Happy BIrthday

For Dan's birthday all he wanted was to go to Fielding to visit with my grandparents. Grandpa and Dan love the Mexican restaurant in Logan so we met them there and then Saturday morning we went to Malad for free fishing day. It was so windy and cold that I wished I would have stayed home with grandma but the rest of them had fun. I don't think Dan got a fish he spent the day helping the kids cast and reel their fish in. Guess that is what being a dad is about. We had a great time thanks for making Dan's birthday wish come true Grandma and Grandpa.

Just wanted to wish my favorite Cowboy! I Love You!

Having Fun . . .

We have spent a lot of time together in our yard this spring. For mother's day Dan and the kids got me some Aspen trees to plant in my front yard. Yards are a lot of work but such a great way to spend time together working and playing as a family. Just this morning the boys were cleaning up the back yard while Kaci and I were weeding the garden. Dan came home and had some time so he started helping us in the garden. Kaci was telling us about life and she said, "it is just so sad!" I was totally expecting to here how sad it was she had to weed the garden. What I was not expecting was her answer, "It is just so sad that the boys have to do their chores and they don't get to have fun and weed with us!" Dan and I just smiled and later he said, " hopefully she doesn't catch on for a few more years." I have to say I don't hate weeding the garden. I agree with here completely, would rather weed than do the laundry any day.

One Nail at a time. . .

For 18 months this is what the carpet in my living room and bedrooms looked like. Six months after we moved in we replaced the flooded kitchen floor and took it down the hall and to my front door. Over a year later we finally have moldings and a finished wood floor. Dan also changed the handles on my fridge so they swing the correct way. Things are starting to shape up at the Woodland house and I am way excited.

This is the best part of Dan's spring projects. At Christmas time we went shopping for a new table because the kids broke ours while Dan and I were deer hunting. We couldn't find anything either one of us loved and so I mentioned that maybe he could build us a table. For my birthday he decided that he could attempt this and so he ordered the wood. This is the results. I love it. He is very talented and creative when he wants to be. I just wish he had more time for my projects instead of everyone else's. Oh well such is life being married to a contractor. With the slow economy I don't dare complain or whine. We have work and that is a huge blessing. So I will be patient and take things one nail at a time.

soooo Cute!

Andrew shares the same excitement for the baby cows as his Uncle Dan. He has been out to see them 3 times now. This time he brought Kolten, Kaityln, Ashlyn, Kaleb, and Carter with him. Thanks for sharing the excitement it means a lot to Uncle Dan. All of the nieces and nephews love to come to the cowboy house and we love having all of them come. You are all welcome anytime!
This little guy finally came. May 28th on the last day of school. Everyone came home and had a nap so Cort and I went for a ride and this is what we found. I was so excited to see him before Dan.
Oreo

Red
Aren't these little guys sooooo stinkin' cute. They are the newest edition to Woodland Ranch LLC. Oreo was born first on May 18th. Red came two days later on May 20th. Dan was a proud Rancher the kids teased him he loved the calves more than them.

Emotional Mother Nature

This spring has been quite a spring. We woke up to the most awful sound this morning. It sounded like the horses were kicking in their sheds. When Dan looked out the window some profanity came out of his mouth. I sat up and went right back to bed. Tina and I made a deal if the ground was white we went back to bed. The next thing I remember was a horrible sound of limbs hitting the roof over my head. When we finally all got out of bed. I told Kaci to go look out the window. She rubbed her eyes several times then asked, "what happened out there?" Our good friend said, "Holy _ _ _ _ Mother Nature has some major emotional problems this spring! When I talked to my grandpa he said, "well honey what is the problem?" I told him if this was Dec 24th it would be great but I just planted all of my garden and now it is all frozen. I hope they all survived. The snow wasn't to hard on things but that night it did freeze even though I put sheets on everything I still don't think I saved it all.

This is my garden with tomatoes and peppers blanketed in snow.

This is Zeak after having a mud war with the neighbor.

All of the broken limbs make an excellent hut for little boys!

Two Little Birds

My Grandpa Miller called a few weeks ago bragging about how he had just eaten his first red strawberry out of the garden. He told me my biggest trouble was going to be keeping two little birds (Jake and Kaci) out of my strawberries. My strawberries were loaded with blossoms but no strawberries yet. In between Farm Day classes I noticed two strawberries in my patch. From this view they look ready to pick but if you turn them over they needed another day so I took a picture of them. After the last farm day class I was cleaning up and noticed my strawberries were gone. Thinking to myself them darn little birds got my strawberries I went to find them. Kaci and the neighbor had been playing and the evidence that they were the little birds was on the ground next to them. In slight anger I said, "did you two eat my strawberries?" Ty looking a little scared said, "but they were red." I asked if they were sour because I am confident they were a little tart still. Kaci said, "mom they were red there was no green on them I promise." I came straight in the house and called my grandpa to thank him for encouraging two little birds to beat me to the strawberry patch. After a good laugh he confessed he really didn't get the first strawberry out of his patch my cousin Sheyanne did. I must have scared Kaci and Ty enough that they now ask before picking the strawberries and I did get the first red juicy ripe strawberry out of my patch this year.

ALL AROUND

This Cowboy finally did it he won an all around at a rodeo. Zeak was on fire Friday night. He not only did well in all of his events but he also helped run the rodeo. I think we might have him help every rodeo because he stays focused. He put in a lot of time and practice in the few weeks before and it paid off. He won the flag race, place in the top 3 in every event. We are proud of him and hope this continues.