4-H lambs

Last week Vanessa had her big first sheep weigh in. She was so excited when I went and picked her up from school and already had the sheep loaded in the truck to head to the fair grounds. Then she saw that Papa was there (if you know my dad he has to know what the sheep weigh for the year). She did great and her lamb was great also. Can't believe that my little girl is 8 and in 4-H. I remember my first 4-H also and thinking how neat it was that my dad sheared the sheep now Vanessa is there with her Papa.

Here are the girls and Ryan with their sheared lambs...Papa sheared them before everyone's so they will grow better. The actual 4-H shearing isn't till end of June. 

Vanessa and her lamb Butch. We told her to start playing and loving with it and I caught her doing this...Butch weighed 81 pounds at the weigh in we were happy.

Trista being a great little sister and picking up all the wool for her sister.

Papa shearing Sam he is Vanessa's extra lamb in case somthing happens to her other...other wise at the end it will go back to my parents herd.

Papa shearing Butch. Vanessa loved "her sheep" getting sheared and my dad loved his new clippers that plugged in anywhere.

Memorial Day Weekend

We went to the cemetary here with my mom to put flowers on my Papa Bear's grave. It was so much fun to remember.

Ryan and the girls laughing because we are related to Pops (Lamar) even without Grams :)

Our 3 beautiful girls

I sat Natalia on the grass by the headstone and she climbed up there and wouldn't let anyone pick her up. She was so happy there. She sat there for like 15 minutes sooooo happy. We definatly know someone was keeping her happy.

Our new Trampoline

So the girls were so excited to start their summer vacation with a new trampoline that mommy worked for. Thanks to my dad and all the little jobs tromping wool he needed help with. I was so excited when he needed help I told Ryan that all my $$ would go on the new tramp. Well when Vanessa, Trista & I came home from sheep weigh in daddy, Natalia & Mima (my mom) were putting it up. 

The girls having a coloring party under the tramp. Natalia loves playing with her sisters. So does the cat "dragon"

I had wanted to get a ball pit for Natalia for awhile. So when we got the tramp my mom decided that was a perfect ball pit Natalia loves it. 

Yep Natalia and I were the first to bounce on the tramp. We look thrilled huh lol. Tramps still make me sick if I bounce to  long.

Our cowboy "daddy" putting the tramp together for all his girls

Our Idaho Falls Trip

All of us girls missed daddy so much and he was just far enough away working with my dad he couldn't come home at night. So since his bestfriend was in Idaho Falls for a few days he hung out with him after work. So they decided we needed to go to dinner together since their Uncle hadn't seen the girls forever. So before we meet up with them we took some great pictures of the girls at the falls. It was a great evening.

Daddy got a new hat and Natalia fell in love with it and wouldn't give it back to him and kept taking it off and putting it on. She screamed when he took it back and had to leave poor girl she had a lot of fun with it.

So adorable they are

This is the smile we get from Natalia now that she has 2 teeth on bottom and 2 on top it is so funny its cute. 

My full of smiles girl that loved picture taking that day

my princess that is growing to fast

Fun in May

I just can't believe that the month of May is almost over. This next week is the last that our little girls will be in 2nd grade and PreK its so sad. Today was their last full friday of school. We are all so excited for summer though. Especially the Tball/Coach Pitch season to start (practice this next week). Girls and I have had so much fun planting flowers and being outside. We brought Vanessa's 4H lambs home from my parents yesterday that was fun. :p Lets just say Vanessa will have a lots of bruises if not already. My mom and I went in today and got our hair done. As of writing this Ryan hasn't seen it but I am sure he'll want to shoot me at how short it is lol. I don't care I love it. (I'll add pics when I get some). So Ryan had the girls today and he had to take care of some things so he got Vanessa from school and took all 3 kids to Twin. He has had a blast with them. He had them yesterday also because I had to tromp wool again. Yes I have done it more this month then the past 8 years. Gives me something to do and gives Ryan time to be mom. :) Here are a few cute pictures from the last few weeks...

Natalia's first little walk behind walker that turns into a little car. She was so excited to wake up Monday morning to a new toy that daddy put together at like 5am before he left for work.

She wasn't to excited about the car part and Vanessa couldn't get her to go on it but who knows what Trista did but she got her on it and she is hooked and loves to get on it and have her sisters push her around the house on it. She is so spoiled by those girls. She is getting so big. She is already 10 months.

My mom got tired of switching car seats from her car to mine so she got Natalia a car seat for her car. Natalia thought it was neat for like 5 minutes she is so ready to see where we are going instead of where we have been.

My mom called one morning and had me bring Natalia down to her house. She was out changing lines and found a baby kill deer and wanted to show it to Natalia. Well she looked and it was ok to look but when it jumped out of my mom's hands and onto Natalia she didn't like that she kicked it and it flew luckily my mom caught it. Poor little bird. 

I was lucky and my mom watched Natalia and I went on Vanessa's 2nd grade field trip we went to the planetarium in Twin and then had a pizza party and to Shoshone Falls (which Vanessa thought was funny we had just gone there the week before). The kids had 2 bake sales the past week and earned enough money to pay for their whole trip and the party I was so proud of them all oh and their slushies. We all had a lot of fun. 

I also wanted to add about Vanessa's track meet. This year (since she is one of the oldest in her class she had to run with the 99-00 kids which are 3rd and 4th graders) all her running counted and they took official times,etc... even though all the kids were a lot older then her (she was the youngest on the Carey 99-00 team, not everyone gets ribbons and places in her age group) she got 4th place in the softball throw for all of Blaine County. We were so proud of her. I think if she had placed 3rd she could of gone to state. She is excited to try next year. Congrats Vanessa!!!!

Mother's Day 2009

Yesterday was a perfect day. Ryan wasn't suppose to be home but they got done with their job and was home. My dad was home that morning so we got to see him. My mom had never been to Shoshone Falls so we decided to go. First I got some awesome gifts from the girls :) Ryan got me a new vaccum I had been wanting. It was so fun. The falls were beautiful had a great dinner after. 

Shonshone Falls

Ryan and Natalia

Trista...she even found a rock chuck eating down by the falls and was so excited

Natalia & Tiff our first mothers day together 

Me and my beautiful girls

I forgot Ryan has been working with my dad tromping wool since some of my dad had workers head back to New Zealand. Well Saturday he ran into a problem with his computer business so I got lucky to go work with dad and took Vanessa. She did awesome being a sheep hearder. Ryan took my mom, Natalia and Trista. So Saturday was the longest I had been away from Natalia. She got home after us and she got the excited giggles when she saw me I loved it. They said she was better then Trista. I told dad I still remember why I am not a fan of sheep lol

Vanessa's Track Meet

Vanessa was suppose to have her track meet on Saturday but it was rained out. So they just did Carey time trials on Friday. Vanessa was so excited to finally have her track meet and was so excited her daddy made it because he wasn't going to make it he was working with my dad but they got done early. She did great. 

Vanessa is in lane 4. I believe this race was the 100m. 

Here is Vanessa running the 50 m. she is in lane 3

Here she is doing the soft ball throw.