HAPPY EASTER!!!!!

OH A HUNTING WE WILL GO..........

And that we did!! Our weekend started off with the United Community School's Pancake Breakfast and Easter Egg Hunt. We talked Grandma Carol and Grandma Baba into coming along with us and my boss, her husband and their 2 children. It was a windy but fun day!!! We were glad it didn't take too long!! Gunnar was with the 0-3 years olds so he had it pretty easy. Hunter moved up to the 6-8 year olds but we went off on our own so he got a pretty good haul. You could tell when the rest of the kids had found all the eggs they made a quick sweep through our area and that was that. Although Brad (my boss Shawn's husband) kept dropping the eggs we already had so the kids could keep going. Too funny. We had a good time.

Then it was time to celebrate Dad's belated birthday, we went to a couples massage, then out to lunch while Baba watched the boys!! YEAY!!!! We also grabbed 10 evergreen trees and brought them home to plant along our new fence line on the east side of the house.

Easter morning brought the Easter Bunny, the boys got 1 movie each, 1 DS game each and some books. Hunter got a Find IT with Hunting items in it. This is fun!! Gunnar got a really cool flashlight to take camping!! The boys decided to go the Hunt and Fish Club for breakfast while the Easter Bunny stopped by and deposited some eggs! Hmmm. Handy!! When they returned home the hunt was on. Here is a picture right before dad blew the whistle

Here is a picture of Hunter finding a load of eggs in the tunnel on his playground. I did't know that bunny could fit through there???

The boys stopped the hunt to pose for some pictures. Such good manners. :)








In the eggs was candy and money. I think they were more into the money than the candy!! That-a-way boys!! Here is a picture of their home haul!




After all that excitement we began planting the trees together. Gunnar's job was to put a scoop of mule poop in each hole, Hunter helped me move the trees and cut off the burlap. Pretty exciting. We got all the trees planted and were cleaning up when Gunnar decides he wants to go play in the garage and get some things out. It happened all to fast and like that he got himself pinned in the door. So that afternoon was spent at the ER getting a catscan, which he thought was the coolest thing ever!! "I was in a rocketship mom". GREAT!!! Everything is okay with Gunnar and he has promised not to go in the garage without a parent to open the door from now on!!

Until next weekend!! Hunter has his first ball game this week and Little League season openers on saturday!! I'm ready to sit in the bleachers and soak up the sun for the ball season!!

Mutton Bustin, Easter Bunny and The Case of the Missing Donkey!!

Greetings Everyone!!! I am sure you have heard by now that Hunter's new Donkey has vanished!!!! He is pretty upset but still hasn't been overly worried. While Hunter was at baseball practice Wedsnesday night, we realized Gordy had not come up to eat. Chris, Gunnar and I searched the timber looking for him.....no luck. CJ, Justin, and Chris searched the next 2 days searching every square inch of the 40 acres and nothing. Muck and his wife came out saturday and......nothing. They did find 2 spots where he could have gotten out. So Muck came out on Sunday and he, myself and Chris saddled up and went looking for signs of the escapee.......surprise......NOTHING!!!!! No tracks no signs again with the word nothing. We are convinced that he was stolen, WHY you ask, I have been asking the same question every ten minutes in my brain. NO CLUE. Meanwhile....Ma Jones watched the boys so we could go on the Great Gordy Excursion. She took them to Wal-mart, Mac Shack and then to see the Easter Bunny. She got a great pic of this!!! So as for the rest of the weekend you ask. BLAH!!! Our Easter egg hunt was cancelled due to rain, Hunter's ball practice was cancelled due to rain. We skipped going to VEISHEA because it was FREEZING out. So we just stayed inside all morning until about 1 o'clock when it started to warm up. Played outside for awhile until it was time to head to the Rodeo. The Rodeo was in Mason City Iowa. We headed up in the afternoon and ate at The Rib Crib with our friends Clint and Lorelee and their kids. Then off to the rodeo for just Bulls and mutton bustin. The boys got some new hats to support their cowboy way and then had the bull riders sign them afterwards. Hunter told them to leave room his uncle Wade Sundell needed to sign that hat too!! Gunnar pipes up "yeah our uncle Wade". They just looked at the kids in amazement! Too cute. They are so proud of Wade!! We are too!! Anyways here are a couple of videos of the Mutton Bustin. Hunter did pretty good. He was interviewed on the microphone before his ride. And I love the cockiness of his strut back to dad when its over.


Gunnar was cocky before hand telling everyone how he was gonna take that sheep on and give him a what fer. If you can't see in the video he was bawling through the whole thing. LOL!!!!



Enjoy here are some cowboy pictures. Too cute!! This weekend is United's Easter Egg Hunt and our very own Easter Egg Hunt at the Mule on Rouge Ranch. Followed by a visit from the Easter Bunny and coloring Eggs. Until then!!! HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!!!!

Hunter Turns 6!!!!!!

