When life gives you lemons, we make lemonade

We have had record snowfall this year, and a very cold "not yet summer", (I refuse to call it spring) then it heated up too quickly, so we have had some flooding here. We have been ok at our house so far, but the log home has seen a little bit of water, but we have been able to stop it before it got bad, some others haven't been so lucky;(
I thought we might as well have a little fun, so I pulled out my pontoon boat and let the kids ride down the burrow at the side of the road, they thought it was a ton of fun!

Tanner



Bryce



Austin



Sandbagging to try to keep the river somewhat in the channel and out of peoples houses



They had to cut out the road up the street from us because the 2 culverts couldn't handle all the water, this is usually just a small creek


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Heeber creeper

Yesterday was a field trip day for Austin, we went to the Heeber creeper, it is an old train and they take a trip up and a little ways around Deer Creek reservoir, then switch the engine and come back to the station. The kids have a great time...



Austin is at a stage where he wants me to come on the trip, but he also wants to hang out with his friends, some moms think this is wrong, but I was fine with it, he sat close by and came to see me often, I enjoyed visiting with my friends, and watching him have fun! I think it is great to see him being independent and I am glad that he still wants me close by!
I also like that the teachers and the train people let the kids wander, they are so young and curious, I love the way their little minds take everything in, and they were really pretty good, I didn't see any kids out of control, so I thought it was a great day for them.
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Lots of water

A couple of days ago, Jason and I took a drive up to Birch creek, a local reservoir, to check on the water situation....



- Not good. At the far end of the picture, is the damn, this area is below and is usually dry,
They call it the tub

This next picture is the tub overflowing



Good thing we have float tubes and a pontoon boat, we may end up needing them at our house...



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Playing catchup

In April, Bryce and Tanner got started on the long and expensive process of straightening their teeth. BRACES



Typical Bryce, he fell asleep reading (by his choice) a science encyclopedia.



My mom with the flowers we gave her for mothers day.



Jason and the boys made me strawberry and chocolate crepes for mothers day breakfast



Putting the metal roof on the cabin (finally)




We have had flooding in woodruff, our culvert over at the cabin was smashed so the water started pooling around the cabin, we pulled the culvert out and that solved the problem for now, but I am a little nervous of what is to come when the weather warms up and the snow in the mountains really starts to melt!


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Austin's 9th birthday

On April 2, Austin turned 9 years old, I can't believe my baby is getting so big! To celebrate, we got a hotel in Logan for 2 nights, and we had a party at Linda and larry's house (we also helped them re roof the back of the house) Jason's cousin Jessica came with her 2 girls, Megan and Lexi.


My mom and dad came down and brought my brothers 2 oldest girls, August and Addison with them. After the party, we went back to the hotel and let the kids swim.


They all had a blast, and made new friends, I think Addison found a new best friend in Megan!


It was a fun weekend spent celebrating, and enjoying family, (and a little elbow grease for the men up on the roof)


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Pig, pig, and 2 more pigs

We went to the pig auction today to get our 4-H pigs for the boys. This will be Tanner and Bryce's 2nd year, and Austin's 1st. And he is pretty excited about it!



This is Tanners pig




This is Bryce's pig




#7 is Austin's pig

We still need to get one more for our alternate just in case any of the others die, or don't make weight. We are ready for another summer of pigs!

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Oryx hunt

Jason drew out on an Oryx Hunt, he has been planning this trip for over a year now. It is on a missle range in New Mexico, and so being, they have some pretty strict policies, for this hunt. But I think it is one of the only places in the U.S. to hunt Oryx. Jason of course drew out the first year he put in for it (although some have been putting in for 20 yrs without drawing) He was only able to have 4 people in his party, him, his dad, a "guide", and he chose (with a little coaxing from me...which Tanner is still mad about" to take Bryce as his 4th person. they had a great time, and came home with a great Trophy.

And the Luck continues...

Remember when I said that we went to the Evanston SFW banquet (where Tanner won the gun and hunt) because Jason wouldn't be here to attend the Logan one... Well, they had advertised the wrong date, so we were all able to go to it! We attend this every year, and always have a good time, Jason's Parents always go with us, and sometimes others attend as well. This year Jason's cousin and her husband came. Good food, Good friends, Good family... and Oh yea, our little group walked away with....





Tanner-


a box of clay pigeons and a thrower(sp)


a Basket Ball


a 5-bird hunt


2 fishing poles





Bryce-


a sling shot


a fishing pole


a 5-bird hunt


A GUN!!





Austin-


a pocket knife


a hunting video





Larry (Grandpa)


a Gun


a Magazine





Jessica-(Jason's Cousin)


a Gun





Me...


a floor mat :(





We did buy a couple of things from the silent auction, I got $500 worth of Taxidermy for $400, and we also bought a fishing package (pole, reel, net, fillet knife, and board) we gave the fillet knife to Eric (Jessica's hubby) cuz he pouts when he doesn't win anything, and the rest of the fishing stuff to Austin, cuz he was bummed that Tanner and Bryce kept winning stuff and he didn't.


All in all, it was a huge success! Can't wait until Next year!

This is Bryce with the Gun he won, it was really amazing, cuz it was one of the main prizes, and he only had 1 ticket in the bucket, and they had chosen him as the kid to come up and draw the tickets of the winners, and he drew his own, really though there was probably at least 200-300 tickets in the bucket, so there was no way he could cheat! It was fun for him to win. We didn't keep this gun, because it isn't a kids gun, we sold it to a friend, and he is going to go pick out his own gun later.

Dress up days

It was a dress up week at school this week for Tanner and Bryce. Tanner doesn't like to dress up too much, unless it is sports related, but since Bryce is the student body VP, he dresses up, yesterday was nerd day...





Last fall, they also had a dress up week, and this was his caveman outfit



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Spring??? Maybe...

We went to Lagan today, and the weather was so nice, we told the kids they had to play outside for at least an hour before going into the house at grandma and grandpa Petersen's. They didn't mind at all! Austin and Bryce played on the trampoline, and climbed the tree, while Tanner was busy with the basket ball hoop!




As you can see, they still have some snow, but at least they also have lots of grass showing, unlike woodruff, where we still have at least a foot of snow over the entire yard... Oh well, it was at least fun to pretend that spring was almost here!


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Love is spoken here

Last night, we were all just relaxing around the house, enjoying the start of the weekend, I was watching T.V. when austin came upstairs wearing this mask and singing church songs.
I don't think they go together... What do u think?
The funny thing is, he wasn't trying to be funny, he was just playing around and happened to be singing some of his favorite songs!



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Like father, like son?? Maybe

I swear, Jason has to be one of the luckiest guys (he married me right?) j/k anyways, he has won some amazing prizes, he has won guns, special hunts, and even a 4-wheeler. Well a couple of weeks ago we went to a sportsman's banquet in Evanston, we usually go to the one in Logan but Jason will be on one of those special hunts that he was "lucky" to draw out on, anyways he decided that he didn't want to miss out so he found out when the Evanston one was and got us tickets. The kids always enjoy going and it usually is a fun night. They had a special drawing for the kids and you guessed it, Tanner won the prize... It is a Ruger 280 gun, and an guided cow elk hunt with lodging in Idaho! He was sooo excited! So, is he going to take after his dad? He sure hopes so!


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Pajama day

Today was Dr. Seuss's birthday, and to celebrate they had a
Pajama day at school where they could wear their pajamas, and at the end of the day got to watched a Dr. Seuss movie. Austin was so excited about it, that he got his pajamas on about 5:30 the day before just so that he was all ready for school. He also decided that he had to take his snuggle too.

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