Little brothers are good for something. . .

Bull Sale

So another April weekend and another annual Stuber bull sale.  Kiddos and I went out mid morning so we could see Cowboy for a bit and eat lunch with him.  Kids were more enchanted by the empty ring and the shavings; so that occupied them for quite a bit.  Told them to take advantage of them before the bulls started going through and the chips got dirty.  Paige just looked at my not quite understanding; and then about 30 minutes into the sale she was holding her nose and understood what I was talking about.  We sat in the front row for about an hour and were about 2 feet from the bulls; so Cooper was enchanted.  The bull above is Ryan's bull which sold well--hard to take pictures with my cell phone and a squirmy Cooper but we got one.  Kiddos and I came home and took a nap and then Cowboy and I headed to the supper--my poor Cowboy was on the go from 5 am to about 7 when he came home and showered.  Poor tired guy. 

32 and 26 weeks

I will admit I had a birthday on Thursday and turned, gulp, 32.  The more fun thing was I had Paige take a few belly pictures as we haven't taken any good ones--Ryan has a few on his cell phone but me in my sweats and glasses aren't something I want to look at frequently!  So the top two pictures are courtesy of Paige.  Cooper was showing off his baby as well.  Cowboy hasn't been around a lot the last few days as the bull sale is this weekend; but he did earn hubby points and sent me some flowers.  Kiddos and I went and ate supper out so I didn't have to cook and I received lots of nice flowers and cards.

Birthday Girl

 

I am the mother to a  7 year old girl--wow, where did that go.  I can clearly tell you about brining her little peanut self home--her little six pound self with wild black hair.  We had a pretty mild birthday; just Gramma Shelly came over and we ate birthday enchiladas and opened up some presents.  She had a party the next day with her friends bowling; so we are at the stage where you either just have one big party with everyone, or a few small gatherings.  My big secret was I bought her Taylor Swift tickets for her Fargo concert; which is in September.  That's a long time away for a kid; but she is excited.  I  didn't get the big squeals when the box was opened but I have had lots of questions and excitement since. 

Easter bunny

Took 6 years to get her to sit by him...

Easter

 This wasn't Easter but was the middle of the month and just made me smile; so I had to share.  They found Pooh and Tigger ears from Paige's 3rd(?) party and playing so hard.  Cooper thinks its awesome to be a tiger and roar.

 

 We tried the shaving cream and dye thing for eggs this year--didn't have such luck with it.  Fun making them but the dye didn't stick or I didn't follow directions.  Oh well, learned to do it the normal way next year.

 Cooper did not think Dad was funny putting shaving cream on his face.

We had some extra shaving cream; so why not make beards in the bathtub? 

Paige and Cowboy on Easter at the ranch; we spent Sat. night and Sunday.



Playing in the snow. . .or the one little pile left