The Tribe of Barmore

Haircut!

2010-08-19T19:24:00.001-07:00

Well, It has been 2 years since I cut my hair. I chose to cut my hair for Locks of Love 2 years ago and when I did that I wanted to do it again. So I decided to grow my hair out and it had finally got long enough to cut. (and I was getting tired of it!) So I called a good friend of mine and asked her if she could help me. Korah was more than willing to help out. I also talked to Kisha about cutting Lindsey's hair and she decided that that was a great idea. We went together and had a great time. I really love my new look!!

Measuring to make sure there is enough.

And for the cut!

Here it is.

I think I was a little excited?

From the back.

And a little papering with a great style.

I think it is adorable.

Stock Show 2010

2010-03-09T06:25:00.000-08:00

Well another Stock Show come and gone.
The boys did great.
Riley walked away with a first, Nolan didn't do as good this year as he did last year but he did get 2 thirds. Caleb on the other hand cleaned house!! He won breed champion and reserved breed champion. I guess they all get their years to shine. Maybe next year we can spread it around between the three of them. Then in 1 more year Evan will be there and it will be Riley's last year. What great adventures we get to have.

Riley's 1st place

Nolan's 3rd place.

Caleb's Breed champion

I always loved hanging out at the stock show. I am glad to see my boys are getting to follow in my footsteps.

My favorite part of the week, SALE!!

Now to get ready for next year. Wish us luck.

Family Christmas

2010-03-09T05:07:00.001-08:00

We had our annual Dutcher Family Christmas Party this year and it was a lot of fun. We did a few things different this year. Usually we have it in someones house but our family is getting to big for that. So this year we had it at the convention center. We also had a talent show. What fun that was. We have a very talented family.

Standing around talking about STUFF before dinner.

Richard started off our talent show by field stripping 2 different guns at the same time!!

Then Lindsey, Telly and Jennifer showed us a new dance.

Then we all got in on it.

William even had fun dancing!

Mom and Dad did a poem called "the Cowboys Christmas ball"

Lindsey and Grandy sang a song together.
While Uncle Richard and Charly hung out together.

Then we got a GREAT cooking demonstration from Leanne and Lindsey.

Riley played for us.

And Kisha taught Kyle how to be a stay at home Daddy!!

Then the boys sand to us

There were many many more. Everyone really enjoyed it. We always look forward to our family get togethers. All and all we had a great time.

Crash

2010-01-28T07:21:00.000-08:00

Well, I didn't take any pictures and I should have but my van is in the shop this week. Riley had his first really good wreck, and he actually had two. The first one, he backed into my dad's carport. He didn't think he hit it that hard, but it put two pretty big dents in the back corner of the van. Then about 10 days later he turned to sharp into a pole. That one really hurt the van. It cratered the passenger side pretty good. We couldn't close the doors. They would close just enough to hold shut but the back door wouldn't latch. Needless to say we have to get it fixed (and we are going to go ahead and get the scratch fixed that I put in it when I ran over the mailbox ;) ). He is ok but he wasn't very happy with himself. I still love him. My flames will not be there when I get it back, but that just gives me a good reason to get new ones!! Green and gray and black!! Go Loboes!!

Reading

2010-01-21T11:37:00.000-08:00

My Nolan, he is an interesting "little" boy. He is determind to get 200 AR points by the end of the year. He wants to go to a rockhound game!! He almost has 150 points. His 1st 6 weeks 27.5 points, 2nd 6 weeks 27.5, 3rd 35, so far we are 3 weeks into the 4th and he has 41.4 points. He is in the middle of a book that will give him 5 more and his teacher is reading a book that will give him another 5. I don't think he is going to have any problems making 200. Oh, and his teacher set a goal for him at the beginning of the year to get 15 points each 6 weeks. He scoffed at that. What a kid. I actually have to ground him from reading when he is not getting homework done or chores done.

Wisdom Teeth

2010-01-21T11:30:00.000-08:00

Poor Riley didn't want to miss any school this year so we had to schedule getting his wisdom teeth out for when he wasn't in school. That would be over Christmas break. So on December 22 we got his wisdom teeth taken out. He was so swollen, and he really had a hard time eating anything. He looks much better now. The swelling went down after about a week. He also is getting braces. He already has the top brackets on to help bring in a tooth that has decided it didn't want to be apart of the rest of them. He will have braces longer than normal because of this tooth. He sure does take it well though.

