Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Rodeo and Horse back riding

The last weekend in September the Sheriffs rodeo came to town. Kyle took Jadelyn last year and the two of them had a blast. This year I wanted to go. Grandma Michele was also able to come. She told us her friend and granddaughter, Jennifer, were going to be there as well. Jadelyn and Jennifer see each other a few times a year and they are best buddies. They had so much fun hanging out together. The grandmas took the grand kids to get Jennifer a cowgirl hat since she liked Jadelyn's so much. While at the hat stand Jadelyn got the hat guy to clean her hat for free and was able to swindle a dollar out of the guy! All by her good looks and charm. Oh no, we are in so much trouble.

Michele's friend Joyce knows someone who owns a small ranch with horses, goats, chickens, and a donkey. They invited us to go to the ranch with them. Jadelyn was excited to go, but we knew she might be reserved about being around the animals. She had refused twice to ride a horse in the past. She stuck with Daddy at the beginning as the horses came up to see the visitors. After awhile Jadelyn was loving the animals.

The cowgirls

Daddy and Jadelyn getting to know the horses

Jadelyn looking like she belongs on a ranch

Feeding the chickens

Giving the donkey milk

Jennifer got on the horse first. She was loving it. Jadelyn kept telling me it was her turn to ride the horse. I knew she might be ready to ride. She got on the horse like she was a pro, waving and smiling. She was in heaven. Both girls then got on the horse together and went for a long ride. It was so cute. We have already made a date to go back! We are looking forward to it!

Mammoth part 2

One of Jim's love is to go prospecting for gold. So we all headed out to watch this gold mining operation. Jadelyn was done the minute she got there, but we stayed around for a while.

Kyle and Jim digging for gold

The excitement to see if they had found any!

One of the days we went down in the Devils Postpiles National Park to go on a hike. The drive down was beautiful. Sometime shear cliffs on both sides. It is close to Yosemite...so picture something like that. We did a morning hike down to Minaret Falls.

Group shot of the whole family

Daddy dunking Jadelyn into the water

Daddy dunking his head in like Jadelyn and she loves it

Jadelyn was having so much fun that she did not want to get out of the backpack. She told us to keep her in there until winter!Our last full day there we did another morning hike to another beautiful lake.

Jadelyn and Daddy hanging out

Jadelyn wanting to carry the backpack

A cute family shot at a lake near by our campsite and where Papa Jim fishes.

After packing up the campsite, it was sad to say good-bye. We had a wonderful time with Grandma Michele and Papa Jim. It is always fun to hang out with family and have a great time.

Family shot in the bear box.

Mammoth part 1

Over two weeks ago we went to Mammoth to go camping. We were very excited that Kyle's parents could come as well.

Camping in Mammoth at the end of September was a different experience than our times before. It was much colder and not as many people were there. As for the weather we just dressed for the cold. As for the people it was nice not to have neighbors camping either side of you. It felt as if we had the place to ourselves. It also meant you could drive places and not have tons of people around you.
We started off early in the morning, as we always do-hoping Jadelyn would fall sleep for most of the car ride. That was not the case, she was awake for most of the 5 hour drive. Entertaining herself for the most part. She was extremely good.

Out for a stretch and so happy to be going camping

Of course there are bears in Mammoth so frequently Jadelyn would climb into the bear box and pretend to be a bear. While in there she would find the drinks pull them out and give one to everyone.

Jadelyn growling like a bear

Jadelyn loved even sitting on the bear box

Our first hike was to a lake. The lake water is of course cold, but Jadelyn put her feet and shoes in the water. Those were taken off and then she went calf deep in the water. So we had to take off her pants as well. She did not seem to mind at all. I was a little cold fully dressed, but she was just loving it.

Since her clothes did not dry out we put her in a jacket, which she loved and she went back like that.

For the most part fishing was great everyday. In the afternoon we would all head over to a lake. Kyle and Jim did the fishing while Jadelyn loved helping them and just playing by the water. Jim caught a couple of big fishes while there, but in all we had more fish then we knew what to do with. Fish was severed with a couple of meals.

Jadelyn helping Papa and Daddy fish

Helping Daddy reel in a fish

Hanging out with Daddy

The girls and the dog hanging out while the guys fish.

There is a fish hatchery a few miles away. Jadelyn loved feeding the fish. They would jump every time she would drop food in. She wanted to kept doing it over and over making sure all the fish got food.