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!
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!
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.
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 : ). 
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! 
For now it is just kinda looking shaggy. I guess we'll go with skater hair for a bit.
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!
Brady has been playing in our city league's Jr. Jazz basketball program, and also with a sixth grade travel team, and is having so much fun! He loves basketball - and has has done fairly well in the different teams that he's played with. This was a game Brady had in Jackson, against some of their sixth graders and he did really well. They won, and Brady had 10 points!
For now, he's a bit "vertically challenged" like his mom and dad - but who knows?! Maybe the tall genes will kick in someday (we do have some of those in this family)! He has a good shot though - and he keeps working on it. Thanks Rae, for the good pictures!
I asked him on the drive home after a game the other night, if he loved basketball so much - and he said, "Yea. I love it!" Then he paused and said, "Well, not as much as golf. But it is fun." Oh, how proud can one dad be! He he he he!
Reese did a great job planning a party for him. She made all the decorations - and Brady and Rae did the decorating. So fun! He loves Sesame Street - so Reese went with that. The number of the day was 2 and the letter was B - naturally!
We had fun watching him blow out his candles. He was so afraid of them for a while. He didn't want to even get close. With Reese's help, he did get the hang of it - and we ended up lighting them about 4 more times because he had so much fun blowing them out.
Look at what a strange looking little thing I was!!
It was a fun time together. We sure do love that Brannen boy. We are a bit worried about the two's! This could be interesting!
Ever see a three legged dog try and run through a snow bank? Frankly, it looks exhausting!
Sledder Girlie!
Snowy Boys!
Grandpa Jonesy and Bran enjoyed being pulled in the sled.
Kiddos love to climb on Grandpa's big roof when the snow gets deep enough.
They created the best slide! So long, so much fun and so fast! We only have a couple of holes in the bottoms of snow pants now - but so worth it.
This kid LOVES to be outside! Sleds! Doggies! Horses! Oh it is all so very good! And his hat is just pretty darn cute!
The rowdies! They sure did have a fun day. So much fun, they have been outside three times since. Uncle Trent is getting pretty good at pulling them with the 4 wheeler.
We sure have wished the other cousins were here to sled with us!
Reese picked out a new dress for the occasion, was presented a beautiful wrist corsage - and was so excited to spend the night with her dad! They had a great time. Reese is at the wonderful age where dancing with dad is so much fun - and not embarrassing! Even if dad is doin' some crazy - not very cool kinda moves. They laughed and danced and had a great time together. 
