Wood River

We finally made it up the Wood River road last weekend. On the way up there, there is a buffalo ranch so we got to see all of the buffalo!

Here's one of the chutes that the run off water has made...

We found these trees that had a thin cable tied to them, and it must of been there for awhile, because the tree has grown over the cable. Kinda neat.

At the end of the road, there is an old miming town, Kirwin. It was a booming little place in the late 1800's, early 1900's. Some of the buildings are still standing and they are currently restoring the town/area. This was the old mine entrance.

Look at all those dead trees:(

Dusty's 10th Birthday

I'm finding out that the older Dustin gets, the more creative I have to get for his parties. This year we did a big game hunt at the house. He invited a few friends and they brought out their bb guns, and Matt had hung pictures of big animals in the trees and bushes down by the river, so they went hunting! I think they all had a really good time!

This is Dustin's best buddy and his birthday is 2 days after Dusty's, so the party was a combined birthday for the boys!

I lucked out this year, Dusty said he wanted a "better then anything" cake and not a fancy, super decorated, time consuming cake!

I think this picture below really shows how much he is growing...no more baby face! He is becoming a young man.

State Shoot

In July we headed to Douglas for the state shoot. This year my mom and Ryan and Robin were able to come and cheer him on. Dustin did great...he placed 4th in the state! He was a little bummed because he missed getting a trophy by 10 points (or something close to that!). I'm really proud of him. Overall this year, he placed 2nd in postal, which is an online state wide competition, 1st in county and 4th in state!!