Building History

 

For our history study we did the Romans.  The kids got to make aqueducts!  It was tricky to get them not to leak.  Using gravity made a huge difference too!  I'm glad we are getting to learn some fun things with friends!

Ranch Visit!

Our friends, the Sagnimeni's, came out to visit us at the ranch!  It was so great to see them and hang out!  It was super-hot, but otherwise we had a blast!  We went and visited the bison and played in some water.  The kids also loved climbing all over the hay!  I'm so glad we can keep these friendships even though we now live over 2 and a half hours away from each other!  

 

Happy 44!

It was Jeff's birthday!  We had fun celebrating with presents and a watermelon!  The years just keep marching on.  We love you, Hunny!  

Roaming Free

Jeff, Mhari and Clark went to church camp, so Lorna was my buddy for the weekend.  She invited her friend, Claire, to come and do ranch chores with us.  It was a good day to come because we set up everything to let the bison out into the compound.  I love letting them eat the grass in the compound and not having to mow it ;).  Claire was a good helper and after chores we headed to Chick-fil-a for lunch.  

Lucky 13

Clark is 13!  I'm not sure how it has already been 13 years!  Clark has sure been growing this year.  He is officially taller than me now!  It will be fun to see when Talmage and Grant get home if Clark is taller than them.  He is still kind and happy!  He is definitely a teenage boy.  He loves to question everything and make silly noises.  The next few years are going to go way too fast!  We love you, Bigness!

 

The last Calf

Our last calf of the season was born!  Our number 9 cow, Nadine, had her baby on June 16th.  We got a great photo of the adorable calf today!  We love our bison!

 

Brubakers!

Elder Brubaker came back to visit his mission with his family.  It is strange to just say Ian, and not Elder Brubaker though.  We invited them to dinner at the ranch.  It was hot, but the evening was cooling off, so it all worked out!  We did pulled pork sandwiches, potato salad, and watermelon.  I think everything turned out great.  This was the time that Ian had to admit that he has a gluten allergy... and he never told us while he was on his mission!  Good thing they had gluten free buns.  It was fun to show them around the ranch and share some of what Ian had helped us with as a missionary.  

The whole family was super sweet!  I'm so glad they came out for a visit and that we got to catch up a bit on Ian and his life!  Life just keeps moving along! 

It was also Father's Day so we had root beer floats at church for the men and I made homemade sugar cookies for Jeff that night.  We shared those with the Brubakers too.  

 

Walker Hayes

Sandra, Clark, and I went to the Walker Hayes concert in Dallas!  It was so fun!  He did a great job, and we had a blast!  It was hot, but I guess that's just part of summer concerts!  So fun to take kids to their first concert!  Great memories!

 

Olympic Games

For our history class today, we focused on ancient Rome.  The kids learned more about the Olympic games.  We did some races, long jump, and discus throwing.  I raced Mhari, but she won.  I did beat one of the moms, Ashlea, though so that was fun :).  I think the kids are more informed about the Olympics and even more interested in them now!

 

Pool Party Fun

Our good friends from co-op invited us over for a pool party!  They invited lots of our other friends too... it was a blast to see everyone and hang out.  The moms even had pool time after the kids went inside to play games.  Everyone had a great time!  It was so good to spend time with friends!  I know our kids miss their friends!!

 

Welcome Gate

Our poor front gate has been pretty sad since we bought the ranch.  The time has come to fix it up!  That means a lot of priming and painting.  I've already spent lots of time scraping paint off of gate.  Of course, it took way more spray paint than I planned on, so the project took a bit longer.  That's OK because it turned out really good!  The kids were great helpers too!  It sure is nice to pull up to a nicely painted gate!