This year's theme was the ranch. As some of you may or may not know, I grew up on a sheep ranch. An opportunity I wouldn't change, even if I could. I can say that now that I'm older and understand what "hindsight is 20/20" means and all those not so good memories on the ranch are turning into life lessons learned. (Notice I said older, not more responsible) Anyway, we went to some of the "hot spots" on the ranch and reminisced about some of those life lessons and other good times. It was a great time and thanks to Richard and Jenny for all of the planning involved.
Jason just kickin' it with Conrad and Walt. (Conrad is the baby and Walt is the dog.)
Addi and Riley with their cousins playing bingo that Jenny made up with things pertaining to the ranch and the family.
Jason was quite the tie-dye t-shirt maker. We all enjoyed twisting rubber bands onto t-shirts. (That's a sentence I never would have imagined saying.)
This is Emma, one of my niece's. She's only 4 and is an expert babysitter. At the 4th of July parade she held Conrad rather than gather candy because she wanted to and because she "already had a bag of candy from another parade." Amazing!
This is my brother Richard modeling his latest line of tie-dye shirts for men! Really!!
At the beginning of this adventure there were actually 3 people in the canoe. Poor uncle Steve was left by himself as the paddle boat was raided by cousins mid-pond before coming to dock.
My Dad with Conrad
Some of the cousins riding in the mule. That's what we call the six wheeler.
My Dad teaching me how to drive the bulldozer. Thanks Dad. It was awesome. Next time I'd like to feel even more empowered by taking down a tree! Only if it's okay with you, of course.
The cousins pretending to be sheep being herded down the chute. Yes, really. And they had fun doing it!
This is a plaque with all of our names and the brands of the ranch burned into it. There is a FL and CO for Fairview Land and Livestock Company.
We hung the plaque at the lambing shed in honor of generations of family and heritage.
Here we are at the cabin in our awesome tie-dye shirts just chillin' and giving the peace sign dude!
All of the grand kids, grandma and grandpa.
And for the last, our little hippy family.
3 comments:
I love the pictures and it was so good to see you guys this past weekend. Kathryn, I love reading your blog...you are a great writer. Hope you are all well.
Suprisingly (if I spelled that right!) I knew what a mule was... my grams has one.. that we used to ride on! Because we had the cow farm!! Looks like tons of fun... maybe we will have to tye die some shirts for halloween and be the hippie carrillos!
Kathryn, I miss you. This post made me remember all the fun times we had and what an awesome person you are. Are you sure you can't move back to Tooele Valley? The house across the street from me is for sale. I love your family traditions!!
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