SKIING IN RED RIVER

WE WENT TO RED RIVER OVER SPRING BREAK AND SKIED FOR A DAY.

GUS HAD BEEN TWO TIMES BEFORE, SO HE KNEW WHAT TO EXPECT AND DID GREAT. HE AND LANCE SPENT THE DAY GOING TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN AND SKIING BACK DOWN. BY THE END OF THE DAY HE WAS DOING GREAT TURNING AND STOPPING. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY, AND THE ONLY PICTURE I GOT OF HIM WAS AT LUNCH TIME. HE WAS SO SWEATY WHEN HE TOOK OFF HIS HELMET!. YOU CAN TELL HE WAS HAVING A GREAT TIME!



THIS WAS SAGE'S FIRST TIME TO SKI. SHE AND I SPENT THE WHOLE MORNING ON THE KID SLOPE LEARNING HOW TO STAND UP! SHE FINALLY FIGURED OUT HOW TO KEEP HER BALANCE AND AFTER LUNCH DID GREAT. SHE EVEN HAD A FEW WRECKS WITHOUT ANY TEARS AND WAS ALWAYS READY TO GET UP AND GO AGAIN. SHE DID GREAT GOING STRAIGT DOWN THE MOUNTAIN IN A SNOW PLOW, BUT SHE NEVER DID FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE AN "S" OR STOP! MAYBE WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT NEXT YEAR. SHE TOOK IT PRETTY EASY (LIKE SHE DOES EVERYTHING!) SHE WOULD SKI DOWN A FEW TIMES, AND THEN WANT TO STOP AND PLAY IN THE SNOW.

BASKETBALL DRILL PROGRAM

GUS PARTICIPATED IN THE HALFTIME SHOW LAST WEEK. THE ELEMENTRY PERFORMED THEIR BASKETBALL DRILL PROGRAM. HE DID GREAT!

FALL IS HERE

IT MUST HAVE GOTTEN REALLY COLD LAST THURSDAY NIGHT, BECAUSE THE LEAVES STARTED FALLING! WE HAD A BLANKET OF LEAVES IN THE BACKYARD BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE KIDS WERE SO EXCITED WHEN THEY LOOKED OUTSIDE! I BRIBED THEM INTO RACKING UP A HUGE PILE SO THEY COULD PLAY IN THEM! THEY HAD A GREAT TIME RUNNING AND JUMPING.

THEY ALSO DECIDED THEY COULD MAKE "LEAVE ANGELS." THEY DID ALOT OF RACKING, BUT I COULDN'T CONVINCE EITHER OF THEM TO HELP ME HAUL THEM OFF!

FALL CARNIVAL

LAST THURSDAY WAS THE FALL CARNIVAL AT SCHOOL. THE KIDS WERE SO EXCITED TO WEAR THEIR COSTUMES AND PLAY GAMES! SAGE WAS TINKERBELL, AND GUS WAS OPTIMUS PRIME (TRANSFORMER.)

PEACE

GUS AND SAGE ARE BOTH CONFUSED ABOUT THE PEACE SIGN. YESTERDAY GEORGE WAVED AT US WHEN WE WERE TAKING LANCE LUNCH WITH TWO FINGERS, AND SAGE SAID, "MOM, WHY DID GEORGE JUST GIVE US THE TWO SIGN?"

GUS HAS ALSO BEEN CONFUSED BY THIS. HE CALLS IT THE PEEWEE SIGN!

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

WELL, I'M A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEHIND, BUT WE HAVE SURVIVED SCHOOL SO FAR. GUS LOVES FIRST GRADE AND IS EXCITED TO GO EVERY DAY. HE IS READING SO WELL AND IS EXCITED TO READ EVERY BOOK IN HIS BACKPACK EVERY DAY. ONE DAY HE BROUGHT HOME SIX BOOKS!! WE HAVE BEEN BUSY GOING TO SOCCER AND FOOTBALL GAMES, SO WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF READING IN THE CAR.

SAGE IS ENJOYING SCHOOL ALSO. SHE WALKS IN THE DOOR EVERY DAY AT NOON AND SAYS, "I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT I LEARNED TODAY!" SHE HAS GOTTEN TIRED OF US ASKING, SO SHE JUST TELLS US. THROUGH THE DAY SHE GIVES A FEW HINTS OF WHAT WENT ON, BUT IT USUALLY JUST ENTAILS WHO SHE PLAYED WITH. SHE WILL ALSO SPOUT OFF THINGS THAT SHE DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE, AND IF YOU ASK WHERE SHE LEARNED IT SHE ALWAYS SAYS, "MRS. WILSON TAUGHT ME." SHE LOVES MRS. WILSON!

60TH ANNIVERSERY WEEKEND IN RUIDOSO

WE SPENT LAST WEEKEND CELEBRATING GRANNY AND GRANDADDY'S ANNIVERSERY IN RUIDOSO. WE HAD A GOOD TIME AND OF COURSE STAYED SUPER BUSY! WE WENT TO THE RACES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. SATURDAY NIGHT WE HAD DINNER AT THE TEXAS CLUB AND SAT RIGHT NEXT TO THE DANCE FLOOR! SAGE AND GUS HAD A GREAT TIME DANCING! I THINK EVERY YEAR SHOULD BE A CELEBRATION AFTER 60! HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

MORE MUTTON BUSTIN

HERE'S SOME MORE PICTURES

GUS AFTER GETTING HIS TROPHY TUESDAY NIGHT.

GUS AFTER THE ROLL WITH HIS SHEEP WEDNESDAY NIGHT, BEFORE WE GOT HIS FACED CLEANED AND A DRINK!!

