San Antonio 2011

Feeding and drenching in Childress.  We got some interesting looks in all of the parking lots we stopped to drench in.

Sadie placed sixth in the Junior Sheep Skillathon. 

Proud members of the TalleyBow Show Team.

Sadie and Stitches before their class.

They ended up placing tenth.

Members (and future members) of the Maultsby Club Lamb Show Team

Sadie got GeGe to try the vibrating foot massagers.

The Two Musketeers. 

2011 Happy International Stoskshow

Sadie during showmanship.

Sadie helped her friend Jayden with his goats.

T.S. showed in the PeeWee class for the first time and loved it.

We had a fun day at the stockshow yesterday.  I'm having issues loading vertical pictures, so possibly more to come.  Sadie placed 3rd and 4th with her lambs.  Our sweet friend Alisa showed the grand champion lamb.  T.S. actually participated in the Pee Wee show.  It was a great day watching the kids of our community exhibit their animals and work together.  It's great to live in  a place where, as my friend put it, "generations" have worked to put on a show to benefit our kids.  Can't wait for county this weekend!  (If I can't figure out the picture problem, I'll try to take more horizontal.

Holiday Greetings!

Santa Recently made a stop at The Grand here in Happy.  Sadie wants an electric scooter and a Paperjamz guitar.  T.S. wants a Paperjamz guitar and a compound bow.  Let's hope they made it on the "good" list.



Thanksgiving

We celebrated Thanksmas (early Christmas) and Thanksgiving with family then headed to Aledo for Bow Thanksgiving.  The cousins had a ball building their clubhouse in the woods.  We all enjoyed meeting Evan--I'm sure he was thrilled to be held by all of us for so long.

The Clubhouse has a special sign in desk.

The girls pause for a photo during their grand tour of the clubhouse.

T.S. is definitely smitten with Evan.



Sadie and Evan



pumpkin fest 2010

Pueblo Dwelling

Sadie finished her project for social studies today.  She chose to do a Pueblo dwelling.

New Nephew

We have a new addition to our family.  Our nephew (cousin) was born on Friday.  You can go HERE to meet him.

Aunt Laura is very excited about him!!

Sadie showed well at the fair this weekend.  Hopefully pictures soon (don't hold your breath)

first day of school

Where we've been...

Sorry for the absence of posts and pictures. We have been relatively busy.

The kids and I made our annual Ruidoso trip with the aunts, uncles and cousins last week while Robby was at ag. teacher's conference. Unfortunately I got there without my camera, so here''s a recap.

Fishing--Sadie caught one fish and T.S. caught the pond liner. I successfully unhooked the two fish that were caught in our group. I'm pretty sure that impressed a few of the cousins--I'm also now an expert at unweaving fishing-line "nests" at the end of poles. We didn't lose any of the 6 kids in the pond, either.

Golf--Jay was kind enough (and brave enough) to take the cousins golfing on the 3-par--T.S. was thrilled.

Horse races--T.S. loves watching everything and picking a horse. A friend of ours had a horse running, and it won! Sadie got to be in the picture at the winner's circle.

Swimming--the Tirey cousins are definitely Olympics bound. Our annual diving "competition" was another success.

Around the condo--fun among the cousins, games of catch, rocket launching and hanging out.

Shopping--I'm ready for school--thanks Jay for watching the kids so I could go shopping!

Overall, it was a great time. We all enjoyed our time with family. Hopefully I'll remember the camera next time.

Today we are cleaning house in anticipation of my sister's family's visit. They'll be here for a few days and then the Wilbourn newlyweds will arrive--I promise to take pictures.

We were bored...

Today I got onto the kids for watching too much TV and not playing outside. We are on day 11 or 12 of below 90 degree weather; there is no excuse to live on a farm and not be outside.

I looked out the door to see that the kids had propped a swimming pool slide onto the well house and were having a ball. They were even inventive enough to get old hydraulic jack bases up on top to help weight down the top of the slide. (Don't ask why we have a pool slide; we don't own a pool. Robby brought it home a few years ago because, "We might need it when I turn the windmill into a fort.")

I asked the kids if they were ready to come in and eat (at 8:30pm):

"No, we are having too much fun," said Sadie.

"You said there was lots to do out here and we're doing it, this is fun," replied T.S.

I guess I'll let them stay outside until dark. Supper is over-rated anyway.