Easter 09

Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter. We spent Saturday evening at Brian's parents' house with some of his aunts, uncles and cousins and his grandparents. We had a great time visiting and the kids had fun playing, hunting eggs, roping and eating as much candy as they could sneak past the parents! That night we came home and colored eggs.

Sunday morning we went to church and then came home to find eggs and eat more candy! The boys were pretty funny finding eggs because Dylan and Colton started with the plan that they would let Logan find all the low eggs, but once they started that plan flew out the window and it was every little man for himself. After a quick much needed nap we headed over to Holly and Travis' for a great dinner with my parents and Travis' parents joining us all. The boys got to find more eggs and many of them had special treats in them. And of course they ate even more candy! After dinner Travis took the boys for a walk up on the butte behind their house. The boys were so excited to hike so high up. When they returned Holly initiated them in to an old family game of ooga booga. I'd love to say what this is but for those of you who have never played it would just ruin the suprise if you do get a chance some day! :)

We are so blessed to spend the weekend with our family and friends celebrating the risen Christ!

hunting eggs at Grandma Peggy's and Grandpa Rick's house

Dylan Colton Logan hmm so cute but I'm sure they're up to something! coloring eggs....I got so into it I forgot to take pictures until they were done. Logan found one Dylan searching for eggs Colton found another one Dylan at aunt Holly and Travis' Colton at Aunt Holly's and Travis' Logan getting some help from Grandma Sherry Colton and Dylan throwing snowballs down the mountain Travis and Logan on the mountain ooga booga! ooga booga ooga

Happy Birthday Grandma Sherry

Last weekend we had a sledding party to celebrate my mom's birthday. The temperature was creeping up so Brian plowed what was left of the snow into one long sledding lane. It was a beautiful afternoon spent with family so I just thought I'd share some pictures.

Logan helping me make a cake for Grandma Sherry.Logan and Aunt Holly after they crashed Travis and Logan going airborn

me and Dylan my dad getting in on the action

Brian and Logan taking a run at it

Dylan and Colton cruising

Lynn and Debbie taking a break My mom and Dylan taking a turn

Brian, me, Holly, Colton, Travis, Dylan, Sherry, Logan, Mike, Lynn, Debbie

February went by too fast!!

Ok so we are already into March and I didn't get much of February posted so I'll do it all in one shot here. We had a very busy month spending alot of family time together and just having fun. The boys are growing up so fast so I just don't want to miss a minute of it. I have recently been converting all our home videos onto dvd and it's been really crazy to see my babies when they were still babies again. They have been getting a kick out of watching themselves growing up too. Time really flies doesn't it?!!

Here's the boys on Valentine's Day morning with huge Hersheys kisses. They got little suprises all day long. Nothing like starting out the day with a giant chunk of chocolate right!

I got to take Dylan and Colton out for a date night with mom and we went to the NRA rodeo finals. After the rodeo was a Josh Gracin concert. The boys had never been to a concert before and they like Josh Gracin and of course rodeo so it was a great combo. We had a fun night while dad and Logan stayed home and checked the calves that are calving.

Here we are after the rodeo, waiting for the concert to start.
And finally he comes out on stage. We had really good seats for the concert.

Dylan and Colton share a room and have been planning with dad to make a log bunk bed for quite some time. They finally got it done...start to finish in about a week. It turned out really awesome. They have decided to switch beds each month so they get a fair turn sleeping on the top. Logan wanted in on this new deal too so Brian made a headboard for his bed and we finally put it up on the frame instead of just lower on the floor. He was pretty excited to have a tall bed and he puts his stuffed animal in a sleeping bag beside the bed so they are in the bottom bunk and he has the top. It is pretty cute. Anyways, here is the finished bunk bed. Good job dad!! Dad and Logan getting ready to go out and feed the cows, horses, etc. It is the highlight of Logan's day to do the chores with dad. We got about 10 inches of snow last week so they had to bundle up good.

The boys built this great snowman completely on their own. I think it is the first one they did alone that turned out looking like a real snowman!
We got in some good sledding a couple of times this weekend before the snow melted away. We went up on the hill behind our house and also just pulled the boys around the hayfield with the 4-wheelers.
Here is Colton hanging on before he would try to tip over on the corners.

