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Our Bozeman/Hamilton Trip
Since I am not flying out for another week and I am mostly packed, I thought I would do some catching up on my blogging with some additional posts about things we did this summer. I know I won't have...
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Butchering Chickens - For Those Who Are Not Faint of Heart!
WARNING: This blog is not for the faint of heart! If you get squeamish from blood and animals being butchered, please DO NOT read!With the Migraine diet I am on, I can't eat meat with added things in...
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Irrigating
The girls have gone with Grandpa several times this summer to change pipe. I took a few pictures of the three different kinds of irrigating that is done on this ranch and of the girls helping.The...
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Happenings on the Ranch Summer 2013
Since I don't have a lot of time before I leave and am trying to get this done before I might not have internet access for a while, I thought I would do a compilation of some of the happenings on the...
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Back to Blogging! Iditarod 2014 and Grammy Cakes Visit.
I'm BACK to BLOGGING!!! We finally have internet again as of about a month ago. It was just recently my Birthday so I decided that as a Birthday present to myself I should take the time to do...
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Back to School
We arrived back to Galena on the morning flight of August 20th. Boy was it a crazy morning! I woke up bright and early to get all of our fresh stuff packed into totes for our luggage, making sure I...
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2014 Galena Ag Fair
The Galena Ag Fair was held the weekend after we arrived back here in Galena. It is a time for everyone to show off their beautiful vegetables, jams, jellies, flowers, crafts, photos, quilts, and...
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The Dreaded Barge Shopping Turns into Christmas Time in August!
The barge with all our years worth of groceries and supplies arrived this past Sunday (8/31). The girls had been saying ever since we arrived "When is the barge going to get here? I wish the barge...
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Miracle Child
I have mixed feelings about writing this post. I want to be sensitive to my husband and daughter’s feelings, but also feel God is laying it on my heart to share how he has touched our very own family...
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Ross' Birthday!
Ok, so I know Ross' Birthday is September 10th and it is now November 7th. I have some catching up to do for sure! Ross' Birthday just happened to fall on the night of our Campaigners kick-off for...
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Milling Lumber
This fall Ross was able to do some milling of logs that he got last winter. This is something he has always wanted to do. He enjoyed learning more about milling and we will enjoy the wood for...
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Wendy's First Moose Hunting Trip
In mid September, Mackenzie's teacher, our friend and neighbor, watched our girls so that Ross and I could go hunting for the weekend. This was the first time I have been able to go moose hunting. We...
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Ross Hunting
Ross was blessed with a monster moose the last weekend of moose season in September. He went hunting by himself this weekend, so didn't have someone else to take a good picture of him with his moose....
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Moose Processing
Moose processing is a time that our family looks forward to but is also glad when all the meat is in the freezer and we are set for winter. The girls love cutting up moose. In fact last summer while...
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A New Addition - Vallie Girl!
Ok, so no our new addition to our family is not a new baby, but instead it is a new dog! :) Before we went down to Montana this past summer, I was searching for a husky type dog. I figured since we...
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2014 Trapping
Ross has wanted to learn how to trap since he was a little boy. I grew up with brothers who trapped off and on, but myself only ever trapped lots of gophers, mice and one mink (caught by accident in...
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A New Adventure - Skippering a Boat
The end of May we flew out of Galena as soon as the school year was over. We grabbed our suburban that we store in Fairbanks and headed to Homer. I will post another blog about our family time as we...
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Happy Birthday To The Love of My Life and An Update!
Happy Birthday Ross!Yesterday was Ross' Birthday, so the girls I were sad we couldn't be there to celebrate with him. I thought his day might be like any other day as I wasn't there to make him his...
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Make Hay While the Sun Shines
We just finished up haying here on the ranch and we are all relieved to have it done. Now it is time for irrigating the fields again. When we first started haying it ended up dumping rain for about 3...
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Daddy's Hands
For Father's Day, my Dad was convinced to take a break from the work and we went up the mountain for a picnic. My brother and his family came as well. The girls and I were the lucky ones...we got to...
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A Ride to Remember!
A few weeks ago I took Aubrey on a long ride up to the top of the mountain behind my parent's place and then down the back side. This is one of my favorite rides. My mom, sister and I spent a lot of...
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Over the River and Through the Woods to Grandmother's House We Go!
After Aubrey and I went on our ride over the mountain, Mackenzie reminded me that I owed her a date for earning it up in Galena on her chore chart. I asked her what she wanted to do and at first she...
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The Misadventures of Life
Wow! I think maybe I should change the name of this blog so that I stop having so many adventures, or maybe I should name it "Misadventure Lives Here!" I have yet another story for you of an...
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Happy Grandparent's Day!
Just wanted to wish the amazing Grandparents in our daughter's lives a Happy Grandparents Day! We have been blessed this summer with being able to spend some time with each one of you! We are truly...
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Prayer for Isaac
As I lay here at 3:00 in the morning with my head pounding from a migraine for the 3rd night in a row, I am praying for a young man who's head also might be pounding with more intense pain than my own....
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