Oops! That was some serious wind

We got a call last night from a neighbor informing us we had a barn blow down. As you can see it is quite a mess. Yikes! Thankfully no equipment was being stored in there so no one and nothing was damaged. Just the barn :) The wind and rain was amazing last night. Lightning too.

Random Summer Pics

Yes, random pics is what these are. Some from my sister at our house, some from the 4th of July and most from our camping trip last weekend at Wickiup with my family. Having a fun and busy summer. Haying is going great so far. This week it's terribly hot. So thankful for a/c in my house. My belly is getting bigger by the day. Only 14 weeks left (give or take). Woohoo! HAPPY SUMMER TO ALL!!!!

Aaron's Second Birthday!

My little man is 2! Where did the time go? We celebrated with a couple of parties. One in Madras with my side of the fam and one here at home with Jess's. Aaron thought presents were pretty neat. The bag FULL of candy and Pepsi was a favorite (Thanks Kemptons). Mommy promptly threw the bag on a high shelf where it can't be seen :) I love this last picture of "my boys" in their sunglasses. Isn't that great? These days we (Aaron and I) are enjoying the warm days. The pool, sprinkler or hose are a must for us. Jess is busy getting all the equipment ready for first cutting. Hoping to start the 15th. If he gets done with some time to spare we hope to go camping. We'll see.

World Ag Expo '09

We went to the Ag Expo last week in Tulare, CA. Had a great trip. Aaron is obsessed with tractors so he was quite pleased. As you can see, anytime he was out of his stroller he was climbing on some piece of equipment. Tractors, swathers, manure spredders, etc. My in-laws met us there for a couple of days. They have been on vacation since early January. We were all excited to see them. They were excited to see their grandson. On the way home we made it just over Mt. Shasta before they closed I-5 from Redding to Yreka. We spent the night in Weed, CA as did a whole lot of other people. Our hotel was full. They got at least another foot of snow in the night. Jess had to use the hotel's snow shovel to dig our car out. We made it home though with no huge incidents.

Random pictures....

Okay. This is totally a random post, but I have a friend that wanted to see some pics of my family. The kids on the couch are Mom and Dad's grandkids. My brother's wife had one more December 8th. There's not one picture where they are all looking at the camera smiling, so I picked this one. I love that no one is looking at the camera. The first three are my sister Tiff's Kids. My son Aaron is in the yellow shirt. The next three are my brother, Tony's. The last two are sis, Heidi's. The boy is her stepson. Heidi is also due with another in May. The picture of ALL of us was taken at my cousin's wedding this past summer. The one of my hubby, Jess, is a rare picture of him smiling. Not that he doesn't smile. It's just almost impossible to catch him smiling in pictures. Well, like I said, this was random. Hope you enjoy the pictures, Willow.

Aaron's been loving the beautiful weather these past few days. His favorite spot is the trailer full of wood Jess parked up against our back deck. I have to keep a close eye though, because he also likes to head over to visit Auntie Amber's horses in the coral behind our house. So far he knows to stay on the right side of the fence. As you can see dirt is the preferred outdoor "snack". At least it's not horse poo. He has sampled that before. Yuck!!!

My First Blog... Here we go!

Went to Palm Springs for Christmas. Aaron LOVED the pool. He got a little braver each day. It was so fun to watch. The weather was great and we had a neat time with Grandma and Papa.