MUTTON BUSTIN

GUS RODE AT THE LEA COUNTY FAIR IN LOVINGTON AGAIN THIS YEAR. HE DID GREAT! HE RODE ONE SHEEP ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND ANOTHER ON WEDNESDAY DURING THE RODEO. I TOLD HIM BEFORE THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT PERFORMANCE NOT TO LET GO UNTIL THE SHEEP WAS ROLLING ON TOP OF HIM, AND HE DIDN'T! HE CAME BACK TO THE CHUTE WITH A FACE AND MOUTHFUL OF DIRT, BUT WAS FINE AFTER GETTING HIS MOUTH WASHED OUT.

FATHER'S DAY AND FISHING

WE HAD A GREAT FATHER'S DAY YESTERDAY! WE WENT TO CHURCH AND THEN WENT FISHING.....AND ACTUALLY CAUGHT FISH!! MOST OF OUR FISHING EXCURSIONS HAVE ENDED IN NO FISH, SO GUS AND LANCE WERE BOTH EXCITED. GUS WAS CASTING AND REELING IN ALL OF HIS OWN FISH BY THE END OF THE DAY.

SAGE HAD FUN PLAYING WITH TATUM AND PLAYING AROUND. SHE WASN'T TOO INTO FISHING. SHE IS WONDERING WHEN "LITTLE GIRL'S DAY" IS GOING TO BE!

TEE-BALL

TEE-BALL SEASON WAS GREAT THIS YEAR. GUS HAS WORKED REALLY HARD WITH HIS DAD AND HAS REALLY IMPROVED! THERE WERE ONLY TWO TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE, SO WE PLAYED EACH OTHER ABOUT 6 TIMES. WE ENJOYED WATCHING ALL THE "EXCITEMENT."

PEE WEE TRACK MEET

WE HAD A GREAT DAY AT THE PEE WEE TRACK MEET. THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT TO WATCH THE RACES! GUS HAD A GREAT TIME RACING. HE GOT 1ST IN THE RELAY, 2ND IN THE 50Y DASH, AND 3RD IN SOFTBALL THROW.

BAILEY & ERIN'S WEDDING

THE KIDS HAD A GREAT TIME AT BAILEY AND ERIN'S WEDDING. SAGE AND JAYLEE LOOKED BEAUTIFUL IN THEIR MATCHING DRESSES. THEY ALL HAD A GREAT TIME DANCING AFTER THE WEDDING TOO! SAGE WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED DURING THE WEDDING BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT THEY WOULD JUST HOLD HANDS AND DANCE--AND THAT WOULD MEAN THEY WERE MARRIED!

THE BEST KID'S IN THE WORLD

GUS AND SAGE (WITH THE HELP OF LANCE) MADE ME THE BEST MOTHER'S DAY GIFT EVER. GUS CAME UP WITH THE IDEA ALL BY HIMSELF, AND THE ALL WORKED TOGETHER TO MAKE IT. GUS HAD SUCH A HARD TIME KEEPING IT A SECRET FOR THE WEEK PRIOR TO MOTHER'S DAY. HE GAVE ME A HINT ALMOST EVERYDAY!

TWO DOWN.......

GUS LOST ANOTHER TOOTH ON SATURDAY. LANCE TRIED TO USE THE "JUSTIN" METHOD TO GET IT OUT BUT HAD TROUBLE, SO JUSTIN CAME OVER AND PULLED IT! THE TOP TWO ARE LOOSE NOW. HE IS SO EXCITED, EVERYTIME HE SMILES HE MAKES SURE ALL OF HIS MISSING TEETH SHOW.

SWINE FLU

GUS HAS HEARD ALL ABOUT THE SWINE FLU AT SCHOOL AND ON TV. SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING HE FELT TERRIBLE AND COUGHED ALL NIGHT. WE WERE UP AT 500 AM ON SUNDAY TAKING A STEAM SHOWER TO HELP HIS CROUP WHEN HE WORRIEDLY ASKED ME IF HE HAD THE SWINE FLU.

MUTTON BUSTERS

WE HAD A GREAT TIME AT THE GUYMON RODEO ON SUNDAY. IT ACTUALLY WASN'T HOT AND WINDY BUT COOL AND CLOUDY. SAGE WAS SO BRAVE TO GET ON (IT WAS HER IDEA.) SHE CRIED JUST A LITTLE AFTERWARD, AND ISN'T SURE SHE WANTS TO DO IT AGAIN JUST YET!
GUS HAD FUN AS ALWAYS, BUT THINKS HE IS BIG ENOUGH TO MOVE ON TO CALVES NOW!

GUS

GUS HAS A NEW BFF

ON SATURDAY WE WENT TO THE LANE'S (JUSTIN & SHANNON), TO WATCH THE BOYS ROPE AND EAT. GUS PRACTICED ROPING THE DUMMY ALOT WHILE WE WERE OUTSIDE, AND THEN EVEN MORE ONCE WE GOT INSIDE WITH JUSTIN. YESTERDAY, SAGE AND I WENT TO AMARILLO AND BROUGHT GUS HOME A LITTLE ROPING DUMMY FOR IN THE HOUSE. HE WAS SO EXCITED!! WHEN I STARTED COOKING SUPPER LAST NIGHT, GUS SAID, "MOM CAN WE INVITE JUSTIN OVER FOR SUPPER AND TO PLAY?" WE HAVE HAD A BIG LAUGH ABOUT GUS' NEW PLAYMATE...