She's a Brownie!!!

This year Riley Jo graduated from Daisy's to Brownie's in Girl Scouts. She is sooo excited that now she is in the older girl troop and they will be able to do more then just art and craft projects!

Her troop...

The lovely brown sash...

She told me "I already feel older."

Time for a new bed

Colt has grown so fast and so much, he is now taller then Butch and has officially outgrown his puppy bed. I better get on the ball and get a bigger one! Matt seems to be pretty impressed with the pup so far. He gets to tag along on short rides and does good. Seems to be a good traveler. He wants to get the cows, but Matt won't let him yet.

Easter

We had to dye eggs twice this year thanks to my clumsiness. The day after they died their eggs, I knocked Riley Jo's basket off the counter. Of course she had all of her eggs in there!

On Easter Day we headed over to spend the afternoon with some friends. We really enjoyed the day. Had a nice dinner and time with friends. The kids got to go on a hay ride when it came time to feed the cows.

After the cows were fed, we headed back to the yard for an egg hunt. Somehow I managed to get ZERO pictures of that ordeal?!? It was over before I even realized it had started!! Those were some fast kids! lol

Spring Snow

We got a few inches of snow this weekend, and I know I can't really complain because we have had a really mild winter and spring so far, but I am SO ready for some warm weather to stick around!! Dustin enjoyed the wet snow because he could make really good roads through it!

The kids made massive snow balls. They didn't want to make a snowman...just wanted to see how big of a snowball they could make!

Making big snowballs is hard work ;-)

Building a Volcano

For Christmas this year, the kids got a build your own volcano kit that we've been saving for a rainy (snowy) day, so this weekend we dug it out of the closet and built a volcano!! It had a mold that we poured the plaster into...

Once it dried, we took it out of the mold...

A little paint...

The finished product....

Big Heart...Big Flowers

The other day at Girl Scouts, the girls made tissue paper flowers and by the end of the meeting there were flowers laying all over the place. One little girl was determined that the flower Riley made, was hers. This girl had a complete break down because she KNEW that was her flower and not Riley's. When Riley saw how upset this little girl was getting, she decided to just let her friend have her flower. In the car on the way home, she told me that she knew that was her flower, but she didn't like seeing her friend upset and that she could make more! That made me feel so good that we had to stop at Walmart before heading home to get the materials to make more flowers! Not only did she make another one, but we made about 10 more!! I have beautiful paper flower bouquets all oer my house!

Our day at the calving barn

Dustin taking a quick break from cleaning stalls to give me a smile...
I thought I would put a picture in of Cater Mountain from the other side. From my house it looks like a single little mountain, but really it is a fairly large mountain range...

Daddy's girl

After all the chores were done, we played a fun game of hide and seek. Inside the barn due to the wind!!

Going to bring the cows in for the night...