Yard Sale Finds

Here are a couple of my yard sale finds.

A camp chair was on the list for walmart that day for Dallie, so I was glad to find this one for cheaper at a yard sale. (Please excuse her hair. It's been a busy morning. I'm trying to get laundry done, clean house, get tomorrow's meal ready for the crew, and I just found out last night that someone is probably coming to stay in the bunk house this week, so cleaning it just got added to my list. I should be doing all of this instead of blogging. But really, I'm just trying to avoid the house work.)


I'm so excited about this shopping cart. Jason thinks it was a waste of $4, but he doesn't like anything from a yard sale. I'm saving it for Christmas.

No Longer Safe

Dallie's gotten to the point where she's no longer safe to leave alone. The boys were never like this. They didn't climb, escape from their seatbelts, get into stuff like Dallie does. I was out mowing the lawn while Dallie climbed up on the counter and found the open bag of spaghetti and dumped it everywhere.

Busy Week

We've had a busy few days and it continues into this coming week.

Friday Ryder, Dallie and I went to Scottsbluff for a checkup for Dallie. I didn't realize school got out at noon so I was an hour and a half away when Mrs. Wilson got a hold of me. She was headed my way to visit her family so she brought Kache with her and we met up. It's nice to be part of a school that I don't have to worry about my kids so much.

Saturday we made a quick day trip to Rapid. Jason had a bishopric training meeting and the kids and I did some yard sale-ing (yes, I drove 4 hours to go to yard sales). I had planned on doing real shopping, but we saw lots of yard sale signs and ended up spending the whole morning yard sale-ing.

We watched a great sunrise on our way to Rapid, but this was the only picture I got of it since Jason was sleeping while I was driving.

Monday we have dentists appointments. Ryder has his first cavity. Hopefully that won't be too traumatic.

Wednesday Jason is pre-conditioning his calves so I'll be cooking for the crew.

Thursday I'm teaching how to make freezer jam at Relief Society meeting (or whatever it's called nowadays). Surprisingly no one in our branch has made freezer jam (or knew you could make freezer jam) so I'm it. I feel a little silly since all you do is follow the directions.

Friday and Saturday we are going camping at Fort Rob with some friends. I'm afraid of how busy Fort Rob will be since it is Labor Day weekend, but Jason is excited to go. This will be Dallie's first camping trip. The boys are excited to camp and fish and hang out with friends.

Hopefully we won't be too run down by the end of the week. We've all been so tired since school has started. We need to get adjusted to our school schedule soon.

Family Home Evening

Ryder chose soccer for our FHE activity this week.


Soccer turned into dodgeball and then throwing the ball at the cats. It's no wonder why I only have one tame cat.


After dodgeball the boys got their bikes out so Jason could fix them. Jason even got his own bike out and remembered how much he likes to ride.


After Dallie saw Jason turn the bikes upside down to fix the chains and pump up the tires, she decided her bike needed work too.

Bird Heaven

We have seen more birds since we've lived on the Joy than any other unit. I really need to get a bird book.

I think these are blue heron?



Possibly pelicans and geese.



And all sorts of fowl on this lake.



For as many birds as we have, you'd think we wouldn't have the grasshopper problem we do. That's a whole lot of pictures for another post.

Buried Treasure

The kids were playing in another blow-out the other day while Jason fixed fence. The boys were digging for buried treasure.

Dallie just wanted someone to help her get out of the bottom of the blow-out.

"Dad. Help me Dad."

First Day of School

Kache's first day of school was today. He was sad it was only half day. We love our little school. It's perfect for Kache. We have the same 8 students as last year, but a new teacher (Mrs. Wilson) and aid (Mrs. McAbee).

Cowboy Boots and Diapers

A Few of My Favorite Things

Country kids. Life in the country.

Cattle.

Thunderstorms. The shade the clouds provide in a treeless prairie.

Windmills. A cool breeze to make them pump.

The Sandhills. The quiet and solitude they bring.

Clean stock tanks. Not worrying about what lurks beneath the moss.

Rainbows.

A straight fenceline. Preferrably one that doesn't have holes and that keeps the cattle where they're supposed to be.

Sunflowers.

Working with Jason. Watching my kids get thrown from a horse and then getting back on.

Sun sets. The cool reprieve of dusk.