The Fair

It has probably been close to a decade since I have been to our little home town fair and rodeo.  I remember working on all my 4-H projects that I entered.  One year I was even the grand champion for my decorated cake.  I was so proud :) (We ate a LOT of cake that summer, I had to make one every week).  The fair sure has gotten smaller, but it was still fun to take the kids and to watch the rodeo- and by watch the rodeo I mean, walk up and down the bleachers a thousand times taking care of one kid or the other.  Olin and Brock came down for it too.  Rhone was pretty excited about their sleep over.  Nana got them new jammies and we let them sleep in the same bed.  When I checked on them, Olin was singing "soft kitty, pretty kitty" from the Big Bang.  We finished the party off with animal pancakes for breakfast. 

Papa and his grandsons

Nana and her GG

Look at those shaved ices!   There were free bounce houses and slides too.

Checking out the steers

There was a huge trailer that had been turned into a sand box.  The boys didn't want to get out.

Bed time story

All tucked in

Making breakfast

Fishin'

Rhone has been looking forward to going fishing will Oli since the last time we were in Idaho.  He could not wait!  We loaded all the kids up and headed to Cold Springs Trout Farm in UT.  This is perfect for the little guys to have some success.  Rhone caught a LOT of fish.  He sure will be disappointed when we head to a stream with a fly rod and wait hours to land a fish :)  Olin was a little nervous about the whole ordeal.  He was more for feeding them than catching them.  Rhone caught 8 or so fish before we finally cut him off.  We got them filleted and took them home to fry up.  After fishing we went to one of our favorite pizzeria's from when I was little.  It was really such a fun day.  Thanks Nana and Papa!

Heading to the pond

Rhone's already fishing

Sylvie came too

The fish is right in front of Rhone so you have too look hard to see it

He likes to catch 'em, but he is not a fan of touching them.

My favorite one of the day!

Idaho things

We did lots a fun things in Idaho.  Brock was out of school for summer, so we got to play with Olin lots and just enjoy being out side and being with Nana and Papa.  We sure are blessed.  Here's a random selection from a few of our fun adventures. 

Watching the start of the horse race

Watching the horse races

Putting the wheel line back together with Papa

Moving the water.  Brock definitely made fun of my outfit here.

Checking the irrigation pond

Washing the car

Making home made ice cream in a zip lock back.  Getting the news paper ready for insulation

Shaking up our ice cream package

Checking out the goods

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Too delicious to pause for a picture

Driving our cars all around the town

Spending time in the garden

smoking out those pesky gophers

Nana and Papa let some zucchinis get too big, so of course we made them into boats

We tried them out in the bath tub that night

Harvesting broccoli

Rhone was soo excited to get in the bath with Sylvie...bet that doesn't last for long.

Playing at the park

Solids and Popcorn

Once we were a little settled in Idaho we decided it was time for Miss Sylvie to give some solids a try.  We started out with rice cereal.  She wasn't a huge fan, but she kept some down.  Whew she is changing sooo fast.  Ben got to watch via web cam from Georgia and Rhone photographed the action.  Since then she has tried pumpkin, avacado, bananas and pears.  No of them were a big hit, but she does like yobaby banana yogurt, graham crackers, and water.  

We were feeling patriotic with the Olympics so Rhone and Olin helped us make red and blue popcorn balls.  They were a fun snack while we were watching the games.

Yummmy....well sort of

First solids at a little over 4 months

Ben in GA, Don 't worry I cleaned that dirty laptop screen after this pictures.

Showing us the color of popcorn ball they picked

Watching the popcorn making chaos

Popcorn balls!!

Idaho with Ben

Ben only had a few days in Idaho before he headed to Nor Cal to look for houses.  So we spent the few days with family.  Ben's parents and 2 of his sisters made the trek to Idaho to visit with us for a bit and to pick up some gear we had brought for them from the East Coast.  We had a great time visiting and catching up with everyone.  We sure were sad to see our Daddy go though.

The very first morning we were there, Rhone pulled his boots on and was ready to help Papa farm.

Hauling hay with Papa

Sylvie and Grandad

Rhone and Sylvie with their Great Grandma and Grandpa Roser

Ben's family

We got a shake at the drive-in the night before Ben left

We made Cars' 2 pancakes for breakfast for Ben.  That's Mater and McQueen

Rhone got a special book from Dad with his voice reading the story

One last family picture before the airport.