the boys

i just love my boys.

even when they act like punks…

and in order to get a “nice” picture i have to have him be serious and look away…

lucky for me i have Big B.  who is all sweetness…

they climb chicken coops…

sometimes they are super duper athletic…

and sometimes they are very scary…

but i always love them.

photos by little L

i think i’m raising a budding photographer!

we went shooting yesterday.  little L doesn’t like to shoot guns.

he says they’re too loud.

so while we were shooting guns i handed little L the camera so he could so some shooting too :)

handsome hubby taking his turn.

me after my turn...

his self portrait.

cool big B.

don't mess with me!

and here are some i took…

Angus posing.

big B shooting the rifle.

little L rock climbing.

handsome hubby practicing.

portrait time!

so.  it’s october.  which means it’s time to think about christmas.  and christmas presents.

which leads me to portrait time!  i drug the boys out and we had ourselves a time :)

i also talked my little brother and his girlfriend into doing a little shoot too.  so. much. fun.

 

my little bro and his girlfriend:

 

this next one is my favorite!

and onto the boys!

they weren’t exactly thrilled to be doing this…

the next one is so fun!

brotherly love!

now to figure out what to do with these…..

happy father’s day!

we had a great father’s day.  i had to work from 8am to 1pm… while i worked the boys took handsome hubby down to the park so they could participate in the father’s day fishing derby.  they stock the pond with fish just for this derby!  there are some big fish in that pond.

my boys didn’t catch any fish.  not one.

but they had fun anyway!  big B decided he wants to be a fisherman.

when i got off work we went up into the mountains to go shooting.  it’s a beautiful day.  not much wind, a little rain, but not cold.  while the boys were shooting i took angus for a hike.  and found these….

i wonder... are all dandelions different?

and i found this little guy in the sagebrush :)

and here’s my boys!

little L and big B

big B was a shootin’ fool!  he was shooting the rifle and the semi automatic rifle.  he didn’t want to stop even after the rain started coming down.  he was out there with water dripping off his hood…

and has now decided he wants to be a gun man.

not a hunter because i told him if he kills it, he has to eat it.

he said, “what if i kill a tree?”

i said, “you’ll have to eat it.”

 and here comes the rain!

worms!

worms!  i saw worms!!

it’s official.  it’s spring.

i wanted to share the cards my boys made me for mother’s day.

they are beautiful.

and heartfelt.  little L’s made me cry and big B’s made me laugh!

first… big B’s.

i love the colors!

and a close up of the poem.

hilarious.

and a close up of little L’s…

it says,

Dear mom, I hope you have a great

Mothers Day, I will Love you for ever and ever.  I Love you

with all my sole and heart.  I will never not love you mom

because you my one and oliy mom.

yep.  my mother’s day was awesome.

and there are worms.

happy easter!

we had a wonderful day filled with family and good food.

and candy.

can’t forget the candy.

lots of it.

and easter egg hunting…

use your eyes and look for the egg little D.  which hand is your right hand?

well she tried…

oh where oh where is that egg?

we told her to look up.

well at least she was listening to us!

and though it seems she is looking right at the egg…

she needed a little more help to find it.  but we got a great laugh!

little L had a great time hunting for easter eggs…

really.  he did.

big B found the most eggs and won the prize!

which created a little drama…

(she wasn’t crying… just being dramatic.)

but really when you are so hopped up on candy, who can stay sad!?

i took lots of pictures.

these were some of my favorite.

i’ll share some great ones of little D and big K later this week!

happy happy easter to you

xoxoxo

the countdown is on!  just 5 days left until we leave to get billy!

(my new horse!!)

i’m very excited and spend a lot of time doing this…

pat parelli video... http://www.parellisavvyclub.com

watching training videos.  i love doing this.  i’m driving my family crazy because i’ve figured out how to watch them on our tv…

i talked about our spring.  in montana.

last night handsome hubby and both boys got “snowed in” in bozeman and ended up spending the night at my dad’s.

thanks dad and joni!!

the roads were terrible.  slushy, icy, snowy.  there were people in the ditch left and right… there were highway patrolmen in the ditch.  more than one.

so they made the call to turn around and head back to dad’s.

good call!  they made it home safe and sound this morning.

just in time to help me paint pots at the flower shed!

so. much. fun!  it was a great day today.

crazy

my boys are crazy.  so is handsome hubby.

but both are really really smart.  the other day in the car big B told me that the mom is always the boss.  little L agreed wholeheartedly.

i asked if their wives would also be the bosses.  they both said “yes!”

they are so smart.

and crazy… handsome hubby took these today.

little L street fighter...

little L... darth maul

this is where things get really crazy…  i guess little L set up these photos himself!

big B with little L's head...

little L with big B's head...

and i guess i’m a little crazy too.

fishy lips