A Goat in the Car

Alex and Abigail are doing Goat 4H this summer and their demonstrations were this morning. I really didn't want to drive a big trailer down there for one animal and I had to get everyone up, fed, dressed, practiced, ready and at the fair building by 9 am. So here is the goat all loaded in the car...you know it's just another member of our family now (or so it appears) people take their dogs with them all the time, is a goat different? Ha ha ha

A wonderful daughter and family

I have a wonderful daughter. Brittany did a wonderful job of making my birthday special this year. She had been planning this cake for quite some time and did a fantastic job. This is her first decorated cake. It's a recreation of Van Gogh's painting "Sunflowers"
I got three cookie jars for my soon to be new kitchen. I love this barn, I got "the old woman who lived in a shoe" and smokey the bear also. I will definitely fill them with yummy healthy cookies.
The children wanted to make us a restaurant dinner so they set up a table in our front entry; covered the entrance with a large sheet making it a private room, covered all the windows with dark sheets so we could eat by candlelight, set the table with the china, picked fresh roses from our wild rose bush and had us wear nice clothes.
They came in constantly filling our water and drink cups, making sure we didn't want for a thing, check out the details in the place setting...wow is all I could say, I was blown away.
Thank you family for all of it, you are something special and that is exactly how this day was!

Celebrity in Teton Valley!

Wyatt was asked by our neighbor who built this tractor to drive it in the parade to showcase it. He even got out his classic blue and white striped overalls and was sooo good looking, I'm proud that he's my man ;)
Huntsman Springs had their Grand Opening and invited Glenn Beck to speak. It was FREE to the public and we got to go. It was wonderful and I felt so privileged to be able to attend. As you can see the sunset was spectacular as were the fireworks that danced in the sky afterwards to music and short video clips in between. It was one of the best 4th of July evenings I've had.
Here we are listening to the BYU-I symphony orchestra play patriotic pieces before Glen Beck spoke. All of the Penfold's and part of the Pryor's were there.
Abigail and Jessica (my sister's oldest daughter) watching the flower fireworks. They thought the buzzing/whirring sounded like a power drill.
Alex, Wyatt and Luke (my brother Scott's oldest son) watching a flower. They were in boy heaven lighting these.

Parker is mesmerized by the sparkler. We spend so much time protecting our children and teaching them not to play with matches and that fire is hot and then we hand them a flame on a stick that shoots little sparks flying all around and they love it so it's all worth it!
Brittany on candid camera with her sparkler. I remember as a child dancing around and writing my name with my own special sparkler. It was a grand time!

Dance Recital

Brittany and Abigail had a year end recital today and had a great time performing for us.Enjoy the videos.

Abigail's Dance



Brittany's Dance

In LOVE!

We got ten new baby chicks to keep up my chicken rotation and Savanna is in LOVE. She literally squeals every time we show them to her.


Parker is in LOVE with these chicks too, we put them in this old sink in a counter so it would be too high for him to handle them, he can just look over the top...well he is such a climber and has strong arms so he pulls himself over the side and hangs there touching, poking, holding, and teasing them constantly. It is fun for him and I like how much he loves the creatures but they are still fragile and it is hard to keep him away. I don't have to watch constantly though, the chicks tell me when he's in there, they peep very loudly and incessantly so then I run to their rescue!
And oh yeah, by the way...we are in LOVE :)

The blond version...

Going blond is totally worth it (at least until the roots start coming in and then this do would be a maintenance nightmare) Nicole did a great job! Once we got the red out and I used a special shampoo from my FIL that takes out the brassy tone, I love it and am trying to see if blonds really do have more fun :)
Here is the blonde version of me! Parker LOVES it, he frequently says, "you're blond just like me!" Abigail loves that my color matches hers and Brittany and Alex are getting used to it, they didn't care for it much at first and Wyatt-well he LOVES it too, I'll post an update later when I have the darker blond woven into it when the roots grow.

Festival

Brittany and Alex just got their scores from festival this year and I am so proud of them. Brittany is intermediate and got 97 playing "Wild Honeysuckle Rag" and "Allegro" and Alex got a 98 playing "Simple Song" and "Boogie." We went to Rexburg first thing in the morning, they performed and then we went out to lunch together, it was just us three and it was a special morning.