Christmas

2010-01-20T06:37:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful Christmas. Mom and Dad were supposed to go to Ft. Worth to spend a few days with Leanne and Lindsey but they got turned around because the weather was so bad and the roads were closed. It was nice having them here. Since everyone but me lived in that area for a while, they haven't been here for Christmas in a few years. We opened all our presents in our new house and Santa brought all our gifts there.

The boys all got aprons for Christmas from mom and dad. Kisha made all of them. She did a great job.

Richard and I got Aprons too. Aren't they cute.

William got some good stuff from santa.

This is Evan's new stuff for his bedroom. When we get all the walls painted and everything up I will post it.

Nolan and Caleb's room is outerspace. We are having fun with it right now. We are trying to get everything up and I think it is looking good.

Riley's room is Dallas Cowboys. We are pretty much done with his room. He has a mess in there right now because he has boxes he is going through. I need to get in there with him and help him figure out what to keep and what to throw away.

The boys wanted books for Christmas so they got BOOKS. Nolan has really got into the Animorphs series so Santa brought him the entire set. He was happy. He also has got Caleb and Riley interest in them, so these were good for everyone.

All in all I think it was a wonderful Christmas. Probably the best we have had. I know the boys were happy and Richard and I have been very busy getting there rooms decorated and unpacking.

Our new house.

2010-01-20T04:25:00.000-08:00

Well we got our new house about 9 days before Christmas. We got to spend Christmas night in the new house.

This is the house as they moved it onto the land.

They are putting the house together here. It was pretty cool to watch.

This is the livingroom.

the kitchen

the dinning room

the student center

Mater bedroom

master bathroom

We really love our new house. We are doing a lot of stuff to it. The boys rooms are being decorated right now. I will post those as we get them done.

Dutcher-Phipps Christmas Party

2010-01-18T19:54:00.000-08:00

We had the Dutcher-Phipps Christmas party at the begining of December. It was a lot of fun.

Caleb was Mr. Cool

Riley wasn't shy. He wanted his present!!

Nolan was really excited!! He knocked Santa's hat off. Silly boy.

Evan was happy to sit on Santa's lap.

And Will really liked Santa. He was the first one to sit on Santa's lap and he didn't even have a present ready for him. He did get his present a few minutes later and that was fun too. It was a good party. The food was good and the boys had fun.

Riley

2010-01-17T21:05:00.000-08:00

Tyrel took Riley hunting. This is what he got. It has a beautiful rack!!!

Ouch

2010-01-17T20:43:00.000-08:00

As we were getting ready for Church one Sunday morning Nolan or Caleb ( can't remember which) was playing with Evan and he was on the chair laying on the footrest. Whichever boy it was decided to put the footrest down and it slipped out of his hand and William landed on his nose. I though he had a broken nose but it wasn't. I stayed home from church with him while Richard took the other boys to church. He got better pretty fast. I think I was sadder longer than he was. Poor little guy.

What an angel.

William

2010-01-17T20:20:00.001-08:00

Just some pictures of William. He is a funny boy and his brothers sure do love him.

um, um good

That is one tired superman

Silly Nolan, putting a can on Will's head.

Thanksgiving

2010-01-17T19:55:00.000-08:00

We had Thanksgiving at Mom's house this year. She invited family from both sides and it was really nice. There were cousins there that I haven't seen in quite a while.

William liked sitting on a big chair

The guys enjoyed the game While the girls enjoyed each others company.

We also had a lot of fun playing games. When don't we have fun playing games??

Band

2009-10-27T06:18:00.000-07:00

The band went to their marching contest on Oct. 17th. Last year they didn't do very well. They received a division 2. They worked really hard this year and they did a great job. They received division 1 this year! They really did awesome.

They defiantly are the BIG Green Band, They were the biggest band in their division. They also were the most polite. As they sat in the stands they clapped as each band left the field. They were the only ones for a little bit until the other bands started following their lead. What great kids.

Babysitting

2009-10-27T05:51:00.000-07:00

I love watching Kisha's girls. They are so much fun and William has someone to play with (and learn from). The boys always play with him but it isn't the same.

Sharing is fun. Holly really liked to have Will on with her. She would get his hand and pull her to it and then try to get him to get on. It was pretty cute.

uh oh,Having problems on this thing.

