Swimming Summer 2017

 The garden has been plentiful, the corn grew well and we have tons of tomatoes!!  Thanks to the hose and sprinkler!

 Grandpa added a zipline to the cabin pond!  This could be lots of fun in the next couple of years!

There are often a lot of kids swimming and being silly!  Hello cabin pond!

Davis County Fair 2017/ Showing

 We went to the Open show in Memphis and both boys showed pigs for other people!

 Tucker had enough during the crazy 12 hour day and took a nice nap in the shade tree!

 Marshmellow performed ok, but we hoping for reserve!

 The 4-H building project a fishing pole holder and it received a blue!

 Tayden is helpful and old enough to do lots of things!  He is working on shearing a lamb while the poppa was helping some other family!

 Tucker did love Emma and chose to do lots with her!  It will be fun to hopefully watch her become a momma!

 The highlight and success was during the sheep show!  Tayden had reserve breeding ewe lamb!!

This is big red, he has been to the fair for 2 years, once as a calf.  Tayden made sure he got to wear the halter we broke him with one more time, the morning of sale day!  He also took a small ride and sat on him.  (tear!)

Turkey Hunting

As the boys get older and each trophy is a better thing to mount on the wall....we are running out of room in the house, basement, rooms, and walls! They both got to shoot a turkey and that was fun!

Baseball

 The boys played together on the Cardinals baseball team in Little League!  It was fun and Tayden was a "big" dog with the most experience he also hit his first homerun!!! Tucker had a learning year and the both made all-stars!

Tayden also tried playing on a travel team and they were D.C. Thunder!!

Last Day of 4th and 6th grade

Tayden and Tucker completed the school year and therefore next year we are officially both Middle Schoolers!!  (ahh) where did the little boys go?

Spring 2017- Fishing and Mushroom Hunting

We do enjoy the spring and all things it brings, fishing, mushroom hunting, and baseball!!

 The annual Coyote Hunting Banquet was successful and the boys both did a great job showing dogs and also catching those gross and slick pigs!

 We spent several evenings and days fishing for fun with cousins, friends, grandparents, and just he 4 of us several times!!

March - Rowan Creath arrived

We are blessed to be called Aunt and Uncle again and the big cousins are totally excited for her to get old enough to play!! Rowan Creath Mathews arrived on March 31!  She was stubborn as far as entering the world, however we are proud of her and do enjoy holding and playing!

Happy 10th Tucker Ross

Tucker turned 10 on March 22!  It is hard to believe the baby is 10!  He truly does want to please most people!  He tries hard to be kind to all people, but the older brother knows how to successfully push his button and make him angry also!

January 2017

We had an eventful January with both boys playing basketball on Saturdays and practicing a couple of nights a week!  Brandon is still enjoying his hog job and Lori is into 2nd semester of the school year!  It seems to go faster as the year gets going!  Tucker loves basketball and has trouble staying in control sometimes he tries so hard.  Tayden has to be pushed to the max.  They both love coyote hunting on Sunday and we do the best we can to "survive" daily with practice and homework!

January 2017

We are ready to start a new year!  We have learned lots, stayed at our home hoping to purchase and boys are in full force busy mode.  They are both playing basketball and usually on Saturday away from home.  They love to be busy and are in 4-H also.   They a do a great job at fitting it all in, until weekend and then sometimes we crash.... and crash hard.  Wishing you all well in 2017!

Christmas 2016

Christmas is crazy like always and this year we had a trip to Ozarks with the Utt family to spend some time ice skating, Brandon and I squeezed in some golf, and of course pool swimming along with food and fun.

Merry Christmas 2016!!!

Family Picture- Wedding

We attending a cousins wedding in October!  The boys in dress clothes and we are all together so time to smile and say cheese.

4-H communications

Tucker joined 4-H this year and hopes to show and take some projects to the building.  This boys loves to do anything and do as much as possible.

They did a demonstration on trapping, therefore they took the different kinds and sizes and talked about safety and what the like to trap!

Tayden Lee Bish- Happy 12

Happy 12th Birthday to the boy who loves outdoors, he loves animals and dirt.  Tayden plays football, basketball, and baseball at this time, he show cattle and lambs.  Tayden enjoys time with hunting, fishing and anything with dad or grandpa.  He does have a huge heart, but he is 12 and therefore we do struggle sometimes with who is right and who is wrong, but will continue to work on it.

Tayden Deer 2016

Tayden shot his deer in 2016, he loves to hunt be outside and has become picky on what he will and will not shoot, he wants a bigger one every year!

Prospect Show- Tayden

Tayden has a new show heifer and her name is Marsh----short for Marshmellow, she is very think and hopefully grows well.  She went to the October prospect show and Tucker was playing flag football.

Tucker Bish - Deer 2016

Tucker shot a deer 2nd day of youth deer season this year with a muzzleloader.  Dad and Jordan were his hunting guides.

Happy Halloween

The boys chose Frankenstein and a zombie baseball player for Halloween and yes this momma took the 9 and 11 yr old trick or treating!!