crazy! And I wish she were around for me to enjoy. These are very random pictures I had of her on my computer. I think I like this first one the best (even though I have a silly face) because it is just a boring, everyday picture of us, doing the hand out the birthday cake thing. I miss boring! Don't take everyday for granted! But I am so grateful that I have such a great mom, and she was such a good friend to me.
Jen has some great pictures with just her and mom when she and Kyle got married. I am jealous of those! But this is pretty great too! With beautiful Garrett!
She would hate these pictures - because we have been camping and she has pretty crazy hair. She didn't like it when her hair got wild. I like them because we were all being adventurous and climbing a mountain and enjoying being together. The kids look so little!

A couple of days ago, I was looking at the "Mom book" Bekki made for us - and it is so wonderful! I simply adore it. It is a treasure. Thanks Bek! You are the best!

Miss you Grandma Grandma! Miss you mom! Happy Birthday! It would have been so fun to tease her about being old! She would have turned 60!! I think she would'a freaked a bit! That would have been a good laugh or two!

40!

Happy Birthday Kelly! And Corey too! Happy birthday twin Fullmers!
We had a fun little party for Kelly on Monday night - pizza, treats, movie - good stuff. We celebrated the night before with Barry, Chris and Grama Marge. It was great to see them and visit a bit.
What cuties!
Brannen especially loved the party. After just having his birthday, he's finally getting what all this birthday stuff is about. Here he is with his "cutest smile" showing off the shirt Grama Chris gave him for his birthday. It is true enough!
If you only knew how Kelly loved frosting you would understand! He kept eyeing his cake after school and I finally said, just go for it - as long as I can take a picture!
They are growing up!
Brannen LOVES to blow out candles now - and Kelly couldn't quit laughing at Bran's many attempts to help Kelly blow out his candles. Brannen was just so intense about his whole effort. It was too cute.
He finally got a little help, and they both got the job done.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KELLY!
The best is yet to come. I am sure of it!

Bran

Yep, so the kid is getting to be a troublemaker. He knows he's not supposed to play with Kelly's glasses - and when I walked into the living room this is what I saw:
He was just standing there, turning around and looking at stuff. Smiling at me - looking at the world through fuzzy eyes. He was totally amused - until I tried to take them away. He squawked a bit - but I won. I always win. I'm the mom : ).
Besides his mad thieving skills, Bran has also been working on his swing. It is coming along nicely. The tongue out always helps! Not to mention the oh so awesome Elmo PJ's! Good grip though - wouldn't ya say?! Impressive!
And yes, his hair is getting curly. It is longer now than it has been, and wow! The kid has curls! They are most plentiful in back - of course. I tell ya, he could grow one heck of an awesome mullet!
Cool. Baby mullet. We may have to try that.
For now it is just kinda looking shaggy. I guess we'll go with skater hair for a bit.

LuLu

Meet Rae's newest favorite pet. This is LuLu the wonderful mule. Rae helped Grampa Jonesy and Colleen rescue her when she was a walking bag of bones. They have had her for most of the winter and she has put on LOTS of weight. She looks alive now. They had her teeth fixed, which were terrible, and now she is so happy that her mouth doesn't hurt - she eats most of the time! Rae has LOVED playing with her, and taking all the neighborhood kids on LuLu rides. Brannen is LuLu's biggest fan (next to Rae) and he loves going for rides with Rae. She loves to take him - so it works out well. We are so glad that Rae has something else to keep her busy! She needs to stay busy, you know!