Montana State Fair 2011

Belt Creek With Harris' and Rowe's

Mara and Parker

Caleb and Cade...

Sam in a floaty!...

Matt and Emma...

Noah, Emma, Matt...

Caleb on the rope swing...the newspaper was there taking pictures of the kids. It was about 100 degrees that day, so glad we were at the creek.

Sam...

Matt and Noah...Lord of the Flies...please no!

The mighty crew returning from across the river. They had so much fun...

Everyone Has to Learn Sometime...{Caleb}

It's that time...time for Caleb to learn to mow. So with a little instruction, off he went.
I tried to capture with the camera how crooked the lines are and all the ",mohawks" he left...

The older boys were making fun of him, but I seem to remember when they were learning and the "mohawks" they left. We all have to learn sometime. I love him for learning! Now we have three boys and two lawnmowers to mow our many acres...who needs a riding lawn mower?

Raspberries for dinner

We went to Thuerber's last night to pick raspberries, they were so good we ate as many as we picked. We spent two hours there, when we got home, it was 8:00pm and by the time we got chores done it was 9. So we ate dinner at 9 o'clock at night...that goes right along with the ice cream we had for lunch the other day! and the veggies we had all day at the beach. I love Summer!

Mon{K}ey Baby!

Annalee loves to be held.

She clings onto you just like a monkey! We love it
She loves Sam! and Sam....well, he really loves her!

Two months {Annalee}

Look Mama I am a big girl who can sit up in a chair! and I weigh 12 lbs!
could kiss those cheeks all day long!

two baby girls!

Summertime {Emma}

I LOVE summer! Love the easy days with my children with me all day. Love the warmth. Love the gardening. Love that it is light until 10:00 each night. Love waking up to the sunshine on my face at 6:00am. Love playing in creeks. Love having the time to actually sit down with the kids and have meaningful discussions. Love how everything is green. Love hearing squeals of delight as the kids jump on the trampoline with the sprinkler under it. Love eating out of the garden. Love the feel of sunkissed skin. Love tan little bodies. Love working and playing so hard that at the end of the day you fall gratefully into bed....Or having your sweetest little lady fall asleep on the floor wearing her swimming suit that you can't seem to get off her, her daddy's socks cause they are really slippery and help her slide all the way across the kitchen floor, and her baby sisters blanket on her head.

I love these days! Hope I remember them always!

Love Max!

Max can't just ever sit and watch a movie. He has to act it out! Funny thing is, I remember doing the same things when I was a kid. I pretended to be Maria in "Sound of Music" and march like the children and dance when they danced. I would watch "My Fair Lady" and sing a long. I never got as decked out in costume as Max, but he kills me! I live this little man. Here he is watching "A Knights Tale" with Heath Ledger. He has his nerf shield as a knights shield, a bucket for a helmet and a broom handle for a jousting stick. He rides a turtle that bounces. He would only wear the armor if Health was wearing it in the movie. He would take it off if it wasn't jousting time! He makes me laugh.Oh, and that is me and my new haircut in the back. Just in case you wondered who that was. I look so different it has been really hard getting used to!

County Fair Time!

County Fair last year was so stressful because we really didn't know what we were doing...This year, Ryan was determined not to look like idiots. So we made pig waters for their pens and pig boards to get them into the trailer easier. It worked like a charm. We backed up the trailer to the pen, and the pigs climbed in, no chasing or anything. So much easier...see the things you learn.

Once they were in the trailer, we washed them off. Since it has been such a wet year with so much rain, we didn't really even know what color the pigs were until we sprayed them off. They loved it. Caleb was so excited, since it was his first year, and Max was wishing that he could take one too. Good thing that he only has to wait until next year to take one. He got all decked out in his cowboy gear...being a cowboy must really be in his heart!

{2011} *Fourth of July*