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June
is the beginning of swimming season in Phoenix, and I'm afraid that the
girls needed new swimming suits. Well, here is Roo, in all her glory,
in her new suit.
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This is the boy. I have no idea if that is his swimming suit that he is in, and I doubt that he knows either...
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Moomsy in her new Mooms-suit.
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Finally, here is Bip, in her new swimming suit.
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Ranch Trip!
06/06/2008 - 06/09/2008
That's
right, another trip to the ranch! On the way to the ranch, we were
supposed to stop in Scottsdale for Nettie's doctor appointment, but we
ran out of gas while looking for a place to fill up! I had to walk
three miles (round trip) and Nettie missed her appointment! The gas
guage was ABOVE E when I ran out (stupid guage). Good thing this
up-scale golf course was here for us to park in while I chased about
for gas. Speaking of gas, I spent $300 on gas for this little ranch
excursion. With a big suburban and a trailer, its a good thing that gas
so so cheap!
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Parked at the golf course.
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Since
we were leaving from Scottsdale, we drove through Payson. Somewhere
between Scottsdale and Payson, there was a brush fire. Ne--ie took
these pictures as we drove by.
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A dog. Not a very smart dog, but a dog none-the-less.
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A
little past Payson is a little town called Forest Lakes. Apparently,
they were having an old car show up there. Ne--ie took this picture as
we drove by.
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My wife made the mistake of letting Meg use the camera. She took several very silly pictures, which follow.
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The back of my head, by Meg.
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We
stopped in Snowflake for gas (did I mention that I had to spend $300
for gas this trip?). Across the highway from the gas station were a few
buffalo. Cool, huh?
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Hey! This is our new "double tub". I should have bought this a long time ago. It makes doing dishes much easier.
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This is our wood pile. I am not sure why we have this picture. I can't imagine that anyone would want to look at it.
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Trying to start a fire.
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Jacob cought a bug. Imagine that.
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I think this is Mudge (not to sure).
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Now
this I remember. I dug a hole in the ground, lit a fire in the hole,
put a metle grate over the fire, and pit a pot of roast beef onto the
grate. Then I covered up the hole with these boards, and left the meat
in the hole to smoke for about six hours.
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The meat is done! It was very yummy!
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A monster.
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The dogs get tired up at the ranch.
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I'm trying to make a whip handle (literally, a handle for a whip) from a stick.
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The
girls asked me to make a swing. I tied a rope to a branch. You can't
really swing on it (since other branches are in the way), but you can
sit on the rope and pretend that you are swinging...
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Lots of pictures of kids with whips follow...
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Meg is making something. Not sure what...
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We made schmores. I don't like schmores, but the kids do.
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Nettie likes schmores too!
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Checking a marshmellow.
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Jacob must have been tired.
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Stupid dog is licking all over me (and squashing me too).
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On
Sunday morning, the kids and I hiked up the large bluff to the south of
our place (the one right by the railroad tracks -- you know the one).
This is part way up.
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A
little less than half way up, there is a very pretty little meadow. In
the meadow, there is a large boulder. In frot of the boulder, there
were four silly kids...
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In the meadow.
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A ways up from the meadow, there are large rocks that kids (at least those with little sense) like to climb.
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The top at last.
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Hey look! A picture of me!
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On the drive back from the hike, we stopped in the middle of the mighty Carrizo Wash (yippee).
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Nettie shot her gun. Nettie is pretty good with her gun.
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Thismight
not look like much, but this is the first time that Mudge shot Little
Sherman the right way (the first time she was big enough to hold it the
right way).
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Here is the target that Mudge shot up.
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A close up, so that you can see that Mudge did pretty well on her first try.
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We had corn on the cob one meal (yum). Meg had to shuck the corn.
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A picture-o-the-ranch.
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This is what we do with most of our garbage up at the ranch.
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Hmm. A sideways picture of a dirty boy.
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Another picture of kids playing with whips.
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Big fire.
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One
the way home, we stopped at the bottom of the Salt River Canyon. I gave
the kids strict instructions that they were not to let the dogs get in
the water. Lets see how well that worked out for me.
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Look. Not just the dogs are in the water, but so too are the kids!
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Sigh. Wet kids, wet dogs.
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