This is just a cute picture of William being silly.

Sleepy boy

2009-09-28T11:29:00.000-07:00

I think he is one tired boy. I guess that is what happens when you spend all morning playing with cousins. I think Holly was pretty worn out too.

Evan's World

2009-09-28T11:06:00.001-07:00

I went to download some pictures and this is what I found.
What a cute boy.

Some of these really surprised me, I think I could enter them into a contest and he would do really well. He might be a natural. Let me know which one you like best. I think I will post these on facebook with a few more.

Horses

2009-09-28T11:02:00.000-07:00

I think they were tired, What do you think?

Caleb's Birthday

2009-09-21T14:46:00.001-07:00

Caleb turned 10 on Saturday. Can you believe he is getting so big. He got to go see Cloudy with a chance of meatballs with mom and dad. It was a of fun and a really cute movie.

Big Game

2009-09-21T13:47:00.000-07:00

The Loboes had their Homecoming on Friday and this is the boys (all but Riley who was already at the game with the band) getting ready to go. Aren't they cute. We won against Pecos, 57-7, GO LOBOES.

William's Birthday

2009-09-21T12:07:00.001-07:00

Wow, can you believe it has been a year since this little wonder entered our lives. He is a joy and I am so thankful that God has blessed me to be the mother of these five beautiful boys. We also were able to celebrate Riley's one year "birthday". One year ago Riley became a Barmore. He was adopted by Richard and that was a long hard fight, but we were patient and things fell into place. It was a great weekend.

William got his own little dinosaur cake

He loves his tractor

Um, good cake

To tired to eat any more

Time for a bath after all that cake.

Summer ends

2009-09-21T11:34:00.000-07:00

I know it has been a while since my last post, I will try to do better. We had a really great summer. We really kept busy and had a lot of fun. Our last big thing for the summer was to go to Arizona. We went to visit friends that we have not seen in a while and to go camping in one of our favorite camp spots. It was a great trip. We really miss our friend and the beauty Arizona has to offer.

The boys found a lizzard. They really had fun finding animals.

William really enjoyed Riley playing his guitar.

The boys contemplating life. (Or something like that!!)

This was the first time William wore shoes since he started walking and he DID NOT LIKE THEM. It was pretty cute. He did get the hang of them after the first day.

We also did some Geacaching. This was our first "first-to-find". We were really excited.

Willaim has the life. What a good Daddy.

We always would see these on our way to our camping spot, Never thought someone would put a cache out here. What a lot of fun.

Garden

2009-07-23T19:12:00.000-07:00

Mom wanted to do a garden this year, so she asked us to help her with it. Well, she did most of the work and we helped a little. Thank you mom. The vegetables have been wonderful. These are some of what we got tonight.

I let William hold them so you could get the size effect.

Little helper

2009-07-23T19:00:00.000-07:00

William really likes to help.

He loves his brothers and likes to do what they do.

We were trying to do laundry and William was throwing socks outside.
We didn't know what he was looking at so Evan went to check and found a pair of socks outside.

He is walking!!!

2009-07-09T07:20:00.000-07:00

Ready or not William has decided he needs to be walking now. He still thinks it is to slow, so he will crawl too but for the most part he really likes to walk.

Scout camp

2009-07-08T12:49:00.000-07:00

Well Richard, Riley and Nolan went to scout camp the first week of July. Richard got home from his 8 month detail on Friday and left for scout camp on Monday!! They had a lot of fun. Nolan did 7 merit badges and Riley did 3 I think. It is harder for Riley to get merit badges because he already has so many. He did receive his Varsity letter and his orienteering pin. They really had a lot of fun. Richard spent the whole time cooking. He is now a master boyscout chef!!! Everybody really enjoyed themselves.

This was done as one of the requirements for canoeing. They had to flood their boat and then paddle back to shore.

Who's that

2009-07-08T12:25:00.000-07:00

William found himself when we were visiting Richard house in Carlsbad.
Hed really loves the baby in the mirror.
By the way for those of you whom I haven't told THE DETAIL IS OVER!!!! Richard is now back in Monahans full time. We are ALL happy to have him home 7 days a week instead of 2. But we did have a lot of fun spending 2 weeks with him in Carlsbad. It was a nice little vacation.

