Mother's Day 2014

We have lots of mothers in this house:

Weekend at Alan's

Union meeting weekend at the beginning of May, we went to Winifred to see Alan and his new place of work. Weekend was a bit rainy, but it was fun to see where he's at and what he's doing. It's a neat area there, in the Judith River bottoms. We took off Friday, dropped the pickup off at the Ford shop in Butte and stopped in Helena to check out a gun for Rodney. Everything takes a bit longer than planned, so got to Alan's late; had to wake him up to let us in. :) Saturday was spent checking the area out. Sunday we met up with Cyndee and her grandkids at meeting and enjoyed a potluck with the friends there. Stopped at Brian and Becky's for a quick hello and then it was time to hit the road home.

one of Alan's horses, Rosie

she likes mint oreos - she gets a couple a day

but it makes her a pest, wanting more

up on the ridge

in about the center of the photo is the ranch he's on

May 2014

Howdy-

May was a busy month, with all the school year end happenings. The last day of school is this Wednesday (4th). We're hoping to have everything done and ready to take off that afternoon for Ronan. At the beginning of this month we took a weekend and went to see my brother Alan, he's up by Winifred. Had a great time checking out his latest job place. He's the manager at a ranch there on the Judith River. Neat area up there. Also had a couple good rain showers at the beginning of the month, but ever since then it's been hot and dry. But last night we got us a good soaking, the rain gauge said 1.3", so June is shaping up to be a good month! Rodney took some kids up to Ronan a few weeks ago to the state forestry and food science contests. They did good. Then it was donkey basketball time (people ride donkeys and try to make baskets - they have to be on the donkey to shoot and they need to take their donkey with them if they get off to get the ball). Rodney got a bit sore, but had fun. FFA banquet finished out the FFA year. Now a new crew of officers are ready to take on the next year. We met up with Dale and Bonnie one Sunday to exchange a heifer for the bull. We haven't brought them to summer pasture yet. We're letting that grass get a head start before bringing all these critters there, so we've been feeding them hay. Have quite a bit left over from last year. Girls sure are enjoying the warm weather, being able to play outside a lot. We got a garden planted, will see if anything grows. Better let this be for now, better get back to my to-do list. :)

'Til next time-

Rodney, Amanda, Hannah & Nicole


Front row seats to a sold-out concert:

Random picture that Rodney took of his cow since she was standing so nice and looking so good:

 

Hannah left a note for Daddy:

 

Bubbles! Guess the dog likes 'em too:

 

First time this year with the sprinkler! Molly likes this also:

took Nicole a little bit to get used to it

Hannah drew Molly

summer fun

Donkey basketball!

Rodney brought the girls to see a robin's nest that was on the wheel line mover. Bad place to make a nest, didn't survive the moves:

waiting for the sprinkler to go past

pretty blue

Puddles!

Such a nice warm day to play in the water, don'tcha think?! :)

Easter 2014

Went to Kalispell for the Easter weekend. Rodney had a four-day weekend for spring break. We got up there late Thursday night. Or was it early Friday morning? :) Got to see the baby lambs. Jace was there for the day, so the girls had fun playing with him and then Hannah got to go with him and Bonnie to pick up Paige from school. Rodney and Dale checked out some minivans and found a decent one that was a good deal. Went back to look at it Saturday morning and ended up buying it, a 2007 Dodge Caravan. Turns out it's a small world after all since the guy who filled out our paperwork is from my neck of the woods in MN and my Dad knows his dad. We craigslisted our car up in Kalispell and sold it the following week. The girls are pretty tickled with the van, Hannah said "it's awesome!" many times on the way home that weekend.
Saturday afternoon we went up to Alvin's for a bit. Girls had fun playing with their cousins. And getting a boat ride from Danica. Sunday we went to the potluck at Krack's and the girls enjoyed their first Easter egg hunt. All the other kids were done, but these two wanted to keep going. They did find a few more.
We took off after lunch on Monday and stopped along the Swan to shear a few sheep for a lady. Got home after supper. Had a happy puppy dog who was excited to get out of the kennel.