Recent News

I have been quite the slacker in posting lately and I apologize. Our lives are SO VERY crazy at the beginning of the school year and I coaching golf. By the time I get home every night supper is over and bed time is fast approaching. One of my golfer's made it to State so we will be experiencing that this coming Monday and Tuesday!!! What a wonderful early birthday present :)

Bryce is talking in 3 to 4 word sentences all the time. He is a little sponge and repeats Everything he hears! Right now he's big into saying "dada at work" or "dada pick up gone" I heart his little voice and how lovable he is. He is my true snuggler and lays on me every night before our bedtime routine begins. Love it!!!

Grady...Grady has so many one liners I can't begin to write about them all. He is a kid that is SO with it and knows absolutely everything that's going on around him. The saying 'too smart for their own good' definitely applies to this kid. A few weeks back when Brad was gone hunting he told me he was the Man of The House while dad was gone and that he had to take care of all of us! He was very proud of this and made sure we were taken care of indeed and each night before bed he asked if I could sleep with him so he could protect me easier! My charmer!!

I wish I was better about writing down the things my kids say but then again I think, I'm the only one that's going to read them and enjoy them so is it worth the effort?? This is a battle I have with myself every time they say some of those one liners and believe me I'd have a novel by this time if I wrote them all down. And there's only been 4 precious years. I'll have hundreds of books by the time they leave our house! And with that I'll end with one of Grady's recent lines...

G-mom, I want to live with you for forever
Me-Well, I hope you do
G-But you know I have to go to college and you will miss me while I'm gone
Me-Yes, Grady I will miss you a lot when you go to college
G-don't worry mom after college I'll come back and marry you just like dad gave you a ring and married you
Me-Well, Grady I'm already married to your daddy so I can't marry you
G-He can live with us too mom it's ok!!!

The Elk

This bull scores at a 320 which is an average bull in New Mexico

but a bigger bull for Nebraska. It will be in the Pope and Young

book which honors good hunters in the state!!

Brad and his hunting partner Dick

Mule and horse back ride on their way out. It took 5 hours
to cut up the Elk then they had to pack it up to ride back to camp.
Not looking forward to the Elk burger but everyone tells me its
good eating and tastes a lot like hamburger. I'll try it once :)

New Mexico

Brad went to New Mexico Elk hunting this past week. He was gone for a little over a week and got one! He had a blast and wants to go back again sooner than he had promised! While in New Mexico they had to use pack mules and ride in on horses where they hunted because anything with wheels or a motor was not allowed where they were. He said it was a very back woods experience but that's what he likes so he was in Heaven!! About a week before he left he would ride his horse Cisco to get his legs and body in to shape for the long horse rides to come. The boys of course wanted to ride along and Cisco is a very good horse so why not!!

Grandparents Day

Grady's preschool class celebrated Grandparent's Day this past Thursday. The kids sang a few songs then enjoyed cookies and juice with their Grandparents! Grady is a very lucky boy having many grandma's and grandpa's and great grandma's and grandpa's. This year his Great Grandma's came to visit him!

Great Gma Delores, Grady and Great Gma Phyllis
I think this is so sweet!

A wave from the loudest singer out there ;)

There are 19 kids in his preschool class this year, yep 19...

My Boys

The night we were getting ready to go have our pictures taken by Brooke Graves I told the boys they needed to look extra handsome and that I'd help them get dressed in a few minutes. Grady assured me he could do it himself and ran upstairs. After awhile I went up to help him and this is how I found him!! He told me he had to wear his tie because he looks real nice in a tie :) I believe the outfit he found and has on is a 2T and yes, he's 4! But way to go Grady for trying he does look handsome in a tie :)

Cadyn and Bryce

This summer my mom and I had the pleasure of watching Cadyn while her mama and papa were house hunting in Canada. We stayed in NE the first few days but found our place in Wichita the remainder of the week. Bryce and Cadyn really made a connection after Cadyn drew the line of what was her's (the baby) and what Bryce was allowed to play with (the stroller)! :) I was downloading videos tonight to my computer and came across these two of our Beautiful Gingers. Hope you enjoy as much as I did taking them!!

The Wagoner's Dominate

Wood River Fun Fest was a fun time had by all. Saturday morning started with a parade then kids games in the park. The pedal tractor pull started after the parade was over. The kids were hyped up on sugar from all the candy at the parade to help them defeat their competition!!

Gracie got 1st place in the 6 year old group
Taylon got 1st place in the 5 year old group

Massi got 1st place in the 4 year old group

Grady got 2nd place in the 4 year old group

Each of our 4 kids made it to the State Fair to compete with hundreds of other kids. When I say hundreds I am not using that term loosely. There were hundreds!!! Massi was back in Florida but the other three competed at the State Fair in Grand Island and did a great job. A once in a lifetime experience because I'm not sure any of us parent's or fans would go back again but fun for sure to try out once!!