Our Summer Thus Far

We went to Bear Lake the end of June. It was fun but SOO cold!

That is one proud papa!


Tre's Green shovel! You couldn't even look at it let alone think about touching it!


Playing in the sand at Bear Lake! It was too cold to swim!


They both love to ride Dixie! When we get her out it is an all out war who gets to ride her first!


Tre and Gentry riding their bikes outside.

The dirty side of my kids! As you can tell by these next few pictures my kids are attracted to the mud! If there is a mud puddle anywhere in the area I know where my kids are!









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This is one of our swimming trips! All the kids love to come down here, and so do all of us! It is pretty fun and a nice day out of the house! We have been doing this little tradition for six summers now I think!


Makala looking fabulous! She is gonna love this picture!


My little man! He is a fish he loves to come swim. He is actually brave and gets out and plays in the water with his sweet floatie!


Gentry loves it swimming. But she mostly likes the food part of it instead of the water!


This picture makes me laugh because at the first of the summer our DVD player broke and I have yet to replace it. So the kids watch their movies on the computer, so everyday Tre falls asleep in our way luxurious office chair! Talk about ultimate comfort!

Branding Cows

We had to brand all of our cows a few days ago. It was alot of fun! Casey and Gina came over with their family and Luke and Wyatt came to help out also. The cows had to be branded, docked (casterated), tagged, and vaccinated. It took a little while to get it all done but we all had fun.



The guys were hard at it! They all had a lot of fun, branding always is!


Luke was the designated brander. Chase and Wyatt helped out holding the cows down.


Daniel and Casey were the ropers. They both love getting to do that job. They are pretty good at it!


Luke was on the ground with the boys. Chase and Wyatt had a lot of fun helping out. They would help vaccinate and they both helped cut the bulls. Chase would cut out the "Rocky Mountain Oysters" and stick them over by the branding fire. Boys....


Daniel and Casey would stretch the calf out and Luke would brand.


I put Gentry on Dixie while Daniel had to grab some things. She LOVES the horses and her and Tre both love to ride. She was mad, she didn't want to get off!


Dan would go in first and head the cows and drag them out. Then Casey would come in and heel it.


Tre is pretty sure he has the biggest muscles!!


Riley, Laynee, and Gentry, and Tre.

Some More Cowboying

We had to preg check our cows to see how many of them were pregnant. Mark and Jason came to help and Casey was the official Preg Checker!


Tre had to get in all his cowboy gear to look like his dad and Casey.


Mark had Gentry and she was freezing that day, so she had to wear Tre's old marshmellow coat.


Casey wore out after getting all the cows checked and through the chutes!


Jason and Gentry


Daniel and Mark.


Tre didn't want his picture taken that day, he was being ornery! But we got some anyway!


He got a little happier once we got inside and he warmed up.

Just a random day at the Dimond house...

This was at Tre's b-day, Daniel was just observing while Tre opened presents!


We are all ready for summer at this house! We all need to get some sun first though!





Tre always takes naps in the weirdest places! Kids can sleep anywhere I have learned.


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And she finally got the right box of cereal! That was quite the feat! =)

Tre's Birthday - March 3rd

Tre wanted a crocodile cake for his birthday. So I took a whack at it and I was impressed it actaully turned out!








Tre got a motorcycle bike, and his Grandma's gave hime 2 guns and a race car. He was so excited! He had a good day!

Tre

A little about Tre:

Tre is almost 3. His birthday is March 4. He is quite the kid and keeps us on our toes! If you have ever met him you know exactly what I mean! He is our little cowboy and loves riding horses with his dad and working with the cows. Daniel made him those chaps in the picture along with a pair of spur straps so that he can have the same gear that his dad has. He is very smart and figures things out exremely fast. It is hard to pull the wool over his eyes! He loves playing with Gentry and teaching her "big kid" stuff. He loves visiting people but he is a definite home body like his dad. He likes to make sure that once we have gone somewhere we will always be going home! He is a lot of fun and makes us laugh everyday!