July 4th Rodeo

Ridin' and ropin' at the Tetonia rodeo. Dylan rode bareback, but unfortunately did not make it to 8, fell on his head, but walked away, so that was a good thing :)

It's kind of a tradition for Brad and Rob to rope in the rodeo, this is pretty much the only time all year Brad throws a loop, so he does pretty dang good for no practice, it was SOOOO close, we were all holding our breath, but the calf managed to get his feet out of the loop :( otherwise they would of had like an 8 second run, which would have won them a buckle and some cash. Oh well there's always next year.

Summer Camp out.

Marshmallow roasting (of course)

Waitin' for supper (yummy ribs)

Hanging in the camper (why is Gus on the table?)

MUSCLE MEN! Gotta show this one to girlfriends!

Eaaaassssy keep your head up son!

Panning for GOLD!

Looking GOOD! Check it, someone sneakin' through the trees! Awww Sissy and Pa.

The whole gang. Kipp, Terri, Hadley, Hunter, Tucker, Brad, Mandy, Dylan, me! This was our only family camping trip this summer. Always nice to get away for a couple of days and have a camp trip. We went on a short ride and decided to try our luck panning for gold! Yeah, we found out we don't have much luck apparently, because no gold was discovered, just a bunch of Indian Love Stones (you'll have to refer to Brad for the meaning of those!). Kipp and Terri and the kids went with us, so all in all a good time was had!

Fishing at Crystal

Crystal Lake, definitely a late spring tradition. It's always a race (between the guys) to see who can make it into Crystal first, not sure who won that race this year, but we made it. Catching fish, cooking them over a fire (by the log, you know the one if you've ever been there) in tinfoil with butter (not the fake stuff), and lemon pepper is the ONLY way to eat fish caught at Crystal. The only way to improve on the meal is to add mushrooms, if we were lucky enough to find any, and have Rob cook them up for us.

State Rodeo

Dylan made it to the high school state rodeo finals in Pocatello (way to go!). It took place June 16-19. It just happened to be POURING buckets pretty much that entire week (can you tell how muddy it was in the picture?). Maybe that inspired Dylan to ride extra hard, because of the 3 rides he had he didn't fall off once! He definitely rode better than he ever has, we were SO excited watching him (wish I could figure out how to put the video on here, and you would be able to hear our excitement). Grandpa and Grandma Linda were there to support him, like they were all throughout the season. Grandma and Grandpa Billy were also able to make it there to cheer him on (thanks Grandma for fixing the chaps!). Shell also came to watch him, she had been driving all night returning from a road trip and still got up early to come watch (love you shell). I think there were about 22 bareback riders there from all over the state and Dylan ended up 11th, good job boy.

It's a boy!!!!

This is the newest member of our family. A little buckskin stud colt, just what Brad had been waiting and waiting and waiting and hoping for. Brad and Dylan have been checking this mare every morning and night for the past 6 weeks, they would come in the house and say "we're gonna have a baby tonight for sure" well 6 weeks later they were finally right. Isn't he just so cute?

Another picture of our cowboy. He rode in an actual rodeo in Rigby this past weekend. He did so amazingly awesome! We were all so surprised, I mean it was only his 3rd time on and his 1st time on in a rodeo, he just blew us all away. He rode for the full 8 seconds and they announced his score was "85" (wow) BUT, unfortunately he didn't mark him out at the gate so that resulted in a "no score" :( That's okay though we were all sooooo proud of him. The next night he did just as good (corrected his mistake and marked the horse out) but rode for about 7 seconds, his feet were hitting the ground when the buzzer went off, dang. We are looking forward to watching him again this weekend in St. Anthony. Loving the whole high school rodeo scene, it's really a lot of fun.

can I get a "Yee Haw"?

High school rodeo here we come. Dylan will be team roping and bare-back riding. He was able to go the arena in St. Anthony last week and got to do a couple of practice rides before the actual rodeo's. He did dang good for his first time on. It definitely makes me nervous, but I am also very excited to go watch him. He was pretty embarrassed that his mom tagged along to the practice rides, "this is not a girl thing".Too bad, that's the price ya have to pay for doing dangerous stuff, mom has to be there in case something happens. Plus I think he was pretty glad to have some pictures to look at.

Here comes the Bride!

Hey everyone! Mandy, Alaska, and I went last Sunday to take Katie's bridal pictures. Here is a link (http://s276.photobucket.com/albums/kk2/peachspudnut/katie%20bridals/?albumview=slideshow) if anyone would like to check them out. She is going to be a beautiful bride. I'm just loving this whole picture thing. Once again, thank you Katie, this is sooo much fun :)