"Can we keep it for dinner?"

Yes that is right.......the boys wanted to take the catch home and eat it! I told them up front I don't do gutting and stuff so if they wanted it they would have to do it. They had a rough time when it was time to cut the head off. After it was all said and done Ryan says "Well that wasn't so bad." For you maybe! We had it for dinner although I can't say I am a fan of bass. The kids thoroughly enjoyed their fish and even learned how to gut and clean one.........if the need ever rises again!

Fishing Fun

Zach decided it was time for another day of fishing. He was dissapointed when I suggested he take the older two while I did ABA therapy with Cody then we would catch up. Quality bonding time! The day was almost a complete dissapointment since they were only catching small blue gill. Then just as Tyler was about to give up his bobber went under the water and before we knew it something big was pulling on the pole! He fought hard and finally reeled in the catch of the day! We didn't have anything to weigh it, but it was a 19 inch long large mouth bass.

The fruits of labor!

We took on a small garden plot this year at the church. Zach has been wanting a garden for years, but it's never been possible. So he was very excited to get this little plot and of course planted watermelons! Before we went to Cheyenne we had itty bitty little ones and were hoping they would hang on and be waiting for us when we got back. Well we had a nice big one and unforuntaely someone else took it before we did. So this is the next biggest one we had! It was soooo yummy. We have one more still growing and so we are hoping it gets as big as the first and no one takes it this time!

We also planted peas, tomatoes, herbs and peppers. The tomato plants didn't fare so well while we were gone, but they are coming back sort of. I have two banana peppers so those are coming back and the green peppers are not doing so bad either. We had quite a lot of peas so it is nice to have such good luck our first try!

Check out these handsome boys!

I think I have covered most of our trip to Cheyenne. We seemed to do so much in that three week trip that I may have missed things. No wonder i needed a vacation from the vacation! We had a few days with Zach when we got home so decided to get school shopping in before life got even more chaotic. We got some killer deals and found these snazzy new clothes. Okay Tyler is not in his becuase they need altered so I will take another one after that is done. I think they look pretty sharp!

Frontier Days Parade

 

We ended our time in Cheyenne with the Frontier Days parade. Zach had gone to the KISS concert the night before so it was a rough morning trying to get up and going! We ended up sitting right in front of the capital where the parade staging area was. I am not sure why we have about 150 pictures of the parade, but I narrowed it down for everyone to get a glimpse of!

Fort Laramie

 

We wanted to do something with the pioneers and so we took off with Zach's side of the family to Fort Laramie, Wy. there are still wagon ruts so we stopped to hike to them. It was here that I was afraid Tyler had broken his arm. He took a pretty nasty tumble on the uneven rocks, but a few days later he was good to go. I have since learned that his clumsiness is somewhat contributed to age, but he can't see. He has had glasses for reading since 2nd grade, but this time the eye doctor said he is not sure how Tyler has managed so long with such bad vision!

So anyway we spent the day wandering the fort and even stopped in the saloon for some root beer, birch beer, sasperella and cream sodas. Then later we found the much cheaper vending machines and FREE water fountains! Hey it was all in fun so worth the money!

4 wheeling

One reason we drove to Cheyenne besides it being cheaper than flying was to get our 4 wheelers that my parents have been so nice to store for us. We were able to take them out a few times and let all the family enjoy them. It was a blast! Tyler was doing donuts for me and manange to roll his 4 wheeler, but he came out okay, just missing some layers of skin on his arms. Ryan is a little scary to watch at times, but he took it easy before going nuts! My nephews also made me nervouse at first. It's hard to watch my own boys take off feeling invincable,but then to add ones that aren't my own! I didn't know how I would explain to my sister if they did get hurt. Luckily no one did. Zach was in heaven! I haven't seen him smile like that in a long time.