Mud men and scoutin' time

We love getting irrigation at our house. We look forward to it as much as we do the 4th of July! The month before it is supposed to come, the boys start asking, " Is today the day we get water?" This is the result of their irrigating fun the day after we get water and all the ditch is is a muddy sick mess! I love it though, little boys and mud go together like peaches and cream! I do believe Ky has a picture of Doc the dog that strangely resembles these of the boys in my fountain. I don't think I will ever get to enjoy it as a fountain. It is dubbed the new hot tub!!!

 (stolen from Ky and Lynaya's blog)

 

For Fathers day we decided to drive around the unit we got drawn for for our elk hunt this year. We were just checking for roads and water and sign. Kind of getting familiar with the unit which is a huge unit! On our drive we came across this little homestead that I thought was really awesome! I love old buildings and I love trying to imagine what it would have been like to live back then. The second picture is of the inside. The wood is probably just a bed roll or twin bed size bed frame. That was about all that would fit inside. Maybe an old wood cook stove. It was really neat to see. I could not even imagine having to stack all those rocks!

 One of the roads we went on took us to the backside of the power plant that Joe works at. We were able to get really close to it. I didn't think to take a picture till we were farther away. The boys really enjoyed seeing where there dad worked and had a million questions to ask about how things were ran there. I love their curiosity!

It was a great way to spend the day with an amazing father and husband!!! 

WE LOVE YOU DADDY!!!

Told ya!!!

 I went on and on about how AWESOME my sister Zenica was back in April and now I have PROOF!!! I did her a favor and babysat her kids for about a month just to help her out and this is the beauty she surprised me with! I am so IN LOVE with this apron, words cannot even begin to describe how I feel about it! I love aprons anyway but this one is reversible and irreplaceable! She is an amazing seamstress. Every stitch she did, was different so it just ads to the greatness of it. I guess she didn't think a totally awesome apron was enough, so she scrap booked an entire recipe book for me too! You are awesome Nica, I love you!!!!

This is a typical sight around our house. You can usually catch Tadlet with a glass of milk. When I was younger, after playing outside I would love to run in the house and drink a huge glass of cold milk. I guess I was always drinking milk, now that I think of it. My family thought I was disgusting but I loved it and I have never broke a bone, knock on wood! This little man takes after me, he has a great love for milk! I think it is getting time to buy a cow to keep up with him!

 

Last weekend I went to Duncan and I came home to this beauty! I instantly thought of the John Wayne movie, " The man who shot Liberty Valance."  If you have seen the movie, it makes sense. It has become one of my favorite over the years. I am not a fan of cactus but to have one in my yard, it makes me feel like I have a little bit of Duncan and the desert up here in the mountains with me. Makes me not miss it so much.

Two of a kind

Most of the time the boys could care less about what Joe looks at on the computer but lately he has been on a crazy man hunt looking for a tractor so that our little piece of land doesn't go to waste! Darrell, who doesn't exactly like to sit for more than five minutes will spend hours on the computer with Joe giving his two cents about which one he wants cause," He is going to be the one driving it anyway!" His words! I love how BOYish him and Tad are. They have always loved to be outside with their dad working on trailers or welding or riding on the roto tiller or riding a tractor. I especially love the fact that Joe takes the time to teach them to be boys and to work and how important being a hard worker is and it always tugs at my heartstrings when I catch little moments like this!

 

Take me out to the ball game. . .

It's Baseball season!!! I love when little league rolls around, it is a reminder that school is almost over, spring is here and it is almost summer which means 4th of July and 24th of July and birthdays and camping and fishing and all that fun stuff!!! They look so dang cute in their uniforms too!!!  I love that they are sporty, active kids and I hope they have a great baseball season!!!! 

PLAY BALL!!!!