Grandma's Flowers

We spent the week with Grandma and Grandpa and all the family up that way, we enjoyed every minute. Grandma has some pretty flowers so I took pictures of the kids here is how they turned out. We rode the Heber Creeper Train and the kids loved it. We also picked up the Suburban and I love it! It has the feel of bus when you look in the rear view mirror and see the kids way back there but the room is awesome. I also went to my Dr appt. and did the sugar test and got the Rogam injection, glad they are both over! Now I will be on 2 week appts. Yikes the time is flying by. Thursday we came home and met Matt at the kids rodeo and the kids were tired from traveling so it took them about half the rodeo till they woke up and started having fun. I'll get those pics posted later. We all have a cold and are looking forward to feeling better, being sick in the summer is no fun. Those of you who were missing the heat wave, well I hope you enjoy the weather for a while, I will continue to hope that it gets cooler and rain's! hahaha

Black and White Photos are so cute for some reason.

Tess loves the kittens we just found last week.

So dose Ash, she named this one Thomas!

Oh mother not another group picture!

I tried this cute idea from a picture of Sarah's, mine is not as cute though.

Koy and Patchey, we were headed out to practice rodeo patterns and they looked cute in the barn door.

Pictures of the Kids

They can not help being silly when I get out the camera!

Tess is 2 1/2 and loves to wear pretties in her hair and dresses.

Ashton is 4 and likes to wear pants and cowboy boots!

McKoy is 6 and likes his hair to stand up porkey!

This is why we love rain!!!

Perhaps the funniest part of this photo is the girls in their cute dresses stompin in the mud after the rain! Tess also dose not leave home with out Gracie her baby doll, she was fortunate today and did not get a muddy bath! Cute redneck kids!!! hahaha

Rodeo, Rain & Rodents!!!!!

So what do those have in comon? Nothing, except timing. Good news first.

Yesterday the kids had another rodeo they did great, Koy is very consistent and improving, he loaped back home on the barrels and when he got back off his horse he said "mom did you see how fast I went, I think I was galloping for a minute and I did not practice that at home but was hoping for one of those at the rodeo!" How cute is he!!! It is so exciting to see his confidence growing and he is so proud of him self. Ash is also doing very well, she tried to do the barrels herself and Brogan thought ofter the first one he was done and headed for home and she had flash backs of Patchey running off with her and hollered for dad, he rode in and she followed him on Ghost for the rest of the pattern, dad is not leading her any more she just follows him. She looks so small on top of big ol Brogan, but rides really great. She loves the horses and can't get enough of them. Tess is also too cute as well, she rode patchey again and just sits up there and holds the reins and grins and looks at the crowd, then for the goat she was a little shy so big sister Ash held her hand and ran with her, that was a darling sight those two running out there! I have to say they are some darling kids! Tess was also amusing everyone with a line she learned off the Little Rascals movie, she says " Dear Darla, I hate your stinkin guts, you make me bomit (vomit), you are skum me toes, Love Alfalfa!" She says it so sassy, an entertainer that one!!!

Now for the rain, we are loving the wet weather, how nice for the grass! Sure is green and moist around here! The kids also love all the mud puddles in the driveway and all the big worms in the mud.

Ok last but not least, RODENTS! We have lived here for 6 years and our home is the most rodent proof home, we have never had mice or any rodents inside, mind you there are plenty around outside, despite the fact of our 4 cats!! In the last 2 weeks we had a mouse crawl up the drain in the dish washer, ya I know yuck. So we set traps and caught the fat little bugger. And today the kids came running to tell me they see a mouse I am thinking the worst of course and he is in the fireplace, ya how he got in there don't know the roof I am guessing, because it is not open inside the house and has pretty tight door??? So we just set traps in there and the kids are currently being entertained by watching him run around in there waiting for him to take the bait. He is a small little one so I am worried he may have a family? Oh I hope not!!! What is not to love about living in the sticks!!!

Flyin' Trip to see Burb!

Last weekend we made a flying trip to Utah to see a suburban for sale, with the new baby coming a bigger grocery getter would be nice! While we were there Kami watched the kids while we went and looked at it. The kids love to play at Talons house he has lots of fun toys, you can see in this picture the girls are having a great time riding in the gator and Talon loves to drive them around. It was a short trip but we enjoyed seeing the family, and thanks to mom she cooked a scrumptious dinner. We hope to get back down there soon for a longer stay!

