Well, we are off to the Blackfoot fair tomorrow. We have Erika's lamb in the horse trailer outside and I woke up to check on it and decided to pop in and update. I have spent an hour changing the background when I should be sleeping.
I think we brought flys in from the farm too.

Labor Day weekend is upon us. I can't believe that summer is winding down. Erika started school this week and so far 5th grade is fabulous! They started a new math curriculum at school and math is her favorite subject! Couldn't get any better than that! Hopefully it lasts a long time!

I don't have any idea about what this little holiday will bring but I hope it is a great time for everyone. Have a wonderful weekend!

HELLO!!!!!!!!!!

HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have not posted in a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNGGGGG TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is Erika and i LOVE posting!!!!! Well got to go.... BYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, we are home from the fair and finished washing and putting everything away from our super extended stay away from home. This past week, we went to the Downey fair on Monday. We retured from a 6 day vacation to Oregon and Washington which was preceeded by 5 days of house sitting for a friend here in Pocatello. Too long for me to be away from home! Makes me tired and cranky!
Erika did a great job at the fair again this year. She won the rosette for her scrapbook and got a blue on her record book, her leather work, her fitting and showing for her lamb and her bucket calf and a blue for quality on her calf. She had a couple of red ribbons. Her cookies were a little dry. (They tasted good to me!) and her lamb was a little roly poly. (He fit really well in this family! We could all do with a little more excericise and a little less cookies!)
It was good to be home and go to church. It sures makes me feel like I am missing out when I miss my home church.
My neice Courtney stayed with us at the fair. Good times. She is just enough older than Erika that Erika is wiped out by the end of the day by hanging out with her. She is crashed hard again today! Sleeping off the running non stop.
We had to sell Erika's calf and it looks like it was a project to teach the kids all about the hard facts of life. The buyer that was going to buy the bucket calves did not pay as much for the dairy breeds so 6 of the 9 kids that had the project are bound to have lost money. It cost more to raise them and sell them at this age than they made selling them. A bunch of sad little kids loading their little calves into the trailer. Tough lessons.
My nephew was a treat to watch with his chickens. Finally something to spark some interest in the boy. He is entralled with chickens! My sister in law likes them too! Go figure! Pretty funny! A couple of fair photos for your enjoyment.

Lisa's Wedding

We just got home from a trip to Oregon and Seattle for Lisa's wedding.
Took a lovely sight see down the Columbia River Gorge and then a trip out to the farm in West Linn. Got to see West Linn High where the older Stockwell's and Pat went to school. Lovely place!
My allergies were almost non existant on the west coast. Bonus!
Went to Randy's place. (BEAUTIFUL!) Went on a day trip to Vashon (spelling is messed up I am sure) and to Seattle. Great day!
Met Lisa and Matt. What a lovely wedding! Laydon is super! Fun times!
Now we are finishing our preparations for the Downey fair. We will keep you posted.

Dang it! Dang it! Erika won a blue ribbon on her 4-H demonstration. She will be eligible to go the the Blackfoot fair and compete! It really is a good thing except that she is doing it on how to shear a sheep. She had her 4-H lamb 1/2 shorn and she showed how to shear it the rest of the way in her demonstration. Only problem is, her market lamb will be sold at the Downey fair! We will have to tame another lamb if she wants to compete in Blackfoot! Dang it!

HELLO....GOODBYE

I am going to Seattle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My first time :). You can see I am excited!!! Bye the way this is Erika. Tommorrow I am going to do a speech for 4-H. I should probley go work on it.BYE!!!

Time is flying by...

We finally have internet and email set up at home. Yeah! We went up to see Kass and Chad's new house Friday night and they let us use one of their old phones so I should be connected again by the end of the day. I have been feeling a little isolated without email and phone. Thanks Kass!
What a beautiful place they will have! I am so happy for them! The plans for the house look great! It looks like it will be a practical use for all the space and they will have great views from every window! How lucky Paxton and Tessa will be to have that great place to form their childhood memories! I am proud and happy for Chad and Kass of taking the big step of building. It will be awesome!
We got to see Jackson playing football Thursday. What an athelete! If he can stay focused on the game, he will be a force to be reconned with. How cool for me to have five grandkids to start. A little overwhelming how much I feel like a grandma! Kind of weird. Great kids.
We had a great visit with Kevin and Jessica. They have a lovely home and Kevin is a lucky man to have Jessica. Nice to get to know them both a little more. It didn't feel like we had enough time! I so appreciate Kevin treating Erika like a kid sister. He is a good brother for all of the girls!
Erika has been working on her 4-H record books since she got home from Bible camp. She is sure growing up fast! She has been such a good kid this summer with all of the new stuff we are throwing at her. Good to see glimpses of the adult she will be.
She helped Roger with an auction Saturday night. She does a pretty good job for a ten year old.
Roger has been working a lot and has a lot on his plate right now. You know the old saying, 'make hay while the sun shines', I think that is the way it is with auctions. Busy, busy in the summer. It was nice yesterday to spend some time at home with the three of us together. It seems like we haven't had too much of that so far this summer.
Grandpa Stan is doing well. Erika and I are preparing to spend a little time with him after his surgery before school starts. Erika loved being at his house last weekend. She said it felt just like being at my mom and dads. We will have to remember to get a new ball for Dolly next time we go down.
I better get moving, we have a busy day!