This past weekend we were able to travel to

Ogden to visit family and to get Levi's

Senior pictures taken. My wonderful sister

Ashlee was visiting from Oregon and she

is such an amazing photographer, so we enlisted

her to take some pictures of Levi. These are

just a few of my favorites. It is amazing just how

quickly time goes by. It seems like just yesterday

that Levi was "playing cowboy" pretending the

couch was his horse and saving the world in his

superhero cape. Now he is practically a man. I

am so very proud of him and the honorable young

man that he has grown to be.

There really hasn't been a lot to blog about lately.

Now that the kids are back in school homework

takes up most of our time. I did receive an early

Christmas present from Elder Harper today.

PICTURES!

Here are a few of my favorites.

Fred

We would like to introduce you to our new addition!

This is Fred!

He is David's new baby and he is his pride and joy!

When we first got Fred he was very scared, very

smelly and very skinny.

English Pointers are naturally thin dogs, but he was

beyond thin, almost starved.

Fred is soooo spoiled. What Fred wants, Fred gets!

Halloween Party

Cassidy and Cora decided to have a Halloween Party

this year. There was a house full of girls and they

ate, played games, ate, danced, ate, did the limbo, ate,

watched movies and ate some more! What a great

time we all had!

Deer Lodge Montana

We have all been so very blessed to be able to compete

in so many horse shows this year. It has been so much

fun for us as a family. We have had a blast and we have

learned so much. Here are some of the pictures from

The Big Sky Draft Show in Deer Lodge Montana.

This has been our favorite show so far and we hope

to make it a new family tradition.

David driving 4 a-breast for the first time, EVER!

David, Levi, Cherokee, and Cheyenne

Cora in the Youth Team Driving

Cassidy in the Youth Team Driving

Levi in the Youth Team Driving.

He won FIRST place. YAY!

CRAZY HAIR DAY!

Today was crazy hair day at the Junior High School.

They look pretty crazy to me!

The Eastern Idaho State Fair

We were able to show our horses at the Eastern Idaho

State Fair again this year. We all had a great time.

The kids and I had to come back during the week

for school so we missed David's shows. Since I am

the "official" photographer for our family, I am so

sad that we don't have any pictures of him showing.

He got brave this year and decided to drive a 4-up

for the first time. I hear that he did great! We have

great shots of the kids showing in their classes.

Levi was able to show in the youth team class ages

13-18. He did an amazing job and tied for first place.

Cora driving in the youth team competition

Cora was able to drive in the youth team class for

ages 0-12. The horses were being naughty and

they were not listening to commands and were a little

out of control for a while. Cora was great though!

She kept a smile on and she won 3rd place!

Cassidy driving in youth cart.

Cassidy was able to drive Cherokee in the youth cart

class for ages 13-18. She did great and tied for

1st place!

Cora was able to drive in the youth cart competition.

Cherokee had never been driven on a cart before

and she wasn't behaving like she should

but Cora was a good sport and she had fun anyway.

She took 2nd place!

Our New Wagon

David decided that he wanted to build a new wagon

just 2 weeks before the fair. He did a great job,

and although it wasn't totally completed, it looked

great out there in the show ring. He spent hours

sanding, welding and painting. I can't wait to

see how great it looks when it is finished!

Cassidy and Silver

Cassidy was able to show our mini stallion.

David decided that he liked the name SIlver

instead of Smokey, so he has a new name!

He took 2nd place!

Cora and Shadow

Cora was able to show Shadow with the mini's at the fair.

She took 3rd place.

Franklin County Fair

Cassidy and David getting Frankie ready for the show.

Last minute haircut. Cassidy's cheering section

in the background.

Cassidy and Frankie in the show ring.

Some down time, doing what she loves most.

The fair was a success!

Weber County Fair

David and Dani "Chilaxin" before the show.

David and Levi driving Al

Cassidy and Smokey

Cora and Shadow