Veteran's Day 2013

 The pre-schooler's said the Pledge of Allegiance in sign language.  It was awesome!  Ben practiced and practiced & then was so proud of his performance!

 He loves the red-white-and-blue ribbons he was wearing.

 What an awesome smile!

 Callum took part in the flag ceremony.

 Emmalee (& her class) singing at the program.

 the students line up and shake the veteran's hands--or in Emmalee's case:  hugs her dad!

 Zane

 Rusty's dad (Keith) in the brown coat & the Rusty (in the black vest).

Rusty & his dad at the Veteran's dinner hosted by the 4-H council & National Honor Society.

Zane's Elk Hunt

 Here's a picture of Callum from October I forgot to put in the posts so I'm adding it here.  I love that the gun is almost bigger than him!

 Rusty & Zane--with the Tetons in the background.

 Zane

 Beautiful scenery!!  I love these pictures of my boys!

 Rusty & Zane with Zane's calf elk.

 I rarely can get Zane to crack a smile--and this day wasn't any different.

 They loaded the elk on top of the Jeep.

 And it all fit :)

 They made it home!

 We will have our freezer full this winter--a deer, an elk & a pig!  We are blessed!

The Teton's in the distance--Rusty said it's much more beautiful in person (as usual!).

Dentist Experiences

 Ben loves going to the dentist--it's the place where the trains are!

 there it goes!

 he was such a big boy--he did great!

 Emmalee getting her teeth worked on.

 Ben brushing a dragon's teeth

 and now the fish :)

 getting ready to get his cavity filled.

 and Emmalee's turn--she also did a great job.  so different from a couple of years ago when she was so terrified the dentist couldn't even look at any teeth beyond her front ones!

 Ben loves brushing these puppet's teeth!

 Emmalee (and Ben on the left) playing with the train table.

 Callum had a toothache (started on a Thursday & didn't tell me until Sunday) so he got in on a Monday.  Dr. Baker determined that he needed a root canal & sent us to a specialist.

Callum watching Discovery channel while getting his root canal.  He was a trooper!  He immediately felt so much better--and felt so great that as we drove into Dubois, he insisted on going back to school for the last hour.  I was just going to take him home so he could rest, but that silly kid bounced right back into his regular routine!