My Chauffeur

I'm not really sure I'm ready for this. On a positive note, I haven't driven us anywhere for about a week!

First Day of School 2012-2013

We did more things this summer, honest. But my camera sat tucked safely away in the cupboard. It was a rough summer for me, and I will admit I spent most of it focusing on getting through it and taking care of my family. We are home now, and life has settled down a bit. School started on Thursday.  Here are their first day pictures!

Pyper, 2nd Grade

Lyra, 5th Grade (I love this girl's sassiness! In case the shirt looks familiar, that's because it is! They are both 10's in my book!)

Seth, 7th Grade

Hannah, 10th Grade (this was actually her second day of school. She had went the day before for a Sophomore orientation and I forgot to take her picture. I can't believe she is in real live HIGH SCHOOL!)

Most of them had a great day at school, and they all like their teachers, can't ask for much more than that!

North Dakota Petting Zoo

 We did an event in Mott, North Dakota.  I am NOT a fan of North Dakota. The sun comes up INSANELY early (like 4 am early), it's hot, and flat--not even a small hill in sight. But, my girls sure did like the animals in this little petting zoo! Bugga manned the camera, I'll spare you most of the pictures that she took, but here are a few.

Our July 4th fireworks

Over the 4th of July, the kids and I were at home for camps and such. So we went up and spent the day with Grandma Charlene and Grandpa Brent, who were camping with some of our other family. We had a fun time, but missed out on doing fireworks. (Silly fire bans!)  We met back up with David in Duck Valley, Nevada the next weekend for a Pow-Wow. Since we were on the reservation, fireworks were legal. And Nevada didn't have a fire ban. So we bought a bunch and had our own fireworks show!

We shot Roman Candles,

had the biggest sparklers I have ever seen,

 And a bunch of mortars, smoke bombs, flowers, and whizzers.  We had a great time lighting them all off.  Then one of the owners of the fireworks stands came out and put on a HUGE display!

I think we did a pretty good job celebrating!

Sometimes when we drive...

...we get very bored. Then we (or Bugga and Pyper in this case) take random pictures with my phone. Then they tell me to post them on my blog.  Sometimes we post them to Instagram while we are driving. You can see those, and a few more things we did this summer, HERE.

Baby Animal Days 2012

We have never been to Baby Animal Days at the American West Heritage Center. This year we (except Hannah, she went to a friend's house) decided to go, no matter what!! It was COLD, and snowy-ish. Grandma Charlene braved the cold with us. I'm glad we decided to go, it warmed up and was a nice day!

First up was the baby ducks and chicks. They were so soft!

There were lots of fun things to do. Like petting the mini horses, and getting your picture taken while standing on a log thingie...(Seriously, Pyper said "Mom take a picture of me standing on this thing." So I did!

We rode the train. But they made me ride alone. Pyper and Grandma rode in front of me...

Then Seth and Bugga rode behind me. But they couldn't share a car either...

They held the baby lambs. A lot. They were a favorite.

They all held the baby goats. I only got a picture of Pyper before I had to flee the cage. You see, there was one particular Momma Goat who was he!!-bent on biting my tush. It didn't matter where I went, she followed and tried to bite my rear. My kids thought it was the funniest thing, I was not so amused.

Next we went and held the baby bunnies. This picture is really dark because we were inside and I took these pics with my cell phone. Trust me, they really are holding bunnies!

There were pony rides too. But alas, Pyper was the only one small enough to ride the little ponies. The rest of us waved as she rode around. When she got off, she informed me it was kinda dumb to just ride around in a circle!

Last of all we went and saw the baby bears that were there from Bear World. They were so cute and we were having so much fun watching them that I forgot to take a picture of them. But I got one of this cute little bear...

Seth's Archery Competition

At Seth's school, they give the kids the opportunity to participate in different after school activities. Seth chose to do archery. He had a competition in Salt Lake yesterday. While he didn't get a hat or plaque, he DID manage to hit the target every single time...I think that is a HUGE feat itself, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have been so lucky!