Moving Right Along!

Rich went up to our cabin on his way to Jacob's lake to go hunting. They have stained the back side of the cabin. It is a dark brown. He said it looks good. I did not want a stain that had a lot of orange in it. He said it doesn't look orange at all. Which I was happy about. The painters still have to stain the front of the cabin. The builders have been working on the front porch, so the painter haven't been able to stain it yet. This week the builder is putting all the trim up in the inside of the cabin, so they can start painting the inside. I can't wait until the put the cabinets are in. I think the cabinets are going to be really pretty. They were working on the rock while Rich was there. He said it is going to look really pretty when the rock work is done. We can't wait to go up there next summer.

Cotton Pickin Time!

I love the Fall in "the" (for those of you who went to conference you will know why I emphasize "the") Gila Valley. It is harvest time! Here in the Valley cotton is grown every where. In March the farmers start planting the cotton seeds. They water them and take care of their crops all summer long. The cotton plants grow big until September. In September, the farmers quit watering the cotton. It slowly begins to die. When the cotton plants die, the cotton can really be seen. Therefore, the fields look like they have popcorn everywhere. It is so cool looking. Then they farmer harvest the cotton. The whole process is very fasinating to me. Here are some pictures of the cotton fields. Also there is a picture of a "Cotton Flower" that Maddux picked for me.

Safford All Class Reunion

On October 18th, was the Safford All-Class reunion. My Grandma Perry was involved in this. My grandma turned 91 on September 15th. She graduated in 1935. My dad found an old car that was built around the same time that she graduated from high school. This picture is my Dad and Grandma riding down Main Street in Safford during the parade. Four of my boys had to ride in the back seat. they thought it was a lot of fun. I love this picture, because Maddux is waving out the back window of the car. It was so cute.

Skiing anyone!

Last week Rich went to get Ryan some new shoes. Ryan told Rich, "Dad, I need size 14." Rich told Ryan "No way". Ryan said "No, Dad really!". Rich said "come on Ryan". so Ryan tried on the 14's. Rich checked them to see of they fit. And they DID! We think that it is unbelieveable that he wears such a big shoe. Above is a picture of Maddux's shoe next to Ryan's new shoe.

Ryan has grown so much the last 6 months. He is 5 feet 9 1/2 inches. He has grown about 5 inches in the last 6 months. He has grown so fast that he has stretch marks. His goal is to be taller than Degen (my brother) when he gets hoome from his mission in May. So we will have to see.

Time for the Park

Here is more of what we have been doing. My brother Jason, has been working here in Pima the last couple of weeks. So he has been staying with us. Last week his boys and Aubrie came down during their Fall break. All the boys had fun playing together. On day we went to the park. They had fun playing ball, riding scooters, and playing on the playground. We didn't stay there too long, two of the boys pooped their pants. But it was fun while it lasted.

The picture above is of Tevin and Maddux. The picture below is Conner.

Maddux!

Isn't he so cute?!!! Maddux is so fun. He loves to talk. He talks really well and he likes to talk all of the time. We got a new puppy almost a year ago. And he still tells everyone, "I got a new puppy!". Now, everyone has heard him say that so many times that every ones response is, "Is your puppies name Ali!" Maddux says, "Yes, Ali girl!".

Maddux has the cutest smile. He can light up a whole room with his smile. His latest thing is: When he does something wrong he says, "Oops sorry Mom, my dad!" instead on my bad. We are so glad he is a part of our family.

I am a little behind on my blogging. We have had some very busy weeks. But to get you updated on what we have been doing: These pictures were taken when we went to Cluff Ponds, near Pima. We took our dogs over there to let them play in the water. It was fun for everyone. The boys would throw a bottle in the water for the dogs to go get. However, only Ali would go get it. Titan would not even put a paw in the water. He is such a chicken of the water. It is pretty funny. Then when Ali gets close to the shore Titan would go over to Ali and get the water bottle and bring it to the boys as if he were to one bring in the prize. Crazy dog.

The picture above is one of the pond and the mountain behind it. Isn't it so pretty.

After we let the dogs play in the water we went to a place where the boys rode their motercycle and Quad. We well had a great time. We need to do that more often.

This is a picture of Parker showing off his motercycle clothes.

Her is Ali bring in the bottle. By the way, we have two Chocolate Labs. A boy named, Titan. And a girl named Ali.

A little piece of heaven in the woods!

We are building a cabin up in the White mountains. We are really excited about it. Here are some pictures of it. We are hoping that it will be done in the next couple of months. The view from the back deck is awesome. We will post more pictures as it progesses.

The Chair!

Caeson went to the doctors office with Grandma & Grandpa Perry in Globe. While they were at the doctors office, Caeson saw a chair that he liked. Over the last month, every time Caeson would go to Globe or to the mountains with Grandpa & Grandma Perry, they would work on Caeson's chair. Last week Grandpa brought the chair home and the put the base coat of paint on Caeson's chair. Now we are going to attempt to paint a Mickey Mouse on it. We will see how that goes. He really likes his chair. He keeps it next to his bed.

It's gone!!!

Ryan says, "It is gone! But I will grow it back out!" He also said, "I feel an uncomfortable breeze!"

No!!!!!!!!!

Half was there!!!!

He's an ol' hippy, and he don't what to do!

Get a Hair Cut!! said everyone except his friends.

Short stuff!!!

Ryan is always reminding me how short I am compared to him. I am kind of short.

Hair cut day!

Wow! Are these my boys? They all look so nice. Today was hair cut day. Ryan's hair cut was the most shocking. Don't they look so nice.

A picture with Grandpa

Tevin, Ryan, Rich and Grandpa Hincha all went hunting with Ryan

Another one

He was pretty excited about his antelope! He is having it mounted.

Antelope Hunting in New Mexico

On Saturday, September 13th, Ryan went antelope hunting in New Mexico. He killed a 14 inch buck the first day about noon. He went with his great hunting guide, his Dad. However, Ryan was the one who spotted it from 500 yards away. He was excited. He shot his antelope with a 300 win mag. He made a "perfect shot" in the back leg.