more at the fair

The big horses.

I have never seen little piggies run around like a bunch of puppies.

At the fair

boy oh boy, sorry this has takien me so long Kurt. do you remember when you called and I was going into the fair? Probably not, it was so long ago. Here are some pictures of our fair experience.

Mamma and some of her babies.one of the bull riders bulls

Honorable mention

2nd place in the costume catagory.

Domino's blessing dress. another 2nd place.

"Wicked"

We had a last minute opportunity to attend "Wicked" at the Paramount in Seattle. We ended up getting to go with my brother Jared and his wife Amy. It was really fun.

Ward Campout/trip to Yakima

Ok, so here are some pictures after all. Just missing the motorcycle pics.

Kevin and Kyle Duda

Alex Temus, Kyle duda, bishop Daybell, Jeff davison balancing on a swinging log Grandma's Lye soap once again

My baby

Guess I don't have pictures of our next adventure, at least of us. We went on our ward campout the end of august. We rode our motorcycle with jeff and jody davison and kurt and stephanie anderson. Ben and Gina hauled our stuff for us. We stayed at Ensign ranch in Cle Elum. It was fun. Saturday we headed over to Yakima to meet a group coming over from Eatonville. They got rained on pretty hard on the way over. glad we came from cle elum, no rain for us:) Can't believe I didn't take a picture in front of Miner burgers as we have been going to go there for five years now. anyway, home over white pass. Still no rain to speak of even though we thought we might get some at one time. We realized it was an awfully long time to be on a bike.

August 18, 2009 our trip with the youth to Freemont lookout/sunrise hike at mount rainier. It was so awesome. I love this hike. It was a great birthday trip for me, even though it was a bit early.

next August activity was the Ames Family Reunion. We held it at the Church camp in Nisqually. It was so great to see some cousins that have not been around for quite some time.

Me and Eden

Mostly the Chipman clan

Janet, Calvin, Mona, Theon, Bud

Terry Stinger, Calvin Stinger, Terry's granddaughter Cadance

Leslie and Mona

Theon, Janet Stinger Dixon, her son John Dixon

Kevin, Peggy Stinger Crofts, her son Rell Dixon

the three remaining Ames children, Mona, Theon, and Bud

The reason we got to actually get together. Thanks Cliff

August 2009 started with a trip to Utah for my nephew Derek's wedding. I went down with my parents. It was a good trip. Got to see lots of family and some old friends. We stayed with Phil and Rene Razee. Just a few pics from the wedding:

Derek and Lizzy's party

the mom's

Kim and Raleigh's clan

the money dance

the cake

helping out at the luncheon

I am always getting my shoes stuck or knocked off somehow.

The newly weds

the stormy weather at bountiful after the endowment

wow has it been a long time since I posted anything or even looked at my kiddo's blogs. Lots of catching up to do.
Our Birthday's, family reunion, fair, deck, canning. better get catching up.

I can't get this picture to come out the right direction, but i love this flower. It has blossomed so nicely and the color is so vibrant. I love seeing it each day. OK, so I guess several of them are not the right direction. sorry.

With the move of the mailboxes came the need for a change in the yard. It was a hot day, but I got it done anyway. Hopefully it will work ok when the rains come and bring a soggy bottom.

More changes

With a call into the bishopric as 2nd counselor this last Sunday, July 19, came
The end of another era....... Some of our children have never seen their Dad without a moustache. they are anxious to see the after, so I have skipped ahead a bit in my journal.

before
after [the pencil is still there though]

Brothers

I found these pics while looking for something else and just had to share. Check out the evil look on Charlie as he goes for the kill. this was right after Dan's return home from his mission last March.

What a handsome bunch of boys. Who do they belong to anyway?
Loe you guys. Thanks for being friends as well as brothers.
And no, that isn't a halo above JD's head, just the curtain holder.

Dan, Jimby, JD, and Chucky