After going through Fort Phil Kearny’s interpretive center and the little bit of the reconstructed fort (it was burned down in 1868 after the soldiers abandoned it due to a peace treaty), we headed to two battlefields. The two battles that took place close to Fort Phil Kearny were the Fetterman Battle and the Wagon…
Category: Family
Fort Phil
I honestly did not know the “monster” I was creating. When Victoria and I came up with the idea that the boys would be cavalrymen in the costume contest at the kids’ rodeo, we didn’t anticipate the snowball. Sure, watch John Wayne in “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon”. Wear the costumes for ten minutes. I…
Mud Pies Allowed
I didn’t take photos of the older kids. Everyone got in on the mud pie action with the resulting mess. I made them strip down and learn how to actually SCRUB their clothes. Another teachable moment. How to hang them on my clothesline that they can’t actually reach… another lesson. And they had fun the…
Ranch Scouts
Earlier this summer, the little girls couldn’t go to Girl Scout camp because we were super busy. I figured I’d give them Girl Scout camp right here. Raising the flag. It’s a tad difficult to have a real flag ceremony with two girls and a two year old… Time to set up camp! Girl muscles…
Found It
Last week I spoke of introducing my grandkids to Little House on the Prairie. I also let the girls try on the prairie dress I had made back in 1990 for Wyoming’s centennial celebration. I had made one for Victoria as well, who was six that year. Well, I couldn’t find it, but I’m such…
Little House Re-enacted
Yesterday’s photo of “Little House” reminded me of something. The Kids’ Rodeo is coming up in Ten Sleep… Jaxon was chosen to carry in the American flag in the Grand Entry. That’s pretty cool… so he’s been practicing with his pony, Jackie, and getting her used to the flag. I asked Tess if he was…
#TBT: “A Find”, v.2.0
This was first posted July 9, 2009. I know someone who found something and then, wonder of wonders, returned it to the closest owner available. Her husband is a carpenter and was remodeling an old cabin. Tucked away in the bottom of an old cabinet, was this. Absolutely gorgeous, is it not??? Hand-tooled… spectacular. It…
Zoom
While we all tend to think of the word, Zoom, just a bit differently nowadays, ( hey, I attended a Zoom conference just this afternoon!), I was going to share something using the old definition. I stumbled across this photo again, and marveled at it. It’s easily recognizable as our place due to that gunsight…
Happy Sixth
We hoped it would rain today, but the shower that did finally go over us only dropped .04”. These random rain showers are hit or miss. So far, we still qualify for “miss” status. This evening we celebrated Lacee’s sixth birthday even though it was actually a few days ago. Last week I took her…
Special Request
I had a special photography request a couple of weeks ago. Yes, kindergarten graduation was last week. I can tell you more about that later if you’re interested, but tonight, I think I’ll just share some photos of my little graduates.
Kid Power
I broke it down for them. Be quiet. Be calm. Don’t wave your flags until you want a calf to move. They jumped right in, and I had to hustle to keep up with them. They worked the calves down the alley. They worked them into the smaller pen. The gates were heavy. The calves…
Red Canyon Hike
A bit of a break between more cow work… our annual Red Canyon hike… minus Victoria’s family.