Monday, September 29, 2008
Jackson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We just got back from Jackson Hole (beautiful!!!!!!!) we watched erika play soccer and guess what she made a goal from half 1 goal of the game and her first goal ever!!!!!!!!!!! AND IN A TOURNAMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO ERIKA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! her team won their divison!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO PUMA'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Home this week and recovering from a touch of something. Roger and Erika were not feeling good this morning though. Body aches and just not feeling good.
Prayer requests for continued healing for Roger's dad, Stan. He is home now and doing good. Seems to be resting better at home. Susie and Elizabeth are staying with him this week and I will go down and stay next week. He has a doctor's appointment this morning to make sure we are on track with the healing.
Competative soccer. Hmm... Three games a week. One every Tuesday night. (Roger gets to attend those as I have praise team practice. And two games every Saturday. We will see how dedicated to this she is before we commit to it in the spring. They won the first two games on Saturday and it is good for her.
My friends Dan and Christy need prayers still. Dan is undergoing more surgery this morning to make sure there aren't any traces of the cancer he has still in there. I do love my friends and am so greatful for their presence in my life.
Kevin will be here Saturday! Wahoo! Looking forward to seeing him! We can't go down until Sunday because Roger has their big fall auction on Saturday. Sunday is sooner than next month though.
I better get a move on and get my work done this morning.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Update
We have spent the past couple of days in Ogden with Grandpa Stockwell. He was scheduled for a triple bypass. They ended up doing 5 bypasses but he is doing relatively well. Had a little arythmia (not sure of spelling) this morning but they have medicine for that and he responded the way they wanted him too. Doing great!
Monday, September 1, 2008
Update
Well, Erika did okay with her demonstration at the fair. Not as good as she did at the county level but I think she was a little more nervous. Roger and Kris and the kids were there to watch as well as her dad from Twin Falls. He came and spent the day with her at the fair.
Her livestock judging turned into a little bit bigger of an ordeal than we thought. It started at 4:00 pm and lasted until about 8:30. I think they ended up judging 10 different classes. Three beef classes. One market steers, feeder calves and a class of charlois cattle. She is not really sure what the classes were. Two classes of swine. Two of goats and three sheep classes and then they gave oral reasons on three different classes. Good learning experience. I hope they focus a little bit more on learning what they are supposed to be doing in Bannock County for next year. The other two girls on her team both showed promise of being good at it even though they were bored stiff. I know you can get scholarship money from judging though. It will be a good thing to have on your records if you are going to a land grant school or agricultural school.
We ended up going to my brothers house on Sunday. My aunts are here from Oregon and California and one uncle from Boise. My Grandma has been on hospice care but they are going to take her off of it because she is pretty stable. Her health has been steadily declining for the last couple of years. We may have to stay with her to take full time care of her in the future. We will just be ready for when and if the time comes.
In the mean time, Roger's dad is having surgery in the morning so we will be going to Utah early in the morning. Erika will stay with mom and dad and they get soccer practice duty tomorrow night. Makes a long day for my mom. I really appreciate all they do for us. We will keep you posted on how things go.
Her livestock judging turned into a little bit bigger of an ordeal than we thought. It started at 4:00 pm and lasted until about 8:30. I think they ended up judging 10 different classes. Three beef classes. One market steers, feeder calves and a class of charlois cattle. She is not really sure what the classes were. Two classes of swine. Two of goats and three sheep classes and then they gave oral reasons on three different classes. Good learning experience. I hope they focus a little bit more on learning what they are supposed to be doing in Bannock County for next year. The other two girls on her team both showed promise of being good at it even though they were bored stiff. I know you can get scholarship money from judging though. It will be a good thing to have on your records if you are going to a land grant school or agricultural school.
We ended up going to my brothers house on Sunday. My aunts are here from Oregon and California and one uncle from Boise. My Grandma has been on hospice care but they are going to take her off of it because she is pretty stable. Her health has been steadily declining for the last couple of years. We may have to stay with her to take full time care of her in the future. We will just be ready for when and if the time comes.
In the mean time, Roger's dad is having surgery in the morning so we will be going to Utah early in the morning. Erika will stay with mom and dad and they get soccer practice duty tomorrow night. Makes a long day for my mom. I really appreciate all they do for us. We will keep you posted on how things go.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
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!
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
HELLO!!!!!!!!!!
HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have not posted in a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNGGGGG TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is Erika and i LOVE posting!!!!! Well got to go.... BYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monday, August 11, 2008
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.
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.
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