REUNION & ALMO DAYS

Here are my boys with some hotties!

Grandma Judd - cute carriage and pony! Kids loved it!

Seth with funny hair!

The cook and best mother-in-law in the world!

Tanner & Jason enjoying the reunion

Mom & Justin

So we had a very full weekend. We had the Judd family reunion here in Almo and almost the entire family was here. Bonnie did the cooking for all of the guests, there was a lot of visiting, kids playing, and everyone wanted to help Ted and Jason move cows. Saturday night we caught the tail end of Almo Days. There were two great bands and the boys had a blast dancing. I asked Seth if he would dance with Amy, (friend of the family she is 2 1/2) he told me no and said, "Mom I like the older ones". He better not like the older ones! Anyhow, they were all too cute! Here are some pics!

RAIN

Here in Idaho we have been getting a ton of rain, which has been awesome. The only negative thing about the rain is that the boys have been getting twice as dirty due to the super huge mud puddles! Here is Justin in the mud, needless to say he has been getting at least two baths a day!

Summer's Here!

I love summer! The smells, BBQ's, kids playing, swim lessons, cut grass, planting flowers, and otter pops. The boys are having such a fun time playing outside, not to mention that mom likes the break. They are able to entertain themselves and I don't have to hear how badly they want to go outside. Even though we have had a ton of rain (I'm not complaining) it is warm enough to go out and play once the storms pass. Everything is super green here and our crop is growing so well. The boys are doing well and all of them just had their yearly check-ups. All three of my boys are in the 95% for weight and height. For those of you who know my boys well, that is not a surprise, except for Seth. We just thought that he was average but he is big for his age too. This is very exciting for Jason as he was always small as a kid and he hated it. Don't you just love the cute pic of my boys?!

Soccer

It is the start of June and I can feel summer all around. I guess you can say that I became a "soccer mom" this year. New to Almo is a children's soccer league and Tanner & Seth have been playing in it. For those of you who know my boys well, you know that Seth is quite athletic and Tanner is not so much. Watching Tanner play soccer is sometimes painful, yet funny. He is the kid on the team who would rather sit in the middle of the field while the others run around. He is only in it for the drinks and sancks at the end. Then there is Seth, who thinks he is pretty cool and he runs everywhere and he scores "like 29 goals". He tells us this after every game and it is pretty funny. I am so glad that we were able to have enough kids to play soccer this year, especially in such a small community. We ended up having 60 kids. (That is a lot where we live!) Only two more weeks and we are done with soccer and we move on to swimming lessons! Maybe next year we will start T-ball. Who knows, it could happen! Here are the boys with their soccer shirts on! The one of Justin is just a recent pic of him for my Mom! Love you Mom!

Jason, Seth, & Tanner on horses, moving cows. Tanner is ridding with his dad!

How cute is this? Tanner never wears his hat right.

The cutest pic ever. My little boy ain't so little anymore.

Seth thinks he is such a worker & he is. At barely 5 he is always wanting to work.

This is Seth's 1st time ridding a horse on his own. He has ridden with his dad and grandpa and even me but never by himself. He couldn't be happier. Check out that smile, it says it all! He was a pro at it even though mom was nervous. He takes after his dad for sure!

The boys in the dirty work truck. Just happy to be there!

Justin rode with me in the truck the whole time. He did great, especially because he could see all of the cows and horses.

Cutie Tanner!

Tanner yelling at the cows from the truck. "Move you stinkin' cows"! He made me laugh pretty hard.

Talk about being busy lately! I thought that living in the middle of nowhere would simplify life, and in a way it does, but you are a different busy. Yesterday the boys and I helped Jason and Ted (my father-in-law) move cows. This is normal for this time of year and I enjoy helping and use to help quite a bit but now that I have 3 little boys they quit asking. Well, they needed the help and I was more than willing but it did equal a very long day! Here are some fun pics of the day.

Preschool Graduation

Oh, how time flies! My little boy is has just finished pre-school. Seth had a little graduation ceremony today at school. He was to tell everyone what he was going to be when he grew up and thinking since he LOVES to work with his dad he would say that he wanted to be a Rancher but he suprised us and now he wants to be a "cop", so he can"arrest people". We love him so much and can't believe how old he is getting! He has a really good personality and says the funniest things. He is a minature man! We love you Seth!

WHAT WORKERS!

Dad + Boys + Working =

DIRT, DIRT, & MORE DIRT!

Jason took the boys up on the mountain in his jeep to fix fence. They were gone about 4 hours and this is how they came home. Filthy! or Filfhy as Tanner says it! Clean up took a long time. I can't imagine why!