Our Family

Thanks to Jordyn at Embrace Photography for the beautiful family pictures.  There were only a couple of days when we had all of our kids together, for the first time in 3 years.  Last picture was in 2012, and even now, we couldn't get Brendon or Cameron here :(  , but we did our best with the ones that were :)

Back:  Landon, Kacey, Manda, Gwen, Roger, CJ, Zac
Front:  Payson, Camryn holding Brightyn, Thatcher, Treyson, Tagg

Rich boys - Tagg wasn't feeling the best with his allergies affecting his eyes, dang it. 

Treyson - almost 10 years old !

Tagg - 7 years old

Thatcher - 3 years old

Miss Brightyn - 1 1/2 years old

Payson - 3 years old

Manda and Cam

Camryn - 11 years old

Landon and Kacey and kids

Rog and I with our children.
LOVE THIS PIC !!

Happy Birthday today (July 29th) to this guy.  Don't know what I'd do without him!  I love and appreciate all he does for me and our family.  He is a great husband, father and grandfather (Pa, Grandpa, Pops, Gramps)

With 6 of our 7 grandkids - Life is GREAT !

CJ and her Minions

I would caption this........
"What did we get ourselves into?"

Zac and CJ and boys

Pretty girlies :)

Handsome boys :)

Landon and Kacey

Goofs :)  haha

Little Goats - Horn removal

This is Sparkle, almost 3 weeks old.  We took her down to get her horns taken care of.  We don't like horns on goats because they can get stuck in the fencing, and because as they get older, they can accidently (or on purpose) hook the grandkids, or butt really hard.    Taking care of the horns when they are young is less trumatic for them.  The "goat whisperer" put them in this cute little box..............

.........then held her still by gripping her mouth/jaws.  It only took a  minute or two, and the horn problem was taken care of. 

Here is Azula (2 weeks old) - it is kind of hard to tell, but she is now going to be hornless, and is no worse for wear.  

Odds and Ends

Was it Wednesday afternoon?   A storm was blowing in, and I think it made the kids go crazy !

As it headed our way, the wind was blowing, and it was dark and ominous.

I think it let the "animal" out in these yahoos !!

Crazy times !!

Tower builders

Cam sure loves her turquoise (favorite color)  Converses.  I found this pic on my camera (haha)

I had to get the requisite pics on the tramp - One of these days I'll have to do a montage of her jumping through the years.  It never gets old :)

Bed Head girlie :)   The other morning she slept till 10:45 am !?   We were watching her and Pays while Kacey helped her mom with little league football stuff. 

Our two Granddaughters - One 11 and one 1.  They both sure love animals.  Here they are with the baby goat Izula.

Swinging at the Property - you could just HEAR the giggles !

Pays wanted on the yellow swing, but I convinced him to let me push him on the green swing, and then I proceeded to recite made up nursery rhymes, which he totally loves to hear.   The other day I told him, "Fishy fishy in a brook, Daddy caught him with a hook, Mama fried him in a pan, Payson ate him like a man" while we were swimming in the Lazy River at Cherry Hills, and he LOVED LOVED LOVED it !    

Speaking of Lazy Rivers.......or creeks....... the kids floated down a couple of times yesterday at the Property as we celebrated a belated 24th of July.  

Roger D. built a fire afterwards, to take the chill off, and the adults sat around gabbing. 

These two in their bright orange outfits kept everyone's eyes on them !
Kuk and Treyson

They played Ghost in the Graveyard, and tether ball, and played on the swings.........   Our grandkids LOVE it when the cousins come to play, and they are SO SO good to them, and patient, and loving.  

The Bettinson's stayed long enough to catch the Morgan County Fair Parade !   We had a great time as usual, catching thrown candy, and seeing the sights.  Camryn and Tiana really bonded today, and it made me so happy.  Grandpa and Grandma Ben came and sat by us, and boy you should see Grandpa Ben get the candy !!  The kids grabbed some of him too, especially Tagg.  It was a great fun time :)

Here they are playing that silly hand-game, that they have tried to teach me over and over, and which this old Grandma is TOO old to learn.  But not Tiana !  She picked it right up !!

Later, CJ and Zac took the boys and Camryn to a drive-in movie, while we stayed home with Thatcher.  Boy it's been a fun-filled week, and I still haven't blogged about the baby goats horns, or the flag on the barn !   Guess I'll save that for another post :)  

Hale Center Theatre Fun

CJ and I took the older kids to see this production yesterday.

It had alot of extra songs that were not in the Disney cartoon version, and the story line was just a little bit different.  The kids really seemed to enjoy it.  Tagg was a little wiggly, and I was a little sleepy, but I must admit at the end, my eyes welled up with tears.  I'm glad we were able to go.  

Cherry Hill Fun

Tuesday night (after the zoo), we all went to Cherry Hills Water Resort.  Those that went were, Roger, Gwen Camryn, Zac, CJ, Treyson, Tagg, Thatcher, Kacey, Payson, Brightyn, Grandpa and Grandma D(ickson), Grandpa and Grandma Ben (Rich), Dallin and Dax Dickson, and Blakeley (CJ's niece).  We had a great time, and I spent most of my time chasing around with these two yahoos.  They LOVED it !

Blakeley and Camryn goofing around in the kiddie pool.

Kacey and Brightyn in the Lazy River (my favorite part).

Here are some more of us in the Lazy River, Brightyn (far left), then Payson, Zac (near the yellow tube), Thatcher IN the tube, and me with no head :)

The Grandpa's sat around and enjoyed the cool shade, while the Grandma's followed us around and enjoyed the antics. 

Dax in Cardiac Canyon

Treyson - PULL the suit up !! 

Me and Cam, and Blakeley and Tagg - started out as a "chain".  That soon ended............

After this first curve.............

I was dumped out of the tube (haha!)

Getting back in, I bravely floated on, only to get stuck in every single whirlpool that came along.   Needless to say, ONCE was enough for this Grandma on Cardiac Canyon, but the kids went over and over !

CJ took alot of the pics, when she wasn't laughing her guts out at me :)

All the kids except Brightyn
Dax, Treyson, Blakeley, Thatcher, Tagg, Cam, Payson

It was a great time as usual !