Meadows Family

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Mutton Bustin'

It took the boys two years of watching, but this year, they finally rode the sheep. I thought that they were super brave and did a great job. Our friend, Nicholas, put them on, so that Jacob and I could watch. Nicholas told the story of his own mutton bustin' experience. A couple feet out of the chute, his sheep jumped and rolled and Nicholas came up still holding on...he won the belt buckle at age 5 and later went on to be a champion bullrider 15yrs later. I'm not hoping the boys follow in his footsteps! After their experiences, Owen said he was glad he did it, but it felt like he landed on a pile of rocks! Logan still has some mixed feelings. Getting his finger stuck in the gate on the way out of the chute caused him a bit of trauma and blood loss! Woops! He's all good now and I'm sure he's glad for the one-time experience! Overall, they said they are both happy to retire. Next year, at the old age of 6, they will be too old to compete:)

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Gram and Grandpa Visit

My parents just spent a few days with us. It's always fun to have grandparents around. Grandpa protecting his cake.

A nice family game of BINGO!

Sadly, the weather was a bit chilly during their visit, but they were good sports and took the boys fishing anyway.

A bit of a motley crew! No, mom was not overdressed in my insulated coveralls from Savoonga! We had good fun fishing (The boys got their first bites. Logan said, "Look, I got one! I got one!" Apparently, he has no need of seeing the fish out of the water...the nibble was sufficient excitement!)and watching all the wind/kite surfers while we ate.

Kiki interupting Gram's reading to the boys:)

We had a great visit!

Family Fun Day

Yakima has a program designed to encourage families to enjoy the outdoors together. They put on fun, free events throughout the year. We had so much fun at the family fun day. They had a whole bunch of stations set up for the kids to try different sports. First, they kayaked...

Then, a little outdoor drumming...

Annika...enjoying the day:) Notice her new tooth!

Owen and Jacob finishing up the obstacle course.

But of all the events they had out for the kids to try, they seemed to get the most excited about the hula hoops(next to kayaking!)! You gotta love our boys!:) Logan tries it around the neck...

"I got it this time!"

"Hmmm...maybe around the arm would be easier."

"I just don't get it, Logan."

A fun day had by all!

Happy Bday Jacob and More

We celebrated Jacob's bday at the beginning of this month.

We're sooo excited for warmer weather. Our first backyard picnic(several weeks ago) of the season.

They decided to start farming the field across from us. I caught the boys watching the tractors:)

I've always said that we don't comb our hair in this family...who, really, wants to make time for that?:) But, since the boys will be starting Kindergarten in the fall, I thought it might be time to start them brushing their hair. So, one day, I said, "You guys need to comb your hair before breakfast." This is how they proudly returned:) This morning I heard Logan say, "I wish we had some gel or something to keep our mohawks up." Owen replied, "Ya, or maybe some glue. Glue would work, Logan!" And this is when I intervened!

Housekeeping

I've never claimed to be the best housekeeper and having a third child certainly hasn't helped me much in this area! Last night, I stayed up and cleaned the entire house(meaning I put everything away, not that I got to the scrubbing part!) Nobody seemed to notice, so at lunch, I felt the need to point out to the family that I cleaned the house last night. After staring at a spot on the floor for awhile, Owen finally said, "Mama...for cleaning the house...it doesn't look very clean." Thank you very much, Owen! :)

Monday, May 21, 2012

BINGO

We were playing a rollicking game of bingo with my parents and the boys tonight. The boys were taking turns spinning the balls around in the cage and reading the numbers. They are still learning to recognize anything over 10 or so, but I think they figured it out tonight. "I tooty-six"(I26) and "B onesy-four"(B14).