Ranch part 2 :)

 Part 2 :)
Over by the archery they have a barrel bull. :) We had a Lot of fun on it.

 The Challenge Course. :) Susanna going across one of the challenges.

 This challenge was defiantly a challenge. You had to swing from one platform to another. It may sound easy, but the thing is, the platform you have to swing to is only 1 1/2 feet by 1 1/2 feet. I did it three times before I got on the platform and stayed on it. :)

                                                     Me excited that I made it. :)

                                                                    Jenel on one.

                                                Dad and Susanna doing another challenge.

                       This is the dog that will greet you when you go to the ranch. He is really nice.

                                  Time for smores!!!! We had a great time making smores.

There at the ranch they have hiking trails. On the morning that we were going to leave, Tina and I decided to go for a hike. Jenel and Mare decided to come too. We all started out for the trail. Well, we found it and started going on it. The only problem was that the tail disappeared after a little while. (the lady at the office had said that the tail had grown over a little.) We kept on going after it had disappeared. In the end we made it back just fine without the trail. Although there wasn't vary happy people on the way back.  

                                           A beautiful view we found on our "hike". :)

Have a great day.

The Farm

Last week I went to work and Picked over 1,000 ears of corn. All the workers put together picked over 4,000 ears!!! It was a lot of work in two days. :) I even have scars to prove it. :)
Here are the latest pictures from the farm.

This is the Indian corn and this is the sweet corn.  

                                     These are the gourds. There are a Lot more then this. ;)

Have a wonderful day.

Ranch!!!

This last weekend my family took a vacation to a ranch. Dad had to speak down where the ranch was and we were also checking it out for our family (for our reunion). If you have been reading our blog you will know that our van had a problem awhile back. Well... we got to the ranch and were looking at everything when our van started to die again. :p We were right up the road from where are cabin was, so we walked. :) Dad got the van to the cabin that night and the next morning we were going to go paintballing so we walked down to where we were going to paintball and the paintball guns weren't working. Instead of paintballing we did archery. :) None of us are that good at it, but we got better. :) After we did archery we decided to go swimming, so while some of us went down to the pond to go swimming, the others went back to change into there swimsuits. When they went to the cabin they were going to bring the van back, so that we didn't have to walk all the way back. Well they started back to the pond in the van and made it almost all the way to the pond. The van died only a couple  yards away from the pond. That night Dad was suppose to speak and we were all going to go, but with the van broken, none of us could go. In the end Dad got picked up and stayed the night at the place he was speaking at, while the rest of us stayed at the ranch. Saturday afternoon Dad came back and we left. The van was still not fixed, but God was good and we made it all the way home, which is longer then 4 1/2 hours. We got the van fixed now, so no more braking down (hopefully). Here are so pictures from are trip. :)
                                                           Us doing archery. :)

                              They have this little town there. This is the schoolhouse. :)

 I got up the first morning at 7:00 and took a walk. (I wasn't going to get up, but some little kids were making it hard to sleep.)

                                     They had a bunch of wagons there in the little town.

                                                Mare caching up to me on my walk.

                        I Love this picture, because you see God in it. The mountains and the cross.

                                                           Mare and I had a great walk.

There will be more pictures coming soon.

Always read the label

I don't know how many of you read the labels of the things that you buy.
If you don't, you should. Not only are they informative but they can also be very amusing.
For example I found this on a bottle of vitamin water,
 "If you want to be a superhero, here are a few mandates: tights (with underwear on the outside) and knee-high boots (even if you're a dude). But if you don't want to fight crime and just want to help in the fight of overall health, we recommend this bottle. It's got zinc and 120% of your daily value of vitamin C per serving to help support your immune system. So leave your sidekick back at the cave and bring along this bottle. Best part, you won't have to attach one of those ridiculous sidecars to your motorcycle."

There are many more chuckle worthy labels out there. Warning labels are among the best for a laugh.
Such as the warnings on irons warning not to iron cloths while still on your persons!

So take a moment and read a label today! ; )

Surprise Party

Two weekends ago we had a surprise B-day/going away party for Nate. Nate turned 21 and was going away to collage. He was bumed that he was going to be at collage and not home for his B-day. So, we decided to throw him a surprise party. Now Nate isn't a person who would ask for a B-day/going away party. On the night of the party, Dad and Mom took him out to eat, while the rest of us stayed home and decorated the house and got ready for the party. We hoped that someone would get to the house before Nate got back and Someone did!! We were glad that they did. :) When Dad and Mom drove into are driveway Nate asked why the people were here, Mom told him to go see. :) In the end he was surprised, which we had hoped would happen. :) We all had a great time.

                                                                              N-Neat freak

                                                                              A-Athletic

                                                                              T-Talented

                                                                              E-Eggheaded (it's another word for intelligent).

Sorry no pictures of the party. :) We were to busy having fun to take pictures.

Shop.Shopping.

 We started to build a bigger shop, because my grandpa gave dad a huge amount of tools. At the beginning of the Summer we started building. First we had to clean up the area, then pour cement. If you have ever done anything with cement you know how dirty and messy it is. :) We finished building about one month ago and all Dad has to do is put in the Huge sliding door. :)
                                                       Dad and Nate leveling out the cement.

                          Mare did the cement some of the time and I did the sand some of the time.
                                       (we would switch jobs when someone was gone.)

  We had to put six buckets of gravel, four buckets of cement, and three buckets of sand in.:)

                                                                Susy the strong girl. :)

Me playing in the sand. :) 

                                                                       Power girl!!!! :)

               We had leftover cement that we made into a little cement block and put our hands in. :)

                                                         Dad cleaning the cement mixer.

                                                              We had a ton of fun. :)

                                 Your not suppose to put cement on you, but we did.
Now for the shopping. :) I hate shopping, but my brother Loves it. This past week He and I had to both go shopping for stuff. So, we got up at 6:05 am to go shopping. And we went shopping from 6:55 to 10 ish. It was crazy. He loved it, but I'm still not soled on shopping. I hope y'll have a great day.