First Gymkahana rodeo of the season

McKoy is doing well with Brogan he is trotting through the patterns and was so cute when anyone said good job he paused a minute and said with a huge grin "Thanks"! I think he was thinking about his run when he paused and was truly thankful they had noticed his job well done!

Here Ashton is doing the single steak pattern riding all by her self without the help of dad leading her and she could not be prouder and having more fun. She really loves to ride and dose great, we just hesitate to turn her lose she is so little, and don't want to have any thing happen to shake her little spirit.

All the kids love the goat, Ash and Tess run to get the ribbon off his tail, Ash here in this pic. And Koy now has to ride his horse to the end of the arena and jump off then go get the ribbon, believe it or not he can get off that tall horse all by himself. Daddy is waiting there to help him back on.

Tess this year gets to do a horse event as well as the goat and we picked single steak for this rodeo, she also loves to ride but dose not quite get the concept of the events and is just as happy to sit on the horses while we watch the other participant's go. So we will wait till she is a little older and seems ready to enter all the horse events.

May 29th was the first kids rodeo of the season and the kids did great they are excited they count down the days till the "raido" as they say, they are riding well. The week before we were practicing in the corral and Patchy took off with Ash she held on a while and when he stopped at the gate she came off the side and was still holding on to the rein. She is a tough cookie, a few minutes later she wanted to get back on him and this time we lead her.

Spring and Bugs!

Tess says "my eye is swolling, free sketos bite me cause I sweet!"

Tess Looks so cute in her summer dress and she loves pretty dresses so much, she can twirl!

So I love something about every season and I also hate something and for spring I hate all the bugs and reptiles on the move! Once again Tess got bitten by 5 mosquito's on her face near her right eye and the poor kid her eye swelled shut again. This picture was taken the third day she was showing me her new pretty dress, the day before is when it was swelled shut and at the same time her right arm had 5 or 6 bites in a cluster she was a sight! I went to town on that day and people at walmart were looking at me like I abused her, she did look pretty pitafull. That same day in town we dropped off cows to sell and then the truck broke down, we were rescued by Nanny and Papa and spent the day at their house while the mechanic repaired the truck, we are so lucky and grateful to have family close and so willing to help. So more on bugs, Matt has been riding and in the sage brush and brings in wood ticks, who then creepily crawl off him and on to the rest of us. I have pulled off one crawling on me, he has pulled off 2 crawling on him and Ash has had 2 attached in her head and one crawling. Hence the reasons I hate the bugs in the spring. If the mosquito's don't pack us off the ticks will drain our blood supply!

Yost Oman Family Reunion

McKoy, Ashton, Tess and Hallie down by the creek, it was challenging keeping and eye on Tess and Hallie who have no fear of the fast moving water, they sure had fun.

Memorial Day found us camping in Yost with all the Oman's. We slept in dad's horse trailer in the tack room and this year the weather was nice we slept snug and warm. We took the kids fishing the water was very high and running fast so we did not catch much. We also went for four wheeler rides up the mountain and relaxed while the kids played with there cousins. Sunday we ate our selves sick at the pot luck dinner, as you can see from the pictures there was so much good dutch oven food how could you not eat yourself sick! We are always so glad to see everyone and catch up on what is going on with each other. Its a great time in a beautiful place.

Our visit to the Cemetery

While visiting Grandma and Grandpa the weekend before Memorial Day we went to the cemetery to decorate Grandma and Grandpa Heath's and Grandma and Grandpa Flinders head stones. Me and Mom took Alec, Koy, Ash, Tess and Talon. Much to our surprise in that huge cemetery we drove right to them, it was a hot day but really enjoyable. After we went over to Grandma Heaths house to see the remodeling that mom and dad have been doing inside and out it sure looks nice. To bad Grandma heath could not be here to enjoy it. We had a great visit with everyone.

Branding Again

We branded again out to Trout, one of the last ones, I think there will be one more and all will be done. Koy was helping load the taggers again, me and the girls and Aunt Stacey watched from out side the fence it was a little pen so we stayed out of the way and out of the dust. We grilled hamburgers for lunch and it was a good time. We were glad for the crew that showed up to help. The weather was nice, this time of year is so fun!