Meet "SPOTS"

Our New Puppy!

She is "Blue's" new buddy!

However, you just have to remind Blue that they are buddies.

She runs around trying to play with him, but at her 5.4 pounds, he's not sure he knows what to do with her just yet.

This is her famous pose...."the flying puppy" - everything stretched out and lying on the floor!

We had to move our pig pen out as the pigs got bigger. I sent Macey and Josh in to "fetch" out the feed bowls that were under all that......well all the left over pig mud and stuff.....

I couldn't hold back the laughing as I watch Macey get her boot stuck, then Josh got his stuck (the suction was incredible). I didn't know what to do, so told them they would have to pull off their boots and just step into the "stuff"

This is Macey saying, "Are you sure I should just take them off?

There you go, just like your brother - We had "STUFF" everywhere. Had to wash several times to get everything out.....OOOOOUUUUU

HOLY COW - WE JUST HAD A TORNADO!!

It wasn't a big one, but it did do the following damage.

If you look at this picture - we just took this picture last week when I had family here and you can see the horse barn just behind all of us ......

And this is that same spot now.....WHERE IS THE BARN?!?!

Well and you can see that the tramp is no longer in the yard. IT IS IN THE TREE

This 4 x 4 was part of our barn. It was in the tree and the weight of all the barn items has brought down several branches in the tree - we even found a hammer thrown into the tree. (Cole thought that was sooooo cool) - Glad it wasn't thrown threw one of the windows.

Part of our pool supplies were just thrown everywhere - this was the bucket we had all the pool toys in - There are no more toys.....



Shingles from the house and thousands of branches




We filled this whole 35 lb bucket full of shingles from the house

Found the GATE! - and part of the barn - The neighbor has most of it in his yard.



This is what the metal looks like....

This is what the patio looked like - Several of our chairs were in the neighbors yard as well.




So...the clean up begins. We have to wait until Bob gets home to pick up the big things. Like the branches - the big fridge outside that is upside down - and the tramp that is up in the tree...

Just glad everyone was okay. The rest will come with time.

We have several people just out of the blue stopping and taking pictures of our place - We even had an older gentleman stop and come to the house to see if our family was okay because he was driving by and saw the damage and thought for sure we were all hurt.

And there you have it....

Stacey came out with the kids for Cole's Baptism. Little Annie helped me go around and feed all the animals. E.I.E.I.O.....And on the farm you have some......

"Horses"

"Cats"

"Chickens"

"Dog"

"Pigs"

"Cow"

And then when you are all done, you can relax in the pool or.....

MAKE SMORES!

HE IS 8!!
Cole was baptized on Saturday, June 6, 2009
Confirmed on Sunday, June 7, 2009
Can't believe that all 7 have been baptized now!
Now we are on to the next thing.....

All the kids received awards for their grades. Here are pictures of Macey getting several awards from the Jr. High. (Including a 4.0 with honor classes) - WAY TO GO!

Hannah graduated from Jr. High this year. Off to High School next year where she will be a sophomore and in the 10th Grade.



Grandma Giguiere and Aunt Valodie were at the graduation

The ceremony took place at the High School.

Congratulations Hannah Bug!!