Is it just me? Or have the past couple of months just kind of passed and I'm wondering how we got to Mother's day already? It hasn't even been a very exciting year, the time seems to pass in a haze. I wish I could say that it's a fun haze, chocolate coma, etc. But it's not----
This past week was packed full of entertainment - so at last, I'm finally going to blog. That, and the fact that I'm on the computer to upload pictures for family.
After Fred's finals, instead of giving him the much deserved break that he needed and planning something fun.... I scheduled 3 days of painting our house! What a good wife I am!---He's just an amazing husband! He let me pick the colors out and just nodded to everything I said. We repainted Tad's room and our room - actually switching rooms. Our room went from Purple & sage to a nice neutral tan & creamy brown. I always swore I wouldn't go neutral, but I have to admit, I'm a fan. Tad's room had a cute Moon song stenciled along the top from when he was a baby, and is now the same tan as our room, with 2 walls painted & textured denim blue. We also repainted the upstairs bathroom a light blue. One day, when I get everything put back away (and my quilt finished), I may even post pictures! How did we paint for 3 days with the house a disaster & keep a 3 year old out of the way? We shipped him off to Grandma & Grandpa's! The first day he was home he asked to go back..... I can't say I blame him, at home I was still putting stuff away, at Grandma's they took him to Antelope Island, made cookies, made bread sculptures, played outside, pretended to hunt alligators....
Thursday- I can't decide if painting and putting things away is worse or moving would be worse. But it did give us a chance to dejunk!
Friday - Tad & I went with Grandma & Grandpa to Logan to watch Lauralee graduate with her Masters!
She looks thrilled doesn't she? :} Super proud of her though!
Saturday - We headed to the ranch to help with the shearing. Fred stayed home to work on a Ward Service project - building a wheelchair ramp for someone. He amazes me that with just a little research & a few measurements he can draw up his own plans. While he worked hard, we played!
I taught Tad to pat his chest, but didn't tell him why. He only did it once because he learned that calls the dogs to jump on you. :} I'm a good mom!
We hiked to the cave. Tad thought the sheep bones were cool and carried them all the way back down to show everyone. I know, gross, but on a ranch, there are much WORSE things he could pick up. :}
The shearers are slower this year, so we'll have a few more days to enjoy the sunshine & fresh air.
Saturday afternoon when we got home, I stopped to check on his ramp progress and ended up running to the store to pick up more wood for them. He got home at 4pm and changed clothes to go to a baptism that STARTED at 4pm..... That he was speaking at, because of that awesome wife that he has.... who happens to be in the primary presidency and suckered him into speaking. :}
As if I don't ask enough of him - I asked if we could go back up to the ranch Sunday to help out. He agreed and we were off early Sunday morning. It wasn't a real tough day, as you can tell from Trent's laid back method of keeping the sheep from running back.
Actually, the sheep were pretty stubborn. One rammed the gate and broke it, later when we finally got it in the chute, it jumped the fence into the other pen.
Tad was in HEAVEN - dirt, puppies, sheep to poke, 4-wheelers to pretend to drive & little cousins. He fell asleep on the way home!
The picture below is one of my absolute favorites from the week. Tad was very concerned about the puppy and was giving him a drink. :}
Monday - we went up again to help them finish running the sheep. I was glad it was on the ranch rather than out on the desert so that we could go back each day. We left Tad with Grandpa - they took the missionaries to Antelope Island for their P-day. Grandma came with Fred & I to the ranch.
It's amazing to know that each of these guys can lift quite a bit, but it takes all four of them to roll this (square) object up a ramp onto the trailer. Each bundle of wool weighs a minimum of 450 lbs.
Tuesday - Fred spent the day hanging pictures and shelves for me!
Wednesday - we had a picnic in the pouring rain.
Now it's back to our boring weekly routines. But I'll hopefully have more to blog about throughout the summer..... family vacation, Tad's new pedal bike, scout camp for me!, more ranch work, learning to read, maybe some swimming lessons...... hopefully the summer passes in a Tanning haze!
Everything Daddy does, Tad has to do too. Working on their computers.
Tad has started reading this summer. He's always loved books. It's fun to see him read a book to his puppy or dolly. He remembers words well and comes pretty close to repeating it to his animals. 
Being daddy's shadow means he watches EVERYTHING Fred does. I'd misplaced the charger to his little car battery, when we found it, all he wanted to do was work on it like dad. He noticed Fred wasn't using the car ramps, so he moved them by himself under the carport. Next thing we knew he was driving up the ramps! (Look at Fred's face in the picture to the left- we really thought he'd stop at the bottom, but he drove right up onto them.) 
(I sat in the lovely red chair in the corner of this picture and just watched "the boys" work.) 