Reunion #2

2009-07-08T11:53:00.000-07:00

Well we had our next family reunion on the weekend of June 11-14. We really had a lot of fun. We went to LBJ lake and spent a lot of time out on the boat playing. The kids all enjoyed themselves. Poor Caleb decided that he didn't need to wear sunscreen and he blistered really bad. He got the worst of it. Nolan got a little sunburned but that was about all the sunburning. We had a great time each night eating with all the family. We had 2 separate houses for all of our family. All of us, mom, dad, Leanne and her family, me and my family, Kisha and her family and Linsey and Les, stayed in one house and the rest of the family in the other. We had the biggest group at our house with just our family.

Laundry day at the Barmore's

2009-06-10T20:45:00.000-07:00

This is how laundry is done at the Barmore house.

Reunion #1

2009-06-09T20:33:00.000-07:00

Well we had a great weekend at Richard's family reunion. There were a lot of people there. We went to Balmoreah, and it is a great place for a reunion. The kids had a lot of fun and so did us "adults". I am really glad we got to go. The auction that we have every reunion went very well. There were a lot of good things to buy and we had a lot of fun. My Quilt did very well again this year. Thank you Grandma for helping with it this year. I think it was one of the best I have done. A lot of fighting over it. Gail ended up the winner in the end. I forgot to get a picture of it so I will have to get one next tine I visit.

Week at Dad's

2009-06-08T10:51:00.000-07:00

Well we had a great first week of summer vacation. We spent the week in Carlsbad with Richard. We went swimming in the Pecos river and we went to the Carlsbad caverns twice. The first day we walked all the way down and were to worn out to do the big room walk, so we went back the next day and went down the elevator to walk through the big room. Richard got to go with us because we waited for him to get off work. We were the very last people to go through. They were turning off lights behind us. It was pretty neat. The boys really had a lot of fun, so did I.

Evan

2009-05-30T08:20:00.000-07:00

Well my baby boy is a graduate. Evan Graduated from Kindergarten on Thursday. All his brothers got to go and watch. I cried. It was hard standing next to Riley and thinking in three short years he will be doing this for real. They grow up so fast it seems like just yesterday I graduated from High school. Now I have kids and they are growing up so fast. I don't like it one bit. They sang a song called alphabet rock, Riley sang that same song when he graduated and then Mom told me that Kisha and Lindsey sang that song when they graduated. Isn't that funny.

Track Meet

2009-05-30T08:10:00.000-07:00

Nolan had his track meet on Monday. He did awesome!!! He competed in the softball throw and got third place. He was in the 100 meter relay and his team got 2nd place!! Then he was in the 50 meter run and he got 2nd in it also!! I was so proud of him. He did a great job even thought he was very nervous. I think he had a lot of fun and we heard several of his classmates talking about him. It was a big surprise to me because he didn't get that from me.

Saturday Night

2009-05-30T07:59:00.000-07:00

We had a get together last Saturday when Kisha and her family came down for the weekend. We invited several people to come over and eat, swim and play games. We really had a lot of fun.

Beautiful family

2009-05-21T12:41:00.000-07:00

Here are the latest pictures of our family. I think they turned out really good.

Graduation

2009-05-15T14:51:00.000-07:00

Evan's Kindergaden graduation will be on May 28th for anyone who would like to come watch him. It will be starting at 10:00 that morning. Let me know if you will be there so I can watch for you and we can sit together.

More Games

2009-05-15T14:36:00.001-07:00

Well the boys both had games last night. Caleb's team won there's 10-9. Caleb got to try and bunt because he was the only one at practce who did it good enough. He didn't get a hit but bunting is hard. They had last bat and did not take it because they were winning. I thought that was good sportsmanship. Nolan's team lost 6-5. They played hard and really did a great job. It was an exciting game to watch with some really great plays. Nolan got 2 hits but was thrown out at first both times.I was really proud of him for hitting it. I know he will just get better with every hit.

Awards

2009-05-15T14:31:00.000-07:00

Caleb recieved 2 awards at school on Thursday, and me like normal forgot my camera. He got an art award for being an exelent art student and the academic award for having an A average all year long. I am so proud of him. He really enjoys school and has had such a good teacher this year.

games

2009-05-11T20:44:00.000-07:00

The boys both won their games tonight. They did great, and thank goodness for Grandy being there to help with the William boy. He really hates being there for very long. He wants to be down playing.

