Welcome home Grandpa and Grandma

We are excited to welcome Grandma and Grandpa home from their mission in the Ukraine.  They served an 18 month mission, and we are excited to have them back.

Trigdon was only 6 months old when Grandpa and Grandma left, so we made a sign that reads " Remember Me, My name is Trigdon".  Even though Trig didnt remember Grandpa and Grandma he was excited.

Stepping of the plane was exciting for everyone.  We were happy to see Grandpa and Grandma after a year and a half.  They were tired after a 30+ hour flight. 

Grandpa is staying true to form as he goes for the double head lock.  Its good to see you still have your moves Dad.

Happy Birthday Trigdon

For Trigdon's Birthday we had alot to do. 

To make sure we had enough energy we stopped and grabbed ourselves some icecream.

Then we went up to Aunt Jennie's house on the bench to pick apples for Mom.  Trigdon and Aunt Jennie got along great.  Thanks Aunt Jennie for the great apples.

Trigdon takes after his dad and loves cheese cake.  Mom made trigdon a great tasting cake.



Olson Reunion 2011

We had another great year hanging out at the Olson Family Reunion.  It is always fun to get together and enjoy each other company.

Mom and Trigdon are excited about the stick horse rodeo.  Uncle Tony not so much.  Trig did seem to find every root and hole to trip him up, and his face shows the proof.

Hunter takes off out of the gates on this trusty steed Lady as the crowd stares in amazement.  Man was he fast.

Trigdon is trying to keep the crowd under control during the main event.

Trigdon is showing everyone how to shoot a BB gun.  Watch out everyone.

Old Eagle Eyes Hunter concentrates on the can.  He hit the can several times and even offered to give his Dad shooting lessons.

Well we thought we were doing good shooting until Kelli shows up and hits all of the targets.  Its not fair that Mom is such a good shot.

Thanks to Uncle Sam we were able to take a ride up the mountian on his dirt bike. 

The two that we owe our thanks to for putting the reunion on every year.  Thank You Aunt Francie and Uncle Ken.  We appreciate all of your hard work, and willingness to share.  Just a side note:  These two seemed busier then ever helping out with Jill and Jakes twins. 



Pack Trip to the Lakes of the Rough

Me riding Lady my horse and using Albert horse Cowboy to help pack into the Lakes of the Rough.

I went with Peter and Susan Davidson and family, and Alanna Powers

Tim, Alanna, Daniel

Because we packed in we ate well.  We even ate a few Dutch Oven meals.

A picture of Lady and Cowboy picketed above camp.  The horses really didnt care for the 3 thunderstorms that we had.

A sunset picture of one of the lakes.

Tim and I hiked into Golden Lake where the trout have golden spots

Tim holding a Golden Trout

Main Lake at lakes of the rough.  It is high enough to still have snow.

EXTRA EXTRA READ ALL ABOUT IT

Hunter and his good friend Joel Neves made the front page of the Basin Paper.  They both decided that they wanted to ride their bikes through the parade.  Hunter asked me if I could tape a bucket on his bike so he could throw candy while he drove.  I figured he would wreck, but the did great.  We always knew we had a star living at our house.

Summer School

This summer I signed up for summer school.  I was incharge of enrichment with a curriculum called "Camp Invention".  It is a fun program that the students seem to love.  I guess if I have to go to school in the summer then it helps to have fun.

A few summer Projects

This summer in my free time I have been doing a few projects for people in the community. 

 This is a glorified dog house that I built for Kay Neves. It  has kennels built inside for 8 dogs and doors so they can go out in runs for the outside.

 Side View

 This is a before and after of an addition I sided.  After this I sided one small shed, and am currently siding a house.

In addition to doing siding I painted my first house.