Brownie Bites: June 2018

Saturday, June 30, 2018

Farmer Hogan's Ranch

For many years, we have been visiting Farmer Hogan's ranch. Last year we switched from being observers to actually helping out with the branding.

The first thing my kids noticed this year was the cute doggie running around the ranch.

We all took our positions in helping the calves along.

Camille sprayed for bugs and critters.

Rachel and Bryce worked the gates.

Parker helped move the calves along into the holding area.

Sydney did the paperwork, keeping track of tag numbers and immunization.

Parker at work.

Branding

The ginormous steer was a little sick and needed an antibiotic. I am always impressed with the interest and care ranchers have for their animals. They know them individually, their health history, their habits and behavior. They care about them.

This is a huge animal. When its head gets swinging, it's like a wrecking ball.

When all the work was finished, we had a big pizza lunch in their nice, new, very large, barn. then it was the long road home.

Other Hogan farm visits:
2009
2011
2012
2015
2017

June random

National Donut Day!

Bored one evening, the girls and I played an alphabet picture scavenger hunt in the grocery store. We split into two teams, each team with a camera, and took pictures of food in alphabetical order.

It was a lot more fun than I thought it would be.

When we finished, we met at the ice cream counter and got ice cream cones.

We did a quick donation drive for the refugee center and put together cleaning kits

We helped Gma and Gpa clean out their storage unit and found this shadow box from Great Gma Dewey.

As a harpist, this cartoon gave me a good chuckle.

We went to Neptune Park to watch a movie in the park. So fun!

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Pioneer Trek

Bright and early!!!

We needed to be at the church at 4:00 am for the Pioneer Trek send-off.

After a nice welcome and instructions, the kids were off on the bus and Sterling and I were off in our car.

Most of these pictures were taken by the leaders and shared.

We arrived at Martin's Cove, loaded up the handcarts and were off.

SYDNEY

PARKER

SYDNEY

PARKER

On Being a Mom

"We all know that the early years of our children's lives are precious. It is when they are most teachable, impressionable and open to true and erroneous teaching. Our society in a rush to success encourages us as mothers to send our children from the home earlier and earlier, to involve them in more and more activities. Too often we forget that the most impotant preparation for success is in the home under the nurturing care of the mother. That preparation takes time, long stretches of time filled with the consistent, everyday activity of home life. The time we have with our little ones is short and should be guarded carefully."

Kimberli Robison

Kids Say The Darnest Things

Syd: All I hear when guys talk about cars: "G7XLT 1500 YLQ4XP."

And all I say back is, "I like the grey one."

(Apr 2020)

Sydney's roommates when she was moving out to come home because of covid-19:

"Coronavirus needs to catch itself and die so we can get our Sydney back."

(Mar 2020)

Syd: "I need to get the heck back good again."

(Jan 2020)

Syd (excited about a boy): "They should have a hotline for girls to call and talk about boys when their friends and family are tired of listening."

(Jan 2017)

Bryce (saying a prayer): "Thank you for our bones, so that our bodies, won't melt."
(Aug 2014)

Parker: "What happened to the rest of the cake?"
Mom: "I ate it."
Parker: "Oh, so you can just eat whenever you feel hungry?"
Mom: "Yep."
Parker: "I can't wait until I'm a Dad. Then I can have my cake and eat it too."
(May 2013)

Bryce: "I do undersault." (somersault)
(May 2013)

At a Jazz basketball game:
Parker: "How many people are in this building?"
Dad: "Probably around 20,000."
Parker: "I think Mom's written more words than that."
(referring to my NaNoWriMo word count, which was at 23,000 at that point)
(Nov 2012)

Parker: "Why can't we watch the movies I picked tonight?"
Dad: "Well, it's Sunday, so I would like to watch a church movie."
Parker: "Why? So, like, Three Amigos isn't a church movie?"
(Nov 2012)

Rachel: "When you said clean the room, I didn't know you meant to clean up all the toys on the floor."
(Oct 2012)

Regarding Sunday General Conference:
Parker: "This morning was just the 1st quarter?" (like a basketball game.)
Mom: "Yes, and now we're watching the 4th quarter."
(Oct 2012)

Rachel: "I don't think we should eat that bread."
Mom: "Why?"
Rachel: "Because it has a bad word in it."
Mom: "What?"
Rachel: (slowly and very ennunciated) "Bi-ki-ni bread."
Mom: "No, it's Zucchini bread. It's ok to eat."
(July '12)

Rachel: "My arm ankle hurts." (wrist)
(Jan. '12)

Camille: (whispering to mom) "Dad just said we are having 6 hot brains for breakfast." (he actually said 6-grain hot cereal)
(Jan. '12)

Parker: (after taking a gulp of super hot chocolate)
"Oh..oh..oh. That just boiled my apple." (adam's apple)
(Oct. '11)

Parker: " Man, Mom. You have a big job. Taking care of the kids. That's like the hardest job. Well, except being an Avatar." (Sept. '11)

Rach: (laughing) "What if one of our 5 senses was our pajamas? That would be soooo funny." (Sept. '11)

Rach: "Mom, can I have some strange cheese?" (string cheese) (Aug. '11)

Parker: "Dad, when I grow up, I really want to be a professional basketball player. But more than that, I really want to be a Farm Bureau Man." (May '11)

Syd's "Hug List" (the list of people she wants to hug when she gets to heaven. Sydney: "Jesus, Joseph Smith, Brigham Young..." Dad: "Hannah Montana?" Sydney: "I'm not sure she'll be in the kingdom I'M going to." (Mar. '11)

Camille: "Pop! goes the wiggle." (Feb. '11)

Sydney: "Parents are supposed to be my example. But the only thing I learned from you today is to come home in the middle of church and eat the donuts." (Jan. '11)

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Saturday, June 30, 2018

Farmer Hogan's Ranch

June random

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Pioneer Trek