Here is Logan...yes he is in there somewhere. This was the first time sledding that he really had a blast the whole time and didn't want to go in after a few runs. He would get rolled of the sled and take off running to get back on again while laughing his little head off.

Dylan taking a turn. He and Colton both were really into the big jumps, like hitting the ditch and going airborn.

Here's all my boys ready to race each other.

Nye Pie Auction

The little one room school at Nye hosts a pie auction each year to raise funds for their extra curricular activities and each year Brian does the selling. These pies go for about $100 average and there were about 40 pies, so it is a really good night for little ol Nye. Anyways, the boys like to get all dressed up and help be dad's ringmen.

New baby calves

As we are just getting into calving season, I'm sure I will have many more photos later on to post, but I couldn't help but put these few on now. We have 40 heifers to calve and then in April will start with our older cows so we will end up with about 200. Out of our first 5 heifers we had 2 sets of twins, which means 2 bottle calves. Unfortunately we lost one of them on Saturday which was a pretty hard reality for the boys. They, like me, get attached pretty quickly to the cute little babies. The other one is doing well though. On Sunday we tagged and turned out all the new babies so far. The boys all got to rope a couple (yes even Logan!) and help dad hold them while he tagged them. The boys absolutely love calving time. Especially on weekends when they get to help night calve. I'm sure the neighbors thing something wierd is happening in our field though with each little boy shining flashlights all around like aliens!

my cowboys getting ready to ride down and check the heifer that was calving

Colton checking out the brand new babies about 30 seconds after dad had to pull them.

The boys with the 2 bottle calves before the little one died

Skiing at Red Lodge

The school the boys go to offers skiing lessons one day a week for the month of January when they are in 1st grade and above. This is Dylan's 2nd year of skiing and he is really doing great. Last week Holly and I decided to go up the mountain too and ski with him. We had alot of fun. I was nervous though since I haven't been skiing for about 12 years. It came back to me pretty fast though. Dylan had fun trying to kill us on all the little jumps and rabbit trails though! Brian and I went together this week and I must say I spent the day trying to keep up with him and Dylan. They just flew down the mountain! After such a great day Brian and I decided to start going each time the kids go with the school and we are going to buy some skis this summer so we can go each year. I can't wait until Colton and Logan start skiiing with us too. I forgot how much fun it is. Anyways, here are a few pictures from the last 2 ski days.

Aunt Holly and Dylan

Brian and I

Dylan and I

Brian and Dylan

Christmas and a New Year!

We had a great Christmas spent with family. On Christmas Eve we went to church and then on to Brian's parents. We were able to have a nice evening with Grandpa and Grandma Young and 2 of Brian's brothers and their families. On Christmas morning Dylan and Colton were up early and trying so hard to be patient until Logan woke up and dad came back in from feeding cows and horses. After we opened our gifts and played around a little, we headed up to my parents house. We had a great afternoon spent with Grandpa and Grandma Russell and Aunt Holly and Travis. We went over to my Grandparents house for dinner with some of my aunts, uncles and cousins.

Dylan's leatherman tool from Grandpa and Grandma Young
Checking out what Sant brought for us!

Colton's light saber from Dylan.Logan's scooter from Santa.
Mommy stealing some kisses from Colton.

The day after Christmas Brian, Holly, Travis, Jeremy, Travis Young and 2 of Brian's cousins and his uncle played together on a team for the AHS veggie basketball tournament. It is a fun day with some alumni from AHS and now also open to others who want to play. The money goes to a scholarship fund. They all played really well and more importantly had a good time.

A couple of days later we went to the new indoor waterpark in Billings to celebrate the boys' cousin Natalie's birthday. It is a great place especially for a winter break! They have 2 large slides, a wave pool, another pool with basketball and a ropewalk, and a huge kids center with slides, sprinklers, water guns and a giant bucket that fills up and tips over every few minutes. We stood under it a couple of times and found out quickly that you really need to hold onto your suit when the water hits because it comes down with alot of force! It was a great time and we hope Natalie had a wonderful birthday!

NatalieLogan coming back from the kiddie slides
Dylan and Megan coming off the slide

Colton and Brian coming off the slide