~Caught On Tape~

Life on a ranch has it's exciting moments. This one just happened to be captured on tape. We're thankful there were no injuries!

~My Dad's 65th Birthday~

Friday, April the 13th marked my dad's 65th birthday.  We spent the day with him going to the temple, dining at the Cheesecake Factory  and shopping at the Fasion Place Mall.  All his choices by the way. :) 
Happy Birthday Dad......WE LOVE YOU!!!

dad and his girls

Dad's sister Irene, Dad and Mom

Draper Temple

Angle Moroni

Dining at the Cheesecake Factory

The waiter Don lighting the candle on the birthday boy Don's ice cream sundae

"now wait!"

 "who told them it was my birthday!"  :)

When you turn 65 they start back at 1 candle :)

topping it off with a little hot fudge

they even wrote on his plate.....how "SWEET"

Oh the cheesecake!!!!  Coconut Macaroon, Banana Cream, Tuxedo, Hershey's Chocolate, Key Lime, Red Velvet Cake and Godiva!!!  Yes, we tried them ALL! :) 

~Hawaiian Haystacks~

We made Hawaiian Haystacks for dinner last night.  They are SOOOOO yummy!  Not to mention quite colorful and pretty. :)  You start with rice then a gravy made out of 2 cans Cream of Chicken soup plus 1 cup chicken bullion. Add some cooked chicken to the gravy then put the gravy over the rice and top with whatever you like.  We had mandarin oranges, pineapple, tomatoes, celery, green peppers, green onions, Chinese noodles and coconut.  You can also do raisins and almonds or cashews. Mmmm mmmm GOOD!

SixSistersStuff.com and no it's not me and mine cause we only have 5 :)

For my 2 followers out there, Kaylie and Barbara :),  I came across this website the other day that some sister's started to stay in touch with each other.  It would be so fun to do. (if my sister's liked computers) :(  They started sharing recipes and crafts with each other and now they have over 6000 followers.  I have been making some of their recipes this past week and can I just say........YUM!!!!  I love it when I can find new recipes that my family will eat.  So if you click in this link (Yummy Recipes) it will take you to their web-site.  All I have left to say is ENJOY and start running marathons!!!! ;)

You thought this would be a good idea........WHY????

So my parents were both out of town and I was left to watch over my 18 year old brother.  We did the in town chores then him and a buddy went out past Scipio lake to where my dad's cows are to haul some water. Should be simple....right?  Well it was till he had a brain cramp.....lack in judgement.....need to feel......COOL!  Well what better way to cool off then to pass the 'ROAD CLOSED' sign and drive right into and icy cold Scipio Lake.  Too bad the common sense didn't hit till after the fact.  So there the truck spent the night while my brother wallowed in his momentary stupidity.  Good learning lesson.......WE HOPE SO!!!  Finally got the truck out today after church.  Not sure if any damages or not. :(

Even though she's blurry I think her face says it all! :)

The one with his head hung low is the one at fault.....Not his proudest moment.

Sure it was a good idea......at first! :)

500 feet of cable hooked on to pull it out

~Happy Valentine's Day/Snow Day/ Flat Stanley Week~

 Gotta love Flat Stanley!  Both of my kids made a  Flat Stanley in grade school and yesterday in the mail we received one that my nephew sent.  We get to play with him for a week then send him on with a story of his weeks adventures. He picked a good week to come with calving season starting, valentine's day and many other activities this week.

Kole and Flat Stanley Sleeping in the Sheep Camp at the calving shed



Flat Stanley joining the kids for a Valentine breakfast

Happy Valentine's Day

My parents have chickens that are producing around 24 eggs a day. They are kind of fun with all the different colors. Come Easter we won't even have to decorate them. :)  What a time saver! Haha..

I told Morgan as soon as calving season started the snow would show up.  Hmmmm.......guess who's right.....AGAIN! :)  My mom and I and my nephew took advantage of the moisture packed white stuff and built a snowman.  I guess the reason people rake their leaves in the fall is so they have nice clean snowmen.  Unfortunately my parents didn't rake their leaves so ours is VERY dirty. :)

Gus helping to build the snowman







~Skeet Shooting~

Last Saturday Morgan decided to take us over to my dad's gravel pit for a little skeet shooting and family time. (Since he had been spending so much time at work and finally had a day off.) I must admit that my kids are pretty good shots. I think if we had to live off fowl, we'd be okay. :) I myself only hit 1 out of 5...or 6 but who's counting. (my KIDS!!!) :) Anyway, everyone was taking turns throwing the skeet with the little "hand skeet flinger" (not sure what it's called) which didn't look complicated at all when my kids were doing it. That was until it was my turn. When prompted to "pull" I gave it my best shot and the little bugger stayed in the flinger! I tried it again and still nothing. After SEVERAL attempts Morgan said, "just give it all you got" so I did and..........the whole thing launched from my hand. The family was getting a pretty good kick out of it. Morgan grabbed the camera and started shooting my numerous failures. (Thanks Honey :) I never did accomplish a successful fling but my family sure had a good laugh. :) The next day I could hardly use my right arm my muscle was so sore. Andy Monroe offered me his automatic flinger for next time. I think I just might take him up on it. :)

she's an awesome shot!

with these two we would NOT go hungry :)

need more ammo dad

sharp shooter

not shooting at a moving target here.  And yes, I did hit what I was aiming for. :)

Super flinger

Pro-flinger

waiting again......... for more ammo

after many attempts at a single hand fling I decided to try it like a baseball bat :)

still didn't work





VERY FRUSTRATING! :(

~ Cowhands on a Rainy Saturday Ride~

All the cowboys and the cowgirl, left early Saturday morning to vaccinate my dads cows.  Us wives/mom's were suppose to meet them up to the ranch with lunch. We decided to leave a little early and was at the ranch by 10:30am.  Needless to say the rainy wet weather made them want to work faster and they were done when we got there.  So I took a couple pics instead and returned home with lunch so they could get dried off and warmed up.  :) 

My Brother Dan



She was wet and freezing but gave me a smile anyway :)

My Little Cowboy......that's growing up too fast!

my brothers and daughter

ready to get out of the rain!

~A Foggie Frosting~

 I went out to water the cows the other morning after the fog lifted and everything was covered in a glittery white frosting. It was so pretty!