The Mountains Fall 2011

By the Grace of God, I was able to pull Dan away from farm life for a great weekend get away to the cabin with Matt and Carrie Terryberry... and kids. That made 4 adults and 7 kids. Kids ages were 7, 7, 4, 4, 3, 2, and 3 months... crazy! We had a great family weekend and no one was hurt, beat, dumped, frozen, or crabby. Highlights of the trip include...
-17 stops on the way there for a pooper or some other bodily excretion request
-Carrie pulling a fully loaded car trailer behind her SUV and freaking out the entire way
-My Husband was reunited with his old love Coors Original (blheck)
-Ten hours on the mountain with 7 kids
-Rock climbing, rock skipping, and river walking
-Great 7 and 4 year old photography shoots
-2 year old and 3 year old romance blossoming:) ... so cute, but Ali isn't going to date till she is at least 16
-Dan thought he was an ATV racer and had the moves to prove it
-I am now a pro rock climbing jeeper
-Becca almost flipped out of her seat
-and Best of All... Thomas argued that it is "definitely shorter on the way home from the mountains." (he slept of 2.5 hours)

Elizabeth is ready to ride with Dan the Man Thomas loaded up in the mule.
Becca tucked into her little hole.
Markenna and Ali in the back of the jeep.
Aren't we cute!
Lovely old outhouse photo courtesy of Elizabeth. (there are plenty more of this quality I chose not to share) Just a little stopping point...way up high and so beautiful!Dan is "asleep" after a full day of riding and Coors. 7 kids...are we crazy??? Family Photo September 2011- Albany, Wyoming at the Cabin

This is what happens when a 7 year old gets a camera

So Elizabeth thinks that just because I have two cameras (one really nice one and one not so nice one for the lake and mountains and such) that she can claim one... and the next five pictures are five reasons a 7 year old doesn't need a camera... enjoy! couldn't live another day without an awesome sock picture
hello Elizabeth
what's that??? you need to stop and poop?

oh... you are okay now?

good glad to hear it... thanks for all the pictures of your second by second emotions

Baby Photo Shoot

Rebecca may never see the inside of a real photography studio because I think I can do everything. Some days I can do everything and some days I would go the phrase, "I can do nothing." lol... Isn't she beautiful and oh how we love Rebecca Marie!

The Rest of August...

Elizabeth Grace... First Day of First Grade
Rebecca Marie loves to smile! Destry turns 4

Amelia and Rebecca

Pinata fun was had by all... Ali's turn

Adi

Thomas

Elizabeth

And the Birthday Boy

Photo shoot with Ali girl...

Precious

Sweet!

some of August in a Nutshell

Rebecca Marie is 2 1/2 months old and growing like a weed. She looks like her sisters.She HATED the hat.
The Reeves girls at the Grand Island Horse Show.
Chesney and Alexandria

Grandma Deb chilling out with Becca in the back of the Suburban at the horse show.

Sitting in the stands... Ali is definitely a crowd pleaser.

Elizabeth's first official barrel run.

Great Grandma Reeves and Rebecca

All of the kiddos and Great Grandma... (pretty sure Thomas got a spankin' after this picture) Great Grandma Jeanie and Rebecca

Great Grandma Ellie and Rebecca meet for the first time.

Vlasin Cousin's Reunion (this was actually in July but I wanted a photo posted)

Cousin Justin got married...Tabby, Sophie, Tiffany, and Rebecca

Dan and Ali

Smiley little girl Rebecca

And then there was Fair.... Elizabeth showed Red Hammerlun (yes the dog has a last name) at the 4-H Dog Show

Ali decided to use the finger nail polish and make herself pretty!

Elizabeth was quite the mutton buster.

Thomas got second in the 4-year-old tractor pull. He was beat by 3 inches.

Elizabeth gave a great effort.

Thomas loved the rides but was about 1 inch too short for the really cool ones.

I decided to go on the super shot with Chesney and Logan.

Grandpa Mike and Alexandria

Elizabeth and her horse painting....very pretty!

Yummy Turkey leg... only $9.00

Ali loved the turkey leg.

Saturday started with the parade... 90 minutes of candy throwing:)

All dolled up and ready to go to the girls' first concert ever...

The Band Perry and Craig Morgan played for 3 hours... girls night out!

We ended the crazy fair weekend by baptizing Rebecca. Her Godparents are my cousins, Mark and Michelle Spady. Dan takes close to 80% of pictures with his eyes closed. (I'm sure Grandma Deb will never forget the Priest's sermon and neither will we:)