It was Lacee’s birthday the other day. On her list was a jewelry box. Hmmm… I happen to have some I was going to get creative with someday. I guess that day arrived. Instead of refinishing the entire thing… I just sanded the center off and decided to go with a wildflower theme. Lacee is…
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Stay Curious
Anyone wanna tell these kids to slow down on the growing? We gathered to celebrate Lorelei’s birthday today. She’s 12! Amazing. Best of luck, kiddo… stay curious!
Enjoyable
I hope your Easter was enjoyable! My annual scavenger hunt was a bit different. Prizes were laid out and the hunt was for scrabble tiles inside plastic eggs. Having the final letter won you the prize. It made for lots of running, with the one egg at a time rule, but it helped work off…
Picnic and Fun Photos
An hour of fishing for Matthew, (no fish were caught)… Run Wyatt down to hangout with Jaxon… Lorelei and Matthew take off for adventures… Quinlan shows up for a picnic but I send him home to get different shoes rather than his brand new school shoes… Loaded up with dogs, kids, and food, we’re off…
Yakoke
We did it! Today, Victoria and I completed our virtual walk of our ancestors’ Trail of Tears Walk! Whoop, whoop! Or Yakoke!
Trail of Tears Walk – 2
As of today, we are in Arkansas, 171 miles along, 37% done. Since we started, I decided to look up which Trail of Tears my ancestors actually were on. We’re rewalking the Trail of 1830/31. Come to find out, my great great great grandparents were on the Trail in 1833. Leroy (Lee) Griggs, who was…
Hero
Happy 13th birthday to Jaxon! I believe he liked his general Legos that may help him create more stop motion movies. There was the Ten Sleep football photo frame… Then… did you know you can order custom Lego figures? I put him in Pioneer blue with #20 on his “uniform”. An impish grin on his…
Trail of Tears Walk
I don’t know if you’ve seen them, “virtual walks”, where usually for a fee, you could “hike Yellowstone”, getting a “digital postcard” when you reach Old Faithful or the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. At the end, you’d get a medal. They have them for all over the world. All you do is add your…
Another Burton Generation
Brandon, accompanied by Lorelei, had just stopped by to turn off my water temporarily. Lorelei had mentioned she had wanted to go shooting her .22. She is in the middle of taking hunter safety with her 6th grade class and is enjoying it tremendously. While I was giving them some eggs, I received a text…
Okay Then
Gathering our heifers today… We had most of them in the corner and were waiting for Tess And Daniel to show up, hopefully, with more heifers. Our view was blocked by the hillside. Lorelei laughingly said if she was a bit taller, she could see them. There followed a discussion of good horses and good…
Fun
The girls and I had a fun few hours…
A Few Favorites
A few of my favorite photos from the moving-the-cows day. Reagan and Panama looking like old hands. Well, technically, I guess Panama is! Lacee turns back a cow. A neighbor’s bull wants to join in our parade. I had to sit here in my sxs and act intimidating until he lost interest, but he never…