Evan

2009-05-10T17:08:00.001-07:00

Evan had his end of the year Program on Friday. It was really cute. It is the same program that Bobby, Riley and Jack all did. I was definatly a beaming mom

Baseball

2009-05-10T16:42:00.000-07:00

Well it is here. Baseball season. The boys started their games last weekend. They both have played 4 games and only lost one of them. They really have good coaches and seem to be having fun. Riley loves it, he gets to help at Nolan's practices every now and then. It is great being able to watch the boys practice here at home together. This is their schedules.
May 11 Caleb 6:00 Nolan 7:45
May 14 Caleb 6:00 Nolan 7:45
May 18 Nolan 6:00 Caleb 7:45
May 19 Nolan 6:00
May 21 Caleb 7:45
May 25 Caleb 6:00 Nolan 7:45
May 28 Nolan 6:00 Caleb 7:45
June 4 Nolan 6:00 Caleb 7:45
June 5 Caleb 6:00 Nolan 7:45
After this week they start a tournament. I don't have the schedule for it yet but I will post it as soon as I get it. This way if you can come one night you have the schedule.

Mother's Day

2009-05-10T16:27:00.000-07:00

What a blessed day. This has probably been my best mothers day yet. I got breakfast in bed and my gifts then. Nolan gave me a wonderful gift, his autobiography. within the first 2 lines of the first page I was crying so much I couldn't read anymore. I loved it. Caleb gave me a planted flower and Evan drew me a picture. Richard gave me some jewlery. I really had a great day.

TOOTH

2009-05-07T18:21:00.000-07:00

We have a tooth!! William finally got his first tooth this week. It only took 8 months to get it. I am glad he went this long now for the real biting.

pinewood derby

2009-05-01T05:52:00.000-07:00

Caleb had his pinewood derby last Friday. He got 4th place and had a lot of fun. He had the biggest cheering section because all of Richards siblings and cousins showed up at the church there in Alpine. It was a great surprise when they all walked into the church.

Granny

2009-05-01T05:38:00.000-07:00

Well since the last time I blogged Richard's Granny got sick and ended up passing away. We went to the funeral last Friday. It was a nice service and it was nice to get to see all the family. After the services we went back to Leman and Kays and spent time just catching up with everyone. It was a good day. We will miss Granny but everyone is glad that she didn't suffer any more. She had 89 wonderful years. We really wore William out. I am going to have to get one of those swings!!

Easter Weekend

2009-04-17T04:58:00.000-07:00

We went to see Gail for Easter weekend. We really enjoyed getting to spend time with Richards family. We spent Saturday geocaching with everyone. We had a lot of fun and the kids really enjoyed getting out and running around looking for hidden treasure, until the rain and hail started. Then we went back to the house and played games and colored Easter eggs. Then on Sunday we got up to see what the boys got in their Easter baskets. They all got paddle balls and they were a big hit, with the big boys anyway. Dillon really liked William. He wanted to play with him all the time. He did real good and was very sweet to William all weekend. It was a really great weekend.

Granpa's weekend

2009-04-08T04:45:00.000-07:00

We went to Burnet this last weekend for a surprise 77th birthday party for my grandpa. We had a wonderful time and he was very surprised. The boys had a great time playing with all their cousins and I had a great time talking to my family.

warming up

2009-04-05T18:04:00.000-07:00

Now that it is warming up I am working outside on the yard. I have a great sprinkler that moves itself and the boys really enjoy playing in it. This is them last week when it was a nice warm day. Evan just stays out of the way.

Nolan's Swim Meet

2009-03-23T05:10:00.000-07:00

Nolan had his first real swim meet on Saturday. It was held here in Monahans and Pecos swim club was there. Nolan swam in two events and did very well. He got 3rd place in the 25 freestyle and 4th place in the 25 butterfly. He really does well on the butterfly. He has his next meet this Saturday in Pecos. We are really enjoying this new adventure.

Nolan

2009-03-19T18:56:00.000-07:00

Nolan has his first swim meet on this Saturday. We are very excited. I will blog how he does.

Fun At Dad's

2009-03-12T20:38:00.000-07:00

This is where the boys spend a lot of their time when we go visit Richard. They have a lot of fun racing around the playground.

