What a weekend! I'm still in shock, but Ashlyn placed 2nd with her pig and Colten placed 10th. Since Ashlyn got in the top 3, she got to sell, yay! And we don't have to go to San Antonio since the pig that sold was the only one that was light enough still to go.
I don't have a lot of time to write, but here is a link to some pictures that I put on facebook of both stock shows. Hope it works for you.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=179742&id=755340907&l=65a4c196b2
I'm trying to get a birthday party together for Colten this weekend finally (only a couple weeks late!), and now this morning he woke up with a horrible cough. Hoping it goes away before Sat. We'll see!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Monster Jam & Visits
This past weekend was soooo busy - we had hardly any time to do anything at home. Friday night, we had Hilda Club and played bingo, Saturday morning, Ashlyn had a basketball tournament in Llano bright & early, then we went and visited with two of John's nephews and Sunday was church, Sunday school and the Monster Jam with the cub scouts. I'm sooo ready for a weekend at home, but this coming weekend is the Kerrville stock show... guess I'll have to wait!
Ashlyn's team won against Llano and lost against the Texas School for the Deaf at the tournament. She didn't get to play much, but the game against TSD was interesting to watch. I think the girls were kind of psyched out because they knew the other team was deaf. But they were GOOD! They had a game last night at Christoval that they won and Ashlyn said she got to play more during that one - of course the one we didn't get to watch! Oh well.
John's nephew, Trent, and his family were visiting from Wyoming, so we spent some time with them and his other nephew Chris and then took all the kids to Mr. Gatti's for some pizza and fun. We also got to see Randy & Nikki at Mr. Gatti's for awhile. It was great to see everyone again. Here's a picture of all of us at Roseline's house before heading to Mr. Gatti's:
Sunday, the cub scouts and their families went to the Monster Jam in San Antonio as a reward for good popcorn sales. We had a good time, but couldn't bring Ashlyn b/c I hadn't ordered enough tickets (44 of us went in all!). Oh well - she had fun with Blake that afternoon, so I don't think she was too sad.
Here is Colten & John waiting for it to start:
Some of the trucks lined up - thought they looked like little toys!
Our favorite - Monster Mutt hehe!
Ashlyn's team won against Llano and lost against the Texas School for the Deaf at the tournament. She didn't get to play much, but the game against TSD was interesting to watch. I think the girls were kind of psyched out because they knew the other team was deaf. But they were GOOD! They had a game last night at Christoval that they won and Ashlyn said she got to play more during that one - of course the one we didn't get to watch! Oh well.
John's nephew, Trent, and his family were visiting from Wyoming, so we spent some time with them and his other nephew Chris and then took all the kids to Mr. Gatti's for some pizza and fun. We also got to see Randy & Nikki at Mr. Gatti's for awhile. It was great to see everyone again. Here's a picture of all of us at Roseline's house before heading to Mr. Gatti's:
John, Ashlyn, Colten, Trent's wife Laurie, their daughter (our great-niece) Emily, their son Ryan (great-nephew) and Trent in the back and me, Chris (nephew) and Roseline on the couch.
Sunday, the cub scouts and their families went to the Monster Jam in San Antonio as a reward for good popcorn sales. We had a good time, but couldn't bring Ashlyn b/c I hadn't ordered enough tickets (44 of us went in all!). Oh well - she had fun with Blake that afternoon, so I don't think she was too sad.
Here is Colten & John waiting for it to start:
Some of the trucks lined up - thought they looked like little toys!
Our favorite - Monster Mutt hehe!
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Stock Show
Well we survived another stock show - just barely ;) Just wanted to share this picture of the thermometer in John's truck on our way in to show Saturday morning, yikes! (it was 9 in some places)
So this was one for the books with the cold weather. We took the pigs in and washed them Wed evening to avoid driving them or washing them after the cold front arrived. They were not happy with the cold and didn't eat well while they were there and I don't blame them! We did end up buying heat lamps for them, which I think they appreciated. The kids were fascinated with the steaming poop and pee from the pigs that morning - as well as steaming pigs coming from getting washed (we didn't wash ours that morning - only spot cleaned). It was also so cold that my camera stopped working, darn it! Mom thankfully got a few pics with her camera while mine was warming up enough to work again. Definitely not used to that cold of weather!
Anyway, Colten placed 1st with his pig and was in the running for grand champion (woohoo!), and Ashlyn's didn't place. Hers were both in the same class so Colten had to show one for her. I think the pigs were just too cold to look good :)
Here are the kids bundled up before the show in the pig barn:
Here is Colten showing his:
And Ashlyn with hers (Colten is behind her):
Here's Colten with his 1st place ribbon (way to go Colten - we were all super excited!!)
Here's Ashlyn with the judge (not our pig):
And here's Colten with the judge (still the same pig):
This year, we're going to Kerrville, too, so we're not done yet! That show will be on the 22nd, so we have time to get Ashlyn's looking good hopefully! And I'm crossing my fingers that the weather will be better for this one.
Just wanted to note also that John & I found it interesting that weathermen mentioned several times that this weekend was the coldest it's been since Feb 1996 ;) Wonder who got married this time?
Anyway, Colten placed 1st with his pig and was in the running for grand champion (woohoo!), and Ashlyn's didn't place. Hers were both in the same class so Colten had to show one for her. I think the pigs were just too cold to look good :)
Here are the kids bundled up before the show in the pig barn:
Here is Colten showing his:
Here's Colten with his 1st place ribbon (way to go Colten - we were all super excited!!)
Here's Ashlyn with the judge (not our pig):
And here's Colten with the judge (still the same pig):
This year, we're going to Kerrville, too, so we're not done yet! That show will be on the 22nd, so we have time to get Ashlyn's looking good hopefully! And I'm crossing my fingers that the weather will be better for this one.
Just wanted to note also that John & I found it interesting that weathermen mentioned several times that this weekend was the coldest it's been since Feb 1996 ;) Wonder who got married this time?
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Happy New Year!
Yes, I'm a little late, but things have been kinda crazy - getting back to work after two weeks, trying to set up an outing for the cub scouts, stock show this weekend and Colten's birthday coming up - lots going on! We had a great Christmas, but I don't have time to get into details, so here are some pictures from the break instead:
Wish the kids luck (and warmth) this weekend! I am NOT looking forward to being out at the stock show in 11 degree weather, but so be it...
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Wish the kids luck (and warmth) this weekend! I am NOT looking forward to being out at the stock show in 11 degree weather, but so be it...
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