Early this morning our dog went crazy with barking and howling.  After the sun rose, we found out what all the commotion had been about as he pointed us toward a coon he had treed during the night! Mid morning the boys decided they needed to take care of the …

Uncle Josh and nephew, Charlie, cruising the hardware store aisles while Amanda and I shopped for tile for their entryways.   

Tonight’s game against Skyview was quite intense right up until the very last second!  Each team was back and forth all night taking the lead and slipping behind by a few.  The last minute continued in this same way.  In the last 8 seconds we were behind by 1 point …

These three seniors have been playing basketball together since 5th grade!  I never get tired of watching them play.  They have a way of working together that I don’t think is seen very often.  I will sure MISS watching them play next year!    Josh is in the middle, #11.

I won’t mention any names here, but someone got his pickup stuck in a snow drift out in the south hills behind our house while pulling the snowmobiles On a trailer to where they were going to unload them to ride for a few hours!! Say that again???  You “need” …

These boys love to play basketball.  For quite some time, they’ve been talking about how they need another hoop so they can have a full court!  The one you can’t see is mounted above the entryway into this room directly opposite this standing hoop.   They talked about putting up …

Gift #20 – BBQ Steak – there’s nothing better on a hot, summer night! Gift #21 – Local, home-grown beef.  No “pink slime” in our meat! Gift #22 – Josh!  Our meat-loving son who is happy to fix dinner when it comes to BBQ!  He makes a just-right burger or …

It’s about time I get around to updating some of the sidebar pictures on the blog.  I LOVE this one of Josh all dressed up for the annual Spring Ball!  It’s hard to believe he’ll be 14 next month! 

Recently, Josh decided to take up a new hobby – flying RC Airplanes.  Here he’s flying the first plane he purchased a few months ago.  It’s a good thing we have plenty of wide open space for such hobbies!

Josh can no longer be referred to as the girls’ “little brother.”  Amanda now officially looks UP to her little brother 🙂 And, Josh is rubbing it in just a little bit (LOL).  Notice the pinched fingers!