From the Mouth of Babes

Here it is everyone...Reiny's FIRST WORD!!! This is fool-prove evidence of who won the "Ma-Ma" vs "Da-Da" race!

Attempts to Crawl

Here's Reiny's first few attempts at crawling. I think it's just a matter of time before she finally gets it, but here's our evidence that she is at least making an attempt.

Standing For Something

Reiny loves to stand...here's some of the recent photos I captured of her standing tall like a big girl.


This last one caught me by surprise...as you can imagine!

Bubbles, Bubbles, Everywhere

Reiny had her first ever bubble bath the other day. Jordan had fun making a bubble-helmet for her.

Hay Baby...

Reiny has been putting in her hours with the haying this year (just like the rest of us!). She's helped me bail, move the tractor to the other ranch, and stack hay. I thought that the sound of the tractor would put her to sleep, but I was WRONG! She was up until 11 pm the other night in the tractor bailing with me. She seems to really like it and wants to help stear, but doesn't always keep the tractor centered over the row of hay. Here's some pictures from haying...



Here's how one of the trips in the tractor went...
BEGINNING OF THE TRIP

END OF TRIP

Walter the Water Dog

Walter ran most of the way up to the lake and got a bit tired...so Jordan cooled him off!

Dairy Lake

The day after the fourth, we took everyone up to one of our high-mountain lakes called Dairy Lake. Mom, Dave and Anna rode the 4-wheeler. Jordan and Evan rode the motorbike, and Dad, Lauren, Phoebe, Reiny, and I took the 4-wheel Ranger. This is one of my favorite places around here. Jordan and I used to sneek away up here to this lake to skip out on work his Dad had for us after we were married.

Anyway, we roasted hot dogs and walked out on the the little dock to take pictures.

July 4th, 2008

Well, I'm finally getting time to work on my blog. Here's the update from the 4th. My family came up from Utah (and New Mexico) and joined in the many Leadore festivities. We went to the EMT breakfast at the fire house, saw part of the rodeo in town, and went to the fireworks that evening. The fireworks were the best part! They tipped over the table and ended up shooting some of the fireworks straight at the crowd. Then they caught the sagebrush on fire and started a HUGE brush fire! It was more fun watching the drunk firemen trying to put out the fires than the fireworks themselves!

Reiny at the parade, and Anna riding "Candy Bar" in the parade with Chase, Gracie, and Natalie. The back of Anna's horse had the words "Got Gas" painted on his bum!

These are some pictures of the "fireworks" that Dave (my big bro) took.

Reiny at the rodeo!