The Adventures of Gabi, Maya & Jacob

Monday, October 17, 2016

June

Here are some more random pics from June! We are happy school is out...except Maya. Maya loves school and was crying as she got off the bus on the last day. :(

Boarding the bus on the last day of school

All fueled up and ready to farm!

Maya's oatmeal creation one morning...complete with fresh garden strawberries.

Lots of time for reading in the summer. Jacob loves having his sisters home.

Jacob loves Grammy's buggy!

Our dog, Hudson, had to have surgery in mid-June. It is a very long story, but basically a porcupine quill tip left in his left wrist ate away at his wrist joint. A vet in Billings was able to take a bone graft from his shoulder and fuse his wrist together from the toes to the elbow. He now has a steel plate over the joint as well. He was in a cast all summer long. These pics were taken right after we got home from the surgery. As I am writing this (in October), he is now out of a cast and doing really well. He still has a limp, but is no longer in pain and gets around very well.

Rockies Game

We went to Colorado in mid-June to visit my mom and dad. We were able to meet up with Tom and Angelene as well. We all attended a Rockies game in Denver.

Gabi and Joe love to talk baseball.

"Smokey"

Gabi got her first 4-H market lamb this summer. The lamb was born in February and came to live at the Hall Ranch in mid-May. Gio also got a lamb. Gabi's was a little darker, so she named him, "Smokey."

"Smokey" is in the front.

Practicing showing her lamb at the Fair Frenzy

Gabi put a lot of work into her lamb. She fed, watered, and walked him every day.

Joe showed sheep when he was growing up, so he was able to help Gabi shear, fit, and learn all about showing her lamb. They put a lot of work into him and it paid off when she took him to the fair in August! Gabi enjoyed taking care of Smokey, even though he was pretty mean to her. There were quite a few times where he drug her through the weeds and dirt. :( She didn't shed a tear when he was sold and taken to the slaughter house! Maybe next year she will get a nicer lamb.

Black Hills Trip

We took a long weekend trip to South Dakota in early June. First stop: Spearfish to see Grandma Fern and play at the city park and fish hatchery

Getting a ride from Grandma Fern

We stayed at a hotel in Deadwood and hit Reptile Gardens the next day. Petting the python was pretty cool!

Getting a close up view of the prairie dogs

These giant tortoises were very cool! This one was over 100 years old.

We then ventured over to Rushmore Cave. This place was just about as fun as Reptile Gardens!

Maya and Joe rode the zipline after the cave tour.

I also ran the Mickelson Trail Marathon on Sunday and won! It was a beautiful day and a fun vacation!

Jacob Turns 3!

This super sweet, silly boy turned 3 on May 30th! We don't know what we would do without him!

These four kids have birthdays within two weeks of each other, so we celebrated them all with a big birthday dinner at our house. The cake was for Jacob from Auntie Amanda. :)