Mother Goose

Those of you who know me - know that I would never pass up an opportunity to be a "ham". So here I am at my Visiting Teaching Conference last week playing Mother Goose to the ladies in our church. We did a fun skit using nursery rhymes to teach how to approach different situations we might find as we visit. It was pretty fun....I needed a Halloween costume anyway - so this 'oughta do!

Farm Life

Here's the big new barn that our son Danny is building. Its replacing the ramshackle garage and barn that used to stand here. Inside the barn will be a shop in the foreground and stalls and food storage rooms in the back. Upstairs is the hayloft and a bathroom/shower/work-out room. You'll notice that Nikki, Dan's lab does not venture far from his side wherever he goes. Chewie, on the other hand usually likes to torment and bark at the animals. He's the ghostly white dog shape inside the barn.

Here's farmer Dan feeding the animals. We are taking care of 4 Black Angus steers that will soon be made into hamburger. Down behind our house are the horses right now. Easy is the mare that is eating the hay. Her baby (I call Jasper, after a character in Twilight that likes to bite..hehehe..) is next to her and looks just like her. We also have a black horse and a mini horse named T-Rex. Most of the horses belong to Jana's mother.

Last Sunday was gorgeous here...

Time Out For Women

I had a great time this weekend going to this fun event in Portland. A lot of the ladies in my ward came along too. It was great to hear some of the best LDS writers, speakers and musicians do their thing. Cherie Call and Kenneth Cope singing live was so cool! Guess who's mom that is standing behind me? Napoleon Dynamites'!!! Yep, his sister Rachel is in my ward and teaches Relief Society. She's on the far left of the picture. The other gal on my right is Amy Updike who is a little firecracker and is having a ball in the Young Women's program right now. In the other picture I'm showing off the neat bag they gave out to all the attendees. Tina Lyon is standing behind me. I have some great ladies in my ward. Maybe because I'm the Relief Society president, I just am IN LOVE with them all!

Grandkids Galore

Here they are...all 15 and counting.

Giving this a try

Ok people.....here I go. I am joining the throng of bloggers out there. Now you will be forced to see many pictures of my grandchildren, farm animals, trees, dogs (ugh) and my cute husband. I hope this will be a fun place to come and see what's up out on the "farm" in Buxton-land.