Sunday, October 11, 2015

Back to School

Both girls were SOOOO excited to head back to school.  We area so lucky to live in a town with an excellent school that makes learning fun!!  Here's hoping for another great year!
 




Rocky & Hudson thought they needed their pictures taken too...they weren't very happy about their playmates heading back to school!

Rockies Game x2

In mid-August, we went to visit my parents and were able to take in two Rockies games!  The first was "Wyoming Night at the Rockies".  We joined some friends of ours and left the kids with my parents.  It was fun to see all of the brown and gold around the stadium.  We even received a brown and gold Rockies hat with our tickets. :)  We stayed the night in downtown Denver and enjoyed eating yummy food and catching up with our friends.
 

We sat behind a really cute family.  I asked the mom to take our picture and when she did, her son photo bombed it.  It was too cute not to share!
I bought Joe and my Dad tickets to the Sunday afternoon Rockies game for Father's Day.  We ate lunch at the Rio downtown and just had a wonderful afternoon.




The Rockies won!

Thursday, October 8, 2015

August Adventures

 
August gave us....
 
....More time at the cabin :)





...Lots of opportunities for Jacob to see Papa driving the swather, rake, baler, and combine near our house.  He LOVES to watch these happenings!
 

 
...Play time in French Creek

 
 
...Fun sliding and playing after helping in Gabi's classroom one day.


Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Fair & Rodeo Time

Johnson County Fair & Rodeo week is filled with fun activities for the kids.  
 
Gabi climbing the wall at "Fun on the Go" night at Prosinski Park.  She made it to the top and crushed it!

The girls participated in the Klondike Rush Fun Run.  Gabi won the 1 mile race!
Starting off strong!

Maya ran the 1/2 mile race with her buddy, Leah.

Almost there! Was it bad that I was yelling, "get  her!  Go get her  now!"  I couldn't help myself.

She got her.  :)

Maya finishing strong

Maya and her good buddy, Leah, modeling their medals.

The girls had quite a few entries in the fair.  The mostly entered flowers, which I unfortunately did not take any pictures of.  :(  They have been big helpers this summer to water, weed, and care for our flower gardens!  We also went out to the oat field near our house and picked sunflowers to enter.  We also went on a wildflower hike for an arrangement. Maya's wildflower arrangement won reserve champion!  They also made a craft to enter.  Maya made an owls out of ribbons and felt.  Gabi made a wreath out of fabric scraps.


 
Some pictures from the Beef Show



Seth and his cow/calf from Dave's herd

Jacob and his piggies!
The girls and I went to the Youth Rodeo.  They were able to ride a horse that belongs to a friend of ours.

 
With buddy, Kade, waiting for the parade to begin!

Seth represented the Hall Ranch in the parade
Rodeo Time!

Summer is the Best!

We had an awesome summer!  Since we traveled quite a bit in the early spring, we decided to stay fairly close to home this summer and enjoy the amazing Wyoming weather.  Here are some pictures from July.
 
Wyoming Swimming Pool:




Joyce cooked me a wonderful dinner for my birthday.  Jacob LOVES his Papa Don and talked and giggled with him through the whole dinner. :)



 
 
Slip n sliding with the cousins!


 
We celebrated Joe's birthday at the cabin!  We stayed the night and went fishing and hiking the next day.
 





 
I took the girls to Sheridan to watch the Wyo Rodeo Parade with some friends.  It was an amazing parade!
 

 
Jacob loves running through sprinklers!

Riding the skid steer with Seth!  I think the were both in heaven!
 
 
 
Maya is such a great helper in the kitchen!  We try to process and preserve as much fresh food from the garden and Bountiful Baskets co-op as we can.  Here she is pitting cherries and making pesto in the food processor.


Jacob is starting to get used to "woman management," but that doesn't mean he likes it!

 
 
Our newly installed drinking fountain in the flower garden!


The girls participated in the YMCA track program this summer and loved it!



And finally...a picture from one of many afternoons spent at the swimming pool.  :)