Sunday, March 16, 2008

Little Buck-a-roo Crew







Grandma and Grandpa Vandersloot have a bull sale at River Bend Ranch once a year. They have Crew come and help wrangle the cattle. Here he is at Grandma Belnaps getting ready for the big day. You can never be too short on bananas, especially before a big bull sale, so Crew raided the pantry. It's tuff out there for little buck-a-roo.
This is a picture of the River Bend Auction arena. Crew had lots of fun there. He just needed to be down on the floor for the big event, so he could run around and see every thing.
This is where the cows came out of the shoot and into the auction ring. Only the bravest of cowboys got to be on the front row. Some times the bulls would put there heads down and charge the pen. They would paw on the floor and throw sawdust over everything and everyone. Getty up go little buck-a-roos!
Great place to see good quality moo cows.






Sunday, February 3, 2008

Global Warming

Adam notes problems with too much rain in Portland. Trent was a bit frosted by the winter storms too!
Everyone in the area was concern by the drought and the lack of water in all of the lakes. Ground water levels were lowering. This fall all of the stakes and wards in the area had a special fast and prayer for moisture. In Idaho that means snow, snow and more snow. As of 2/2/08 we have a good start on the water season with good snow pack in the mountains.


This is the Nelson's cabin after the snow was removed from the roof. Yes, that is the second floor west bedroom window.

A cable was used to cut the snow layer from the front roof. When it slide off the whole cabin shook. Wowzer. If you wonder who we hired to go up on the roof to shovel off six feet of snow, the answer is quite simple. Someone with super human strenth, nerves of steel, and high traction rubber on all fours.


Mini Cooper S bot!

Sunday, October 28, 2007

Witches night out

Our new neighborhood has a traditional "Ghouls Night Out" the Thursday before Halloween. We all met at a designated house and then 30 Witches car pooled to Johnny Carino's for a fun evening. Rachel came too. I wanted to go as Glinda, the Good Witch, but I couldn't figure out how to do a bubble! Maybe next year. Cooper, how do you like Grandma GoGo as the Spider Witch?


Friday, October 12, 2007

Happy Happy Birthday to Claudia

Today, Oct 12, is Claudia's birthday. We wish you a wonderful day and want you to know we consider ourselves blessed that you are a member of our family.
You are such a perfect match for Adam. He is lucky to have you.
Hope that the day brings lots of fun and surprises and especially a piece of cake!
Best to you....Bryant and Glenda

Friday, September 28, 2007

My TOP TEN TAGGERS

I have given this a lot of thought...hope I have hit on truly the top 10
1. I love my five children (and as time has passed, my 3 in-laws and 3 grandbabies.) They are what defines me. My most joyful moments have come as I have watched them become the great people they are. I am still continually surprised, yet delighted, that they are all incredibly beautiful or handsome (who would have thought), intelligent and articulate, musical (who would have guessed) and funny! I had a real "aha" moment when Andrew was the star of a basketball game played in the Idaho Falls gym that I had spent so much time in as a teen.

2. I had always thought I would become a great writer or poetess. I was not well disciplined. Yet, I smile when I see what great writers many of my children are. Maybe, now, in my empty nest stage, I will practice the craft and see if I can't turn out some good stuff, if just for my own enjoyment.

3. I always wanted to be a ballerina...hilarious, isn't it. I have said that in the resurrection my reward is that I will either be a great ballerina or a very talented singer. Doesn't it say somewhere in the scriptures that your weaknesses will become your strengths.

4. I love to travel...no actually I love studying about the place that I will visit and making up an itinerary that I would love to do if I were making all the choices. And then I just enjoy travelling there. I have enjoyed our recent trips to New York and Illinois and Missouri. I look forward to our upcoming trip to Portland in November. And I hope to fill my life with lots and lots of trips.

5. I love furniture...so much so, that often when I visit a city I scout out the furniture stores and tour them as if they were museums (this is if I am alone.) Good furniture is a work of art and should be treated as such. I wish I had more confidence in my interior design capabilities and it would be the passion of my life.

6. A few years ago as we were lying in bed Bryant asked me what I would like to be (career wise) if I could doing anything and I responded, "I would like to be a curator of a museum." He said questioningly, "You want to be a character in a wax museum?" So much for that dream!

7. I want to be thin...but as Trent says, "Pretty much in life we get what we want the most." And I guess I don't want it bad enough, because I certainly am not thin. I think I grew up in a family that prized "thinness" more than most things. ENOUGH SAID!

8. I hate it when people "go over" their allotted time in talks or prayers in church. It is pathetic...you would think I was in control of the meeting or something. In fact, I have been known to get up and leave a church meeting if a person is talking way past their time, because emotionally I can't stand it!

9. I love really good fruit....melons, peaches, pears, grapes, berries, etc. etc. It is sort of ironic that I am allergic to some of these things (mango, avocado) that I love so much. It makes me sad that I have passed on these allergies to some of my children..and it has affected their life so much. Word of advice...don't ever eat anything you might be allergic to in a foreign country...I almost suffered the ills of that in Mexico and Mark did in Europe!

10. When I was a young girl, maybe 12 of 13, I told my mother that I wanted my husband to be the first boy I would kiss....she laughed at me and said that was silly and wouldn't happen. She was wrong...I did marry the first boy I ever kissed (of course, I went on to kiss a few in the interim.) So to Bryant...I am glad that you were the first boy I ever kissed and I was the first girl you ever kissed.

Now, for tagging. If you read this and you haven't been tagged, I challenge you. Specifically, Grandma and Grandpa Nelson are tagged.