Congratulations Daddy!!

This past weekend Mark was in Duncan, OK for the Fall Classic show. It's the largest hog show in the world.

He won Grand Champion Duroc Boar and it sold for $35,000!!!

Here's the kids holding his award.

Congratulations Daddy!

Happy 3rd Birthday Jacob!

Today our baby is 3 years old!

Happy Birthday Jacob

Ryan hanging out with Bappa
The theme was CARS. Here's the amazing cake that Grandma Terry made. Lightning McQueen.

Here's the family

Lots of presents!

Bappa helping get a really big tractor out of the box. They don't make it very easy to get the toys out of the boxes!

Happy Halloween 2009!!

Happy Halloween!!

Ryan wanted to carve a pumpkin so we made our best attempt.

Here's the finished pumpkin. Ashley did the eyes, Jacob the nose and Ryan the mouth.

On Friday Ryan's class had a halloween party. Here's his teacher Mrs. Utesch showing him some wrestling moves. She was dressed as a MMC Wrestler.

Here's the 2nd grade class.

Here's Ryan and the only other boy in his class!! The rest are all girls!

Here's our Bob the Builder. If his eyebrows look kind of wierd it's because he had the hat on so tight it was pressing down his forehead. I got the biggest laugh out of that! It makes him look like he's frowning or something.

Here's Tony Romo - the Dallas Cowboys quarterback.

The Boys

Ashley decided last minute (as the boys were buckling up in the van) to dress up so that's why I have no pics of her. She dresses as a working woman / FBI agent.

Texas

Last Thurs - Sunday, Ryan, Jacob, Daddy and I went to Texas for his show pigs show/sale at Plainview. He did really well. Grand Champion Cross Gilt and Reserve over all. Most all of the 50 pigs he brought down were sold before we got there so he didn't have to worry about hog chores on the trailer anymore. It's a long trip to Texas!!

We got to meet baby Coy. Congratulations Jason & Jaytha, he is so precious.

Here's daddy's BIG helper. Ryan helped Mark all day Saturday and Sunday.

You have to be really careful when you walk by our pens when Jake has the show stick...

Relaxin at the hotel.

The Boys

Jacob taking a break from showing pigs.

Daddy talking pigs and Ryan helping to show them.

Daddy and Ryan selling their pig at the auction.

It's a long drive! Here's Jacob just as we were leaving Plainview for home.

QuiltNKaboodle

Today we got the barn quilt put on the side of the new Quilt-n-Kaboodle building. Here are a few pictures.

Just getting started...

Here's the crew.

Finished!!
Ryan

Adventureland 2009

Last weekend Ashley, Jacob, Rachael and I went to Adventureland. Mark was too busy working and since daddy wasn't going then Ryan didn't want to go. They missed out - we had so much fun!

Here's Jacob on his first ride. He smiled the entire time.

Then somehow Ashley talked me into riding these - I thought they just went around on the ground but the went up pretty high and fast. I was ready to get off the ride!

Here's Jacob on the airplanes.
He was SO excited to get the firetruck. He told all of the kids in line that he was going to ride the firetruck.

Here he is on the boats.

Not sure how Ashley got me talked into this one either. We spun round and round all the way down the water slide. It was pretty fun though!

We made a deal if I rode the water slide than Ashley would ride this ride with Jacob. She wasn't too excited about it.
But look how much fun she is having :-)

This was Jake's favorite ride - the dragons.

Of course the Raging River. Here come Rach and Ash. And here they are soaked after the ride.

Fun!

Ladybugs

And at the end Rachael rode the Space Shot - she is crazy!