Spring break

2009-03-12T20:15:00.000-07:00

We went to an art museum and I was surprised at how well the boys did. I think Nolan enjoyed it the most. He is my artistic child. He told me that art is what makes the world magical. He amazes me.

This is the boys at the Living Dessert. They had a lot of fun looking at all the animal. I miss taking them to the Tucson Zoo over spring break so this was kind of nice getting to go to a zoo. It was getting cold and windy that day so we didn't get to see all the animal but the ones we saw were great.

Geo cache

2009-03-12T19:39:00.000-07:00

Richard found us a great family activity a few years ago and any time we say Geo chaching the boys really get excited. We always try to find them on our vacations. We found 3 on this trip. Nolan found 2 of them and I found one. All the boys do a great job finding them and they don't give up. It is a great thing to do with kids and if you want to know more about it you can go to goecaching.com. It is a lot of fun.
This is the 3 part geo cache. Nolan ended up finding it.

Cabella's

2009-03-09T09:44:00.000-07:00

We also went to Cabella's. The boy's all had a lot of fun. There were a lot of things for the boy's to look at and they really enjoyed showing Aunt Lindsey all they found.Holly loved all the animals.

2009-03-08T18:40:00.000-07:00

Holy wanted to push the stroller. Lindsey didn't really care much.

Mansfield

2009-03-08T18:31:00.000-07:00

We went to Mansfield this weekend to take baby stuff to Kisha since she is about to pop. Kisha had a great plan for us to go make kites at the science center. The kids had a lot of fun and Kisha and I got to watch them explore some neat exhibits. I really enjoy my kids being closer to family.

swim schedule

2009-03-06T05:00:00.000-08:00

I want to post a schedule of Nolan's swim meets so anyone who wants to come can.
March 21st in Monahans
March 28th in Pecos
April 18th in Ft. Stockton
The coach told me that the one in Ft. Stockton might get canceled but I am hoping that it doesn't. I will keep you posted on that.

Sunday's

2009-03-01T17:33:00.000-08:00

We have a new Sunday activity. For Christmas the boys got a box of puzzles from Nana so we are trying to put them all together. We are now on the third one. This is how William enjoys the puzzles.

Cracker's

2009-03-01T17:24:00.000-08:00

William got to eat crackers today, he really likes crackers. He also got to sit in his highchair for the first time today. I think he likes being able to be at the same level as the rest of us.

Boys

2009-03-01T17:13:00.000-08:00

It is so nice being somewhere where the boys can be outside playing. They have built a fort and all they want to do is play in their fort. Nolan wanted to go check on it this morning after he got ready for church. I said no. The dirt just likes him to much.

Callings

2009-02-23T14:16:00.000-08:00

Richard got a new calling yesterday. He will no longer be in the district council, now he is the first counselor in the branch presidency. I am glad he doesn't have to go to all the district meetings anymore but I know he will still be busy here in Monahans. Always a new adventure just around the corner.

basketball

2009-02-23T13:53:00.000-08:00

Nolan played his championship basketball game today and Richard and I went to watch it. He did very good.He made one basket but it didn't count because he was traveling. He was so cute out there playing his hardest.

Quality Time

2009-02-23T13:37:00.000-08:00

William likes his time with dad when he is home. To bad this weekend Richard came home with pink eye and now William has it because dad love to hold the baby boy.

Swim Meet

2009-02-19T18:27:00.000-08:00

Nolan had his first swimming meet tonight. He is really improving. I can't wait till his next meet. This one was just a practice one so they were just getting the experience.

sitting up

2009-02-19T18:21:00.000-08:00

William is working on sitting up. We spent some time practicing today. It is kind of hard to take pictures while I am helping him, but I did my best.

Valentine

2009-02-17T04:54:00.000-08:00

The boys all had there Valentine parties on Friday. They all had a good time except poor Nolan didn't get to go. He had pink eye and couldn't go to school. He was really bummed. We spent part of Saturday dipping strawberries and had fun doing that. I always love holidays.

Yum Yum

2009-02-17T04:37:00.000-08:00

William is now eating baby food. He is such a monster, I need a few more hands in order to keep him from making to big of a mess. It takes Richard and me feeding him and now I don't know what I am going to do now that Richard went back to work. I guess that is why I have all these boys.

