i would be mad to ..

this is why cash didn't want to come home ..

this is why cash is still mad at me because he had to come home ..

who can blame him .. 

i would be mad to if i had to come home ..

i would rather be standing at the top of engineer pass

looking out over the mountains ..

the blue sky dotted with pretty white clouds ..

fresh air ..

huge rocks to climb on ..

nothing but mountains and sheep ..

and trees and granny and grandpa ..

are you crying mom ?

they are finally home ..

after what seemed like a very LONG time ..

ellie first words to me were .. mom .. are you crying ?

yes .. i said .. i am so happy to see you !!

cash's first words to me were .. mom .. we could've just "face timed" each other ..

why i asked ..

that way you could have seen me but i could still be in colorado with grandpa ..

so .. 

to say that they are happy to be home would not be real accurate ..

to say that they were happy to see me would not be real accurate ..

to say that i am feeling a little unloved would be accurate ..

but who can blame them ..

 just wait until you see the rest of the pictures and hear the stories ..

i would be mad that i had to come home to ..

please mother .. STOP calling !!!

my kids are having the best time ..

they don't want to talk on the phone .. they are to busy ..

they don't want to come home .. they are having way to much fun ..

so please mother .. STOP calling ..

there is a restaurant/bar in silverton called handlebars .. 

they love to go there ..

you get a clip on mustache ..

to funny !!!

ellie twisted hers into a handlebar mustache but i can't find the picture that my mom sent 

and i'm not about to call and ask for her to send it again ..

they also got sling shots ..

new rule .. sling shots and guns stay in the rb !

so then after mustaches and sling shots

they got to practice their cake decorating with sweet and wonderful lana .. who we ADORE !!!

she is teaching ellie how to make roses !!

i would call her and tell her to video this and pay close attention so that she could teach me but i have been told to STOP calling ..

mother !!!

the ballet girls ..

we had our annual ballet girls to the lake day last week ..

sadly ronda and her girls were not able to join us ..

but we managed to have a great day .. 

lots of flying thru the air .. 

and falling off ..

and cliff jumping ..

and sweet smiles ..

they even managed to actually all stand up on the tube ..

until next year girls ..

south dakota ..

since the kids are getting ready to leave for colorado in a few days 

i thought i better share the south dakota trip pictures ..

mom .. dad and the kids meet up with the side x side group that mom and dad ride with ..

they all brought their grand kids ..

look at all those side x sides ..

i wonder what the people in the little town thought when they saw all of them coming ..

dirt and orange pop ..

cash's most favorite things ..

this is a huge rock with a tunnel through it for cars ..

not freightliners ..

dad barely fit thru .. 

mountain rushmore as cash calls it ..

lunch stop ..

check out those jeans ..

i am pretty sure that we have patched the knees at least twice .. 

but they still fit and they are his favorite pair ..

they had the best time ..

ever ..

need a cooler ..

it seems that there has been a cooler pile up on my front porch ..

going to have to do something about that ..

tomorrow ..

from up above ..

we sold a boat for one of our most favorite customers .. 

i called him and told him that i needed the title to send to the new owners ..

he said no problem .. i will bring it to you ..

i said .. all the way from tulsa .. 

he said yes .. we will be there in 30 minutes ..

ok i said ..

30 minutes as the helicopter flies .. 

since he was here he took jeff and mike up for a ride around the lake ..

this is duck creek .. 

the dam .. 

our cove .. the white barn on the far right is our barn .. 

our house .. 

mom and dads ..

you can just barely see mom and the kids on the back porch waving like crazy people ..

our spot .. 

thanks perry .. 

for the title ..

for the ride ..

and the great pics ..