Campers

Casey and Alyson's family came up to our house for two nights but basically only one day so we had to pack in as much fun as we could. It was kind of a last minute thing so I didn't tell the kids they were coming. Trig was so excited to see CJ in the morning, and I let Taylor wake Josie up and she was all smiles the whole day!

 We branded Saturday morning which was kind of sad because it was pretty cold.

 Cj and Taylor helped with shots.

Trig was pretty cold but stayed to help because he wanted to do everything CJ did.

Dean asked me to work the ground. At my wedding a lady walked up and said to me, "Never do ANYTHING in this life (meaning ranch life) you don't want to do for the rest of it". So instead of saying no I just gave him a confused look until he bypassed me and started bossing Leann around. I'm so glad I just took pictures. Leann got so dirty, she had to do the grossest jobs, and she got kicked a bunch. The best part is we didn't even ask her to help she just showed up! Thanks Leann we really do appreciate all the things you do for us, we love you!

Dean kind of pulled a fast one on Casey. He sent him with the kids and three horses to ride from the house to the corrals. It took them forever but they finally made it. I didn't get a picture of them so this one of Beans will have to do.

Next we ate lunch and headed to the pond. Due to a menace beaver the dock was in rough shape, Dean thought was were pretty brave for even going on it. But the fishing was great. We had the pond stocked with rainbow trout this past week and it was so fun to feed them. There were a ton of fish swimming around and the big totally knew we had food they were just swimming around by us waiting for it.

 Taylor is so good to my girl, Josie just adores everything about her!

Kaitlyn caught the most fish they must have liked her cute smile. 

I took these two hunting for worms and though we were unsuccessful we did give it an honest effort.

 CJ got his line tangled a number of times, but by the end he was really good at casting.

 Casey took Craig's dirt bike for a spin.

Casey took some kids on the 4 wheeler but Aly and I took my car. Half way home Trig yelled Hannah is asleep. When I turned around she was in the very back and had fallen asleep standing up. We laughed and laughed and then felt bad for the poor girl, but when she woke up she was happy and maybe even a little rested. 

As soon as we got back from fishing we were off to the hot pots. The water really is as green as it looks or maybe a little greener but it didn't seem to bother the kids much.

We came home, roasted hotdogs, smores and headed to bed. It was a quick trip but we had so much fun!