Monday, April 27, 2009

Branding weekend




On Saturday my cousin Megan and her husbands family had branding weekend for their new calves on their ranch. They live in Park Valley, they brand the new little calves once a year and they are always so sweet to let us come. I LOVE Park Valley because we grew up going there and for me it always reminds of good memories. Branding is a needed process for ranchers but to me it's sometimes sad, I usually go to be amongst family and to enjoy the outdoors.

Saturday morning I had an early morning and woke up to a very rainy stormy morning which made me ask myself why I was going. I still got ready and drove to Cassie and Kevin's to drive out with them. Kip had to stay home to help his young men's group clean the church that morning and he didn't really want to go because of the rain. We got to Park Valley about 8:00 AM and visite with Meg (my cousin) while we waited for the boys to bring the cows in from the pastures. That is really neat to watch and we made it just in time. They brought them down and then had to seperate the mother cows from the babies, it's kind of sad but needed. Then all you hear is cows mooing because they are seperated from the babies. You line the little calves up for branding, castreting, medincine and de horning. I had fun talking to Cass, holding Noah, visiting with Katie and Meg and just watching the boys get the job done.

The Morris' made us lunch and we ate at their house which was really nice of them. We then visited at my cousin Meg's house before making the trip back home. It was a really fun day full of lots of excitement! I am so glad I was able to go, the weather turned out really nice and it was a gorgeous day!

That night I came home and my honey took me to dinner, his brother Burke came with us which was really nice! Anytime I get to spend with Kip is a perfect night!

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Happy Late birthday Jeremiah!


I am really slacking on the birthdays but I wanted to post and tell my brother Happy Birthday! His birthday was April 14th. Thanks for being such a good big brother to all of us younger ones for setting a good example for us! We love you and we hope you had a great birthday!

Sunday, April 12, 2009

April birthdays

We have a ton of our family whose birthdays fall in April. My dad April 8th, Cassie April 10th, Jeremiah April 14th and Amber April 30th. It's so much fun to celebrate them all and to see another year celebrated for each of them! For Cassie and my Dad we went to dinner at Pizza Ria (one of our family favorites!) and it was a blast! Although we missed Jeremiah because he was working and my mom and the kids because they are in Vegas we still had a ton of fun. They waiter brought the little kids Easter eggs with candy and I thought that was really sweet. They also got us in real quick, got us ordered and our pizza to us real quick. It was a really fun night!

We then finished up by going to Cass and Kev's for cake and icecream, it was really chill but great fun to sit and talk amongst each other. Happy birthday all!

Cassie's birthday


Friday April 10th was Cassie's birthday. I know it's a little late but HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I love you so much! You are such a great sister, the best mom, awesome wife and my best friend(next to Kip)! You are the most giving person I know and so easy to forgive. I am glad you had a good birthday and I hope you have a great year! We love you!

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Happy Birthday Dad!


Today is my dad's birthday and I wanted to wish him a HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! He is such a good example to me and I am so grateful for him! He is a hard worker, loving, fun and very kind hearted! Happy Birthday dad! We love you!

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Conference weekend and Easter fun



I am so thankful for conference each time it comes, I know it doesn't bring the best weather with it but it is so good to hear the talks. Yesterday I watched conference while I was cleaning and doing laundry plus my dad was here redoing one of our bathrooms. There was a lot of confusion but thank goodness for a DVR so that I could rewind things I missed or pause and play when I was done getting the laundry. There were a ton of good talks and somethings that I really took to heart. I know I will apply a lot of what was said to my life and be blessed!

Last night we had a family party with the kids and the girls at my sister, Cassie's house. It was so much fun! Kip went to the priesthood session and I was so proud of him for going. It is so easy for us to just forget those and do the normal day to day stuff but I am proud of my husband and my brothers for choosing to go!

Today we had Burke's(Kip's brother) family over for conference all day and it was so much fun! We had them over for a big lunch and it was the first time so it was really fun to entertain us. Kip is always a little hesitant to have them over because they are really good cooks and great entertainers but I assured him it would be fine. It was great and I am glad we got to watch it together!