2009-02-09T06:34:00.000-08:00

We decided that we need to visit with the Barmore family. We didn't get to see them at Christmas time and we all still had Christmas presents. On Saturday night Richard and his siblings decided to play guitar hero. It was a lot of fun. I liked watching better than playing. I am not any good at video games. We had a lot of fun.

2009-02-09T06:29:00.000-08:00

William has found his toes. He really likes to eat them, but that is not really a big surprise, he likes to eat everything he can get his hands on including his hands.

Friday

2009-02-09T06:18:00.000-08:00

William Even enjoyed the stockshow.

IT'S OVER

2009-02-09T05:25:00.000-08:00

Well we had a long week and it is now over. The boys all did very well. Nolan somehow ended up with a lot more than Riley and Caleb. Dutcher-Phipps didn't get to buy his lamb. It was purchased by First National Bank. It's funny but I am already looking forward to next year. The boys enjoy it so much and I loved watching them get better every day. We went from Caleb being scared to him being able to go in the pen and catch the sheep by himself. Nolan (fearless) was drug all over the pens trying to catch them. Then he was able to catch them with no problem. Riley worked so hard and was so good to help his brothers.

2009-02-06T08:43:00.000-08:00

The boys all did so good Thursday night. I do believe I was the proudest mom in the building. Riley got a 1st, two 2nds, a 4th and reserve breed champion with the first place dorper. Nolan got two 1sts, a 2nd and breed champion with his first place dorper. Caleb got two 3rds and a 4th. They really did a great job and I am glad it is over. That was a lot of work.

2009-02-04T10:49:00.000-08:00

Well we got through our first show, pigs. The boys all did well, Nolan got a reserved champion in his breed. Riley and Nolan both got called back for showmanship. They did very good showing. I was impressed. Caleb was very concentrated on his pig, nothing else. I think as he gets older he will do better. Evan got to go on a field trip today. I don't think he likes the pigs much because he told his class about the sheep but not the pigs. We have the lamb show on Thursday and then the sell on Friday and then we are done till next year!!

STOCKSHOW

2009-02-02T09:10:00.000-08:00

Well Stockshow has begun. We took our animals upto the barns on Saturday. Richard was home for the weekend so we wanted to get as much done as possible while he was here. We got all 10 sheep sheared and both the pigs sheared. Dad came up for a few minutes to help us get going on it. It was a long day. This picture of William is us going to get lunch for everyone.
On Sunday we had to go get the animals fed before church so we got ready for church and tried our hardest not to get dirty. We did pretty good but dirt really likes Nolan and Caleb.

2009-01-31T07:30:00.000-08:00

The boys all played football this past year. Riley was on the Freshman football team and they did real well. Nolan was on the varsity Jr. League football team and they went undefeated and won their championship game too!! Caleb was on the JV Jr. League football team and they weren't as good but he still had a lot of fun. We all enjoyed watching and I think a couple of Grandmas enjoyed holding the newest edition to the Barmore family.

2009-01-31T05:10:00.000-08:00

Riley is such a big help with William. I love that they love each other so much. I am greatful to have such a wonderful family.

I'm trying

2009-01-27T12:34:00.000-08:00

Ok so I'm not doing so well at this but I don't have the internet at home. I want to add some stuff but there will be no pictures to go with it. Riley made region band and they had there concert this past weekend and it was great. It is amazing to me that these kids only have two days to practice and they sounded awsome!! I think next year I am going to get a babysitter. I think Nolan enjoyed it but I can't imagine taking William next year. I thought Evan would enjoy it but he got bored too. Caleb was so so.

We also went and looked at manufactured homes. I found one that I love. It is a triple wide and is beautiful. We also found a modular home that was nice but we got online and found one a bit better. (It has a bigger kitchen and bigger closets!!) We are just looking right now to get a feel for what we want in the next few months. We are going to wait for the new bank in town and get financing from them. I am getting ecxited.

Nolan was able to make it on the swim club. He is really enjoying that. Caleb wants to take swim lessons this summer and try out next spring. Right now all I can think about is making it through stockshow. I am sure daddy did not mean for me to not have a husband when we have 10 sheep to take care of. I think we have a good plan though. We are going to take them up there on Saturday and give them a rough sheer. That way it won't be such an ordeal to wash, dry, and sheer them on Thursday. I will make sure to get pictures so I can post them. I should be getting internet soon. Wish us luck

Sweet William

2008-12-29T11:54:00.000-08:00

William In Grandy's flowers