Ten Thousand Words

They say "A picture is worth a thousand words." So is a progression of 10 pictures worth 10 thousand words?

One evening when the guys were out harvesting, I made Farmhouse Biscuits for supper and brought them out to the field. These are just biscuit dough stuffed into muffin tins and then heaped with meat/BBQ sauce/onion/cheese combination. Then cooked.

My little farmer boy was very very hungry when I got there. He was on his 3rd Farmhouse Biscuit when I got out my camera and snapped these pictures of him...

As you can see, he is devouring his third biscuit with great enjoyment. He loves these biscuits...

Now a friend shows up in the picture. Colter's thinking, "maybe if I just ignore her she'll go away."

No, she can NOT be ignored. Her eyes are definitely on Colter's prized biscuit...

Trying a little different approach and beginning to drool...

Can a full grown dog use the 'puppy-dog eyes' trick?...

"Oh, come on pal, have a heart for your hungry 4-footed friend!"

"All right you old beggar, let me get you a little piece."

"Here ya go."

Ah yes, it always feels much better to share with a friend!

Look for this recipe at www.countrykitchenrecipes.blogspot.com!

Hope you all have a GREAT weekend!
Love,

Kyla Turns 9!

Kyla's 9th birthday was on Monday, the 24th. Here are some pictures from her party...

Dairy Queen makes REALLY nummy icecream cakes. Just add a little decoration to the top... ;)
Party friends. Thanks for coming on such short notice Kyle and Elise!

Opening some fun birthday presents...
and some nice birthday cards... (thanks everyone!)
And a brand new bike from Mom and Dad. She'll use this for a few years we think! ;)

21 of 52: Off Road

Another beautiful evening in Northeast Montana...
Here I am* with the kids in a mirror reflection picture that I took while we were out in the wheat fields one day last week...

Hosted by Forever in Blue Jeans

*52 Weeks is a year long challenge for YOU to be in a picture once a week for 52 weeks. We are always the ones behind the camera, this is YOUR chance to get out in front and be in the pictures with your family. We are glad you are joining this challenge. More importantly your family will really enjoy having you in the picture. Thanks for playing along! Oh, you can just jump in now with 1 of 52, you're not getting off that easy! Now go take a picture!

Harvest 2009

A Little Lesson On Life

While we were at Grandpa Larry's last week, Tober found a nest of little bunnies out in the fuel shed. The kids rescued this little bunny before Tober got him. So what do you do with a little cute, helpless, baby bunny?

First you give him a name "Thumper", make him a little box filled with kleenex, and beg your Mom and Dad to let you keep him...
Then your Mom and Dad tell you to put him back with his Mommy,
but you find out his Mommy has abandoned the nest so you bring him back to the house...
So you get out some milk and warm it and feed it to him in a dropper and he drinks some of it.

A few hours later you mix up some baby rice cereal, warm it up and feed it to the bunny.

Then you put a water bottle filled with warm water in his kleenex nest in his box to keep him warm.

Then you keep feeding him and putting new warm water in the bottle through the day...
And you cuddle him and play with him alot too...
That night your Mom gets up to change the water bottle and feed the bunny. But sadly in the morning the little bunny dies...

...and after you wipe the tears from your eyes you put the bunny in a little box and bury it out between 2 little pine trees. You find a pretty sparkly rock out in the badlands and write with black permanent marker "Baby Thumper 2009" and put that with several other sparkly rocks down to mark the grave.

And that was our little lesson on life.
Rest In Peace Little Thumper.


Up next:
-Harvest
-Kyla's 9th Birthday

A Walk In 'The Reservoir'

Back when Randy was growing up here, this reservoir actually had water in it. Now it's like a big hollow bowl in the ground surrounded by giant cottonwoods and filled with green grass, flowers, ladybugs and such. I couldn't resist the opportunity to bring my camera with me on a walk through 'the reservoir' with the kids...