So Does Molly!!
We're expecting pups any day now. Sadly, we didn't know she was expecting until last week. I know you can't tell by the picture, but she hides it really well until the last two weeks. and then suddenly we start to suspect something.
I mean REEALLY start to suspect something!!
A very common topic around this little country ranch house is............You guessed it, horses. 
Theres an Old green rocking chair in her room. Chance made a hut behind it by putting a pillow and a blanket on the floor.
It's obviously a great little hut.
This is definitely not the best picture around but I was trying to get a quick picture of Braden out doing his chores in shorts and snow boots. this is so typical of Braden. He's such an easy going kid not much bothers him.
This is Caibs ingenuity. This toaster has lasted forever. I was so proud of it. It's probably the cheapest toaster around but it seemed indestructible. Then one morning I went in to make some toast and was soo disappointed. The button that you push down so the toast will sink and toast wouldn't stay down. So for two days any time any one made toast they would have to stand by the toaster and hold down that button until their toast was as done as they wanted it. (people were eating toast that was barely toasted because of it.) Then Caib decided he wanted some toast. It didn't take him long to discover how boring making toast is, so Caib, being Caib, did what Caib does best.....That is he used whatever was close at hand to fix the problem. The problem being--Caib did not want to have to stand there while his Toast was cooking. I love Caibs' problem solving abilities. I think He gets it from His Grandpa Brian. 
And then there's Chance....... I think the picture says it all.
Oaklee wearing her brothers hat.
A Puppy in training. The poor sheep have been sheared and it's still so cold here.
Cold enough to still find icicle's
And then there was Bradens science fair project. He was curious about ballistics. He made this contraption with one inch boards screwed onto another board at 1/2 inch intervals. He then Shot through the boards at 3 feet away and then 5 feet away. He discovered that the farther away he got from the board the more staggered the different types of 22 bullets were. He used hollow points, and two other kinds.
Interestingly enough the bullets all went through 5 boards and penetrated the 6th except for maybe one. We decided that he probably should have done a little more shooting to be more accurate, but he still ended up with a second place. He was pretty happy about that.
