Hey fam!

In an effort to get this thing rolling (I know we're not the most computer savy people, but this is ridiculous), I'm writing another entry for the blog. School has been going well. I broke up with Nikhil, but we've been hanging out a bunch so who knows how long it will last. Collette and I have been hanging out more this week because Bart has been going crazy up at the Sundance film festival. Hopefully he can get some big returns! Collette and I are currently competing at WW. She beat me this week, but I'm going to do better this week and then we'll see who the biggest loser really is!!! I need to get back to studying.

~allyson

sarah's first entry

I will start posting some pictures each month. Sarah

This is raquel and Baxter at Fourth of July, 2003. Raquel wishes she were 2! 

Bart and Collette. Wow they look good! 

80's all the way. Aren't I a cute cheer leader? ~Raquel 

Update--First entry of 2005

Hi everyone. Allyson has started our family history. We will be forever grateful if we can all add to it every day or whenever we can. At the end of the year it will be enjoyable to look back and remember the major events. Yes, Allyson has been home for a week and worked very hard to complete a corduroy quilt. It looks very nice and will be a great addition to her trousseau. Yes, the homemade vegetables...except the 'homemade noodles' were Country noodles...which I dare anyone to tell the difference.
We have had much needed snow. I was snowed in on Wednesday and it had snowed 8-12 inches on Monday. Tuesday night the wind blew and made high snow drifts. When Dick came home from the Barn from calving the cows, he got stuck in the snowdrift at the bottom of the hill. He walked home through the snow. He dispatched Raquel to go to the bus...guess what..she got stuck in the same snow drift. Dick revved up the big diesel truck and went over through the corral at the milk barn. He took Raquel to school so she got there ok. Things have melted and the view is beautiful. We need the moisture for the crops this summer. I have been putting away the Christmas decorations and have just a few left.

We had a very nice Christmas season. The family all came home and we enjoyed the time together. Have a great new year 2005.

Dick bringing the cows home in the fall. 

front yard looking North. 

Welcome to the family blog!

Hey everybody,

I decided to make this blog so we could keep in better touch with each other and see what's going on. I just finished my quilt this morning at Bernice's house. It fits mom's queen size bed perfectly and I'm thinking of making some pillow shams so I can have it for a guest bedroom in the future. Mom made some good soup today for lunch made from the homemade noodles and she's currently being hounded by the state representative candidates because she's a republican delegate and she's gets to vote in the elections next week. Some of those candidates are really persistent. Hope you guys all enjoy this blog and hopefully we can get everybody to write in it once a week.
~allyson

Best brothers. 

Hey dude! 

That ice cream looks really yummy! 

Belle, Baxter, Chapman, and Ty at the family reunion on Thousand Lake Mt.  

Wait, is that a tattoo parlor??? Raquel do you have something to tell us? 

Wow, she really does look like Harley! 

Backyard looking at the Cockscomb. 

Mom in front her her favorite store sign. Too bad Z.C.M.I. isn't around in anymore. The Tiffin room just can't cut it anymore....am I right???