We started off the weekend by picking Hunter and Gunnar up from school. Hunter's other front tooth finally shook loose!! He was pumped...again. He said to me that night before going to bed. "I'm tired of all this money the tooth fairy brings"......is this my kid???? "well what do you want the tooth fairy to bring then?" I asked. "A book would be nice" Fabulous, the tooth fairy just spent a butt load of money at the book fair here at work so that will work out nicely!! Anyways that night the tooth fairy dropped off a book and a couple of bucks for the tooth. Here is a picture of Hunter with his new prizes.He was so excited to find the book that he read the whole thing before coming in and waking us up to tell us the news of the tooth fairy's visit. He was also using the money the tooth fairy left him as a book mark in the book.....whatever works for ya!!

So that day we had Hunter's Baseball Team pictures. I will post these as soon as I get them, they should be good!! Then off to the grocery store to pick up supplies for the birthday party!! Home and to Dayton Iowa to watch a Ranch Rodeo. The boys really enjoyed watching this, they even practiced roping a chair while they watched. Then off to a party that night at an adult friend's house. There Hunter and Gunnar got to go for golf cart rides with the other kids that were there. We got to catch up with some friends we haven't got to see for awhile. I think we have been talked out of Daytona next year and into Jamaica!! Stay tuned for updates on this! Home we went and while I ate the boys took the 4 wheelers out to look for deer.

Up and at em the next day!! The boys wanted to ride the 4 wheelers to the Hunt and Fish Club for Breakfast so off we went. Back home to decorate and get ready for Hunter's Birthday Party!! I can't believe he is turning 6 already!!We had a Toy Story 3 themed party for him! And he got loads of gifts!! His Grandpa got him a new donkey named Gordie (I will get some pics of Hunter and post these as soon as possible), he got a new saddle and rope from dad! Baba and I got him books and games. Weasel got him a remote controlled Jeep, Clint and Lorelee got him a Truck and trailer with a motorcycle and Great Grandmas gave him money. CJ and Kahola got him a cap gun. Oh yeah and his most favorite gift of the day....Grandma Carol got him Super Mario Kart!!!! He had been wanting this ever since he visited his cousin Crystal and got to play it at her house!!! She got him a baseball bat as well to take and play with when he has games!! His first game is coming up soon!! April 28th!! Here are some pics of his presents he got!! Enjoy! I will post pictures of him riding Gordie ASAP as I said. He has been out to feed, water and brush Gordie everynight so far. He just absolutely LOVES him!!! I am not so sure how Gordie feels about all this attention???


The birthday party was a blast. Hunter read all of us his new book the tooth fairy brought him and then went around and thanked everyone for all of his wonderful presents! He played Toy Story Connect four with Baba while Chris and I were out admiring the new fence Clint and Lorelee put up that morning!! We got alot done and still had time to have fun!!

Next weekend brings an Easter Egg Hunt at my friend and coworker's house, VEISHA, and Hunter's first Rodeo of the year....oh and snow!! YEP snow. We might be snowed out of having a good time this coming weekend. I'm sure we can find something to keep us occupied!! We will see.

Until next weekend......


Tooth Tally- 4 out

Iowa Horse Fair 2011

So this weekends fun was found in Des Moines Iowa at the Iowa State Fair Grounds. The Iowa Horse Fair had clinics, trailers, vendors, food and more!! We started off the day by picking up Weasel Wilson and taking him down for a fun filled day with the kids!! So when we get there we pretty much bee lined for the avenue of horses. Where we were of course pulled right into the mules!! YEAY!!! Hunter was all about it, Gunnar was more interested in the Ladies!!! (Bones Jr.). We walked around a bit and decided to get some grub to eat.

Looked at a few trailers, but none caught our eye, I am still holding out for the one in Armstrong Iowa I want!! (hint hint). We hit the vendors, Weasel talked to just about everyone and ran into old friends.

Dad bought the boys some ropes to play with while he caught up with his BFF Clint!! Here are a few pics of the boys roping a traffic cone. Hunter really got into this!!





Here are some cute photos of them posing with there ropes too!! This made me chuckle, beings how Hunter is missing his front tooth....really adds to the hillbilly look he has going on :)



Another BIG BIG EXCITING part of the day was Hunter and Gunnar got to spend time with their rodeo buddy "New Hunter". They LOVE this guy he teaches them to ride bulls and sheep and even plays the part of the bull for them (hours on end). At the rodeo he even helped them get to their sheep and pushes them and gets them interested in mutton bustin and bull riding. To show how excited these boys get around "new Hunter" just take a look at my Hunter's facial expression when I told him I was going to take a picture of him and Hunter.
The "new Hunter" is actually our friends Clint and Lorelee's son, so they will get to spend lots of time together this summer when we go trailriding! I think we might even have them talked into going to Missouri with us this year!! Fingers crossed!! I have also signed Hunter up for the Circle C Rodeos this year so he will get to spend tons of time with his buddy!! His first rodeo this year is in Mason City in 2 weeks!!!

Well that is all for now!! Next weekend is Baseball Team pictures and Hunter's 6th birthday party!! Woo Hoo!! Until then.......

Enjoy!