Fair Time

Kara, Brian, Ty, and Nikki came to Wibaux every weekend we were there so we always had some extra excitement to look forward to.  Thank you for making the trips.  The kids love hanging out with you all and really looked forward to it each time you were coming!

Ty being attacked

Looks like the tables have turned

Kya just can't stop attacking

Right before we were headed to the parade, Kara dropped her wedding ring down the vent in the upstairs bathroom.  We took the house apart and finally saw it after using a video camera to look around in there with our hands where our eyes couldn't go.  Brian spotted it and Ty was able to reach it.  I recorded some good footage and showed it to the guys because I thought I may have found it earlier.  Nope, just a mint lifesaver.  Good thing it wasn't just Kara and I there or it would have been lost forever. 

After we found it we all had good laugh.  It was pretty comical.

 

Lined up for the parade

 

Doesn't she just look hot.  Sweaty, sticky, dusty messes pretty much describes us this summer. 

Fair time....again.

Ryker wanted to do this.  Remember what happened at the park in Medora, buddy.  You might get up, but you'll have issues getting down.

Showing 4-H steers

It seemed in college that there was always a beer/liquor of the summer.  I haven't had one in years, but if there was a drink for my summer of 2012, this was it.

 

Oh yeah, I found these babies that used to belong to my Grandma Marj.  They were probably made by my Uncle Snooze.  Kya loved them and wore them around the house a little but I wouldn't let her have them.  I put them in a safe place until she's old enough not to lose such precious jewels.  She can wear them to the Bucking Horse Sale with one of Grandma Patti's All Around Cowgirl belt buckles when she's in college.

How to know when you've had too much Bump and Run.

"Ryker, we're going back to the fairgrounds.  Wake up Ryker."

"Ryker, we're going to get mini donuts without you if you don't get up."

"We're going to jump in the bounce house.  Waaaaaake up."

 "Yooooohooooo....Ryker....."

 

Okay, we're leaving you here with Grandma.

Day to day in Wibaux

The kids loved to make calls on this sweet phone.....until we got out one that looks exactly like it, but has the rotary wheel.  Then that one became the coolest.  Also, they saw their first payphone in front of the courthouse.  They wanted to make a call but I always forgot to take change.

Kya grossed up my Mom's sprinkles.  We tossed this shaker when she was done.

 

Trying out headbands

Lookin' good girlfriend!

Too much bike riding, swimming pool, 100 degree weather, and sprinkler today.

Headed to the bike jumps.

 

 I took this before picture, but forgot to take an after shot.  Since we were out running though the sprinkler all day, everyday, I decided I might as well do a little something so I painted the sheds.  Ryker wanted them to be red with white trim, but we could not sell Grandma on the color.  I let the kids choose between three colors that were close to the same brown.  When they heard the names, it was an easy decision.  It's no red, but Chocolate Chip ended up working out fine.

Once again, a random person in Wibaux gave them money for a treat at the store.  They could get used to the handouts, but that doesn't happen just anywhere kids.  Only in Wibaux. 

Sheepherders Monument.  Ryker wanted to walk up to one and check it out, but we never got a time to go without Kya.  She couldn't have made it all the way up the hill and it was too hot for me to carry her.  Maybe next year.

They loved driving through this.

Kya didn't really like the taste of the gumdrops she got, but she did like biting them in half and sticking them under her nose.

Practicing for the stick horse rodeo.  I didn't want him looking like a city slicker and not even knowing the pattern.  The fact that he was the only kid in shorts at the actual event may have given him away though.

Run Kya!

We rolled down to Plevna to visit Nick O'Connor and stopped by the park.  Plevna really upgraded their park since the last time I stopped there to use the port-o-potty.  There's all kinds of good stuff there now.

 

 

Kya will blab and blab when she is exahsted to keep from falling asleep. As soon as you give her something to eat and she stops talking for 2 seconds, she's out. I always have to pull over and remove the food from her mouth though so she doesn't choke. Sheesh girl, just sleep when you're tired!

 

We just happened to stop on the county line.

We ate on the deck at Grandma's.  That way, I just had to hose it down every few days.

Jonas, Kya, and Ryker while cruising the town on their bikes.

.....And Cosmos.

He just arrived.  He was usually a few blocks behind.

Water break at the grocery store.

Oh, and here we are arriving at the park.....again....

Popcorn in the tent

Good night