First Day of School

We are grateful that we have two girls who love to learn and love school.  Gabi is in 3rd grade and Maya is in 2nd grade...

The whole crew....Jacob was a little bummed to see his sisters go, but pretty excited to get my full attention in the mornings again.  :)

The girls don't ride the bus very often because Joe drives into town to go to work every morning anyways, but here is a picture of the Hall Ranch crew waiting for the bus one morning.  :)

More Summer Fun

A few more pictures from our summer in wonderful Wyoming.  We love living in God's Country.

Delivering cookies in Grammy's buggy

On a mountain hike with Grammy & Papa...

Spending time at the cabin with cousins and to celebrate Grandma Phyllis's birthday...

A late summer water balloon fight...

A camping and hiking trip to Elgin Park...

Gabi's selfie.  :)

Playing lawn golf in the forest

Lots of fun playing around the house...the Olympics inspired many fun competitions...such as scooter trick racing.  :)  My race medals were put to good use!

This boy loves his slides.

Nicole took the girls standup paddle boarding one day!  They had a blast!

Helping Grandma and Grandpa pick apples

Rodeo Weekend

There is a parade and rodeo at the end of fair week each year.

Maya and I started out the day with a 5K Fun Run!  She did great!

Getting Ready for the parade

Little brother gets help collecting parade candy

Maya had a great week at the fair too.  She won grand (headbands) and reserve (teal skirt above her head) in the sewing open class show.  She also won a grand champion ribbon on her flower arrangement and on her peas.  Jacob won a reserve champion ribbon on the peanut butter cookies he made with Grammy Joyce.

Litte Jacob also had fun at the fair.  Here he is watching the beef show with his buddy, Kreyton.

Gabi did Mutton Bustin' at the rodeo on Sunday!  She did great! She is in the teal shirt and white ski helmet.  :)

Keeping Jacob busy in the rodeo box.  Playing with trucks never gets old.

Gabi gets a well-deserved nap after the rodeo on Sunday afternoon!  It was a long week!

Sheep Lead

During the Johnson County Fair, there is a sheep lead competition.  The kids dress up in outfits made primarily out of wool and dress their lamb to match.  I made Maya the orange dress last fall for the Make it with Wool contest and luckily it still fit.  I made Jacob a matching vest and bowtie, complete with the JH brand.  The lamb also had a bowtie, of course.

Jacob was such a ham out in front of the crowd and judges.  We had told him to wave and wave he did!  Awesome princess wave!  He had everyone in stitches.  Maya had her hands full...she had to lead the sheep and Jacob!!

Getting ready

sheep kisses

Gabi also competed in the sheep lead wearing the wool poncho that she made.  We made a matching coat for Smokey.  :)