It's so fun to have a horse!

Uncle Bill has been great to let us keep his horse Ginger in the pasture next to us. The kids love riding her.

This shows Hannah the first time she rode. (she now rides without Betsy leading.) Hannah can even saddle Ginger by herself.

It has been SO much fun.

Hiking Sprague canyon

Well, the snow finally has left. (hooray!) Russ, Hannah, and Mattie have been hiking Sprague Canyon for exercise. Russ is doing backpacking with his scouts this summer and has to be prepared to do a 50-miler by August. He has been hiking with Aunt Marge's pack goats to get them in shape too. He's hoping to take them in August so that he doesn't have to carry so much weight on his own back! :-)

The weather is still pretty cool and rainy but everything is SOOOO green and beautiful.

Here's the "Alm Uncle" with Hans and Buddy (the goats).

I think Mattie is having fun . . .

until they found the dead moose!

Later Hannah and Mattie went back and hiked the canyon themselves (several times) They happened on a family of skunks and took these pictures. I'm relieved that they didn't get sprayed since they got this close! (yikes!)

Beautiful Star Valley in June

Here are some beautiful pictures of the valley in June. You can see the heavy clouds that have given us daily rain.

(Notice the deer near the fence)

Griddle Time

Russ was making fried rice on the griddle for dinner.  We have the griddle set up in our basement by the food storage and it's handy for cooking things that take a lot of pan space.  Grandma happened to stop by just before dinner and so we invited her to stay.  Mmmmmm!

Riding the Bus . . .

Since the kids ride the bus every day I thought it would be cool to see what they see.  

Betsy and Mattie sitting by each other on the bus.  It's fun that all the kids ride together at least in the morning.  

It's pretty snowy around here in March. 

Mattie hiding behind the seat.

Ice skating in January!

Well, I've finally given in and started a blog. I don't guarantee that I'll be very good at it but at least we will give it a try!

These are some pictures from ice skating. There is a nice rink here in Afton which is free. We borrowed some skates and went skating. It was really cold but the sun was shining and it was pretty!

It was a first time skating for some of the kids.

Hannah got to go skiing with her school class.  Here she is at lunch break with some of her friends.