Girl Scout Ceremony

The other night was the Girl Scout Bridging ceremony. Riley Jo was so excited even though she wasn't bridging to the next level. She has one more year of being a Daisy, then next year she will become a Brownie:)

The only thing that her troop had to do was say their name and their favorite part of Girl Scouts!

She did great!

Team work

Officially, the kids are grounded and have been for sometime now, but the weather this past weekend was absolutely gorgeous and Matt and I wanted to head over to the barn. Being the nice mom that I am, I told the kids that they could come with but they had to do chores, no playing. Amazingly enough, they kept themselves busy all afternoon doing all sorts of jobs!!

Needless to say, we all had a great afternoon and we were very grateful to get out of the house and enjoy the nice weather! It has been a long winter!

Prairie Chickens

This morning the kids and I went with a neighbor to see the prairie chickens drumming. It was pretty neat and the kids seemed to like it. There wasn't a whole lot of them out, I guess their mating season is almost over, but we were able to see about a dozen of them or so. The kids really liked the "drumming" sound they made and how big they puffed up their chests.

Random pictures

I have discovered that these white cows don't produce any super cute calves, but I came across this one and thought he was kinda cute. It looks like he has a white belt all the way around him.

I went to work with Matthew the other day and we had to check some fence...it was my bad fortune that the fence ran UP a big hill..(nothing like climbing a monstrous hill to make me realize how out of shape I am), but while resting at the top of the hill, I got to enjoy a pretty nice view. This is Buffalo Bill Reservoir down the South Fork.

Dustin and Matt were wrestling the other night and Dustin somehow came up with the crazy idea of Matt giving him a tattoo with a tag pen...It finally came off about a week later :)

Easter

This year Matt volunteered to work on Easter seeing as how we don't have any family in the area and no particular place to go, so we loaded up the Easter baskets, the cooler and the grill, and headed over the mountain for a fun filled day of egg hunting!

Riley Jo's Play

Riley Jo had her very first school play the other night, and she did awesome! It was more like a music program then a play, although she did have 2 lines to say with another little girl.

At the last minute before Riley and her friend were supposed to say their lines, her friend got severe stage fright and broke down in tears and REFUSED to say her lines. I was a little worried that Riley Jo might freak out because she was all alone....here she is thinking about what she should do....

And here she is saying her lines!! She did AWESOME!!! We are so proud of her:)

Thermopolis Trip

A couple of weekends ago, we took a little road trip to the Thermopolis Hot Springs to meet up with some friends. It was a really good time and the kids had a blast with their friends! We will definitely be doing this again:)

There was a big water slide inside and the kids really liked it. Although, the more you weigh, the faster you go, so poor Riley Jo was literally pushing herself down the slide.

We couldn't have asked for a better day weather wise. The sun was shining and it was warm so we even ventured to the outside pool to get some rays of sunshine. There was also a slide out there that the kids liked!