What a Fun NIght to Remember

Here we are getting ready to go for a special pony ride just for us. Special thanks to the Bowers for their thoughtfulness. I really enjoyed it and could of gone for another hour it was that fun. The kids enjoyed it as well as Tammi. Its amazing how fast that little gal can go!

This carriage is one that for many years was used by Elder Haight of the quorum of the twelve in our local parade In the picture below I was sitting it the very same spot that Elder Haight used to sit and his dear wife to his side. The Bowers own this buggy and pony and still use it each year to drive special people in the parade.

Our family in the buggy! It really was fun. You couldn't of picked a better night it was so cool and and hearing the sounds of the pony clip clop along was really fun.

Tonight a very dear friend and his wife came to our home with a little pony and buggy that was built by the amish back east. What a great Family Home Evening we had. After driving around our circle with our family I rode bac to their house with Jame and Jordan and then got to drive it. How Fun!!!!!
Enjoy the pictures I've posted.

The kids are having a ball with them. Jayme asks every hour about holding one, They have had alot of handling to day as we had their tails docked and dew claws removed.

They are so tiny. Look at the finger compared to the puppy. not much bigger.

We are busy with puppies!

We have had far less sleep since these puppies have arrived than before. Tammi is up checking them quite often and taking maggie out to potty. After this week we should be able to relax a bit with them. They get caught under the blanket and can't find their way out. Maggiwe just keeps digging for them to find them, so its good to check on them alot.

Big Thanks to Bryan and his Folks:

It would of been one of the hottest days of the year so far, but today Jessica and Bryan with the help of his Mom and Dad came up tto see us and brought some of the coolest rocks from the mountain up behind Bryan's mom and dad's house in Preston Idaho. The whole idea was to build us a rock wall around our well. Bryan and his dad spent hours in the blistering heat building a beautiful rock wall that will serve as the center piece of our front yard for years to come.

Five Puppies Arrived ------------- July11,2007

It was along night Tuesday for Our expecting Mother "Maggie" She was in labor all day and went right to her birthing box first thing tuesday morning so we all knew she was going to deliver any time. Sure enough Wed. Morning she started to breathe very heavy and pace back and forth. By 1:05pm she had delivered her first Pup and it was a male. Her second pup was delivered at 2:10pm and was a female. Twenty minutes later another female, twenty minutes after that her thrid female and wwe thought we were done only to see her go through similiar breathing patterns and again another male at 3:35 pm to finish it all off. She is a great mom and has already shown her displeasure with people sticking their hands in to touch the pups. her verbal commands to even Tammi have been enough to say "hey don't touch the pups!" Mother and Pups are doing great and I can only wait for 5 little ones to be crawling all over the place. Its a good thing school is out for the kids to be here to take care of them all. I will dock tails and cut dew claws today when the mom goes outside for a break. Tails should fall off within 3 to 5 days thereafter.

Jordan way to girls camp and Jenna to Cheer camp. Jayme and I holding down the fort.