Brent's New Horse

Brent's Dad had a horse that someone gave him.  He had navicular and Alan nerved him.  He is about 4 or 5 years old.  Alan didn't really have much use for him so he asked if we wanted to take him and try him.  So far he and Brent have gotten along well.  The only problem is we can't come up with a name for him.  Wade has named him Pepperoni and it has kinda stuck...for now anyway. 

Fishing

This summer my boys have done a lot of fishing!  We got a canoe last Christmas and they have put it to good use.  Wade can actually cast by himself and is getting pretty good at reeling in.  Here are some of his action photos.

Wade's 1st Trip to the Zoo

Grandma Diane, Dani, and I took Wade to the Hogle Zoo for the first time.  I hadn't been there since I was a kid.  It was really fun.  They had a new exhibit that just opened in June.  It is called Rocky Shores and has animals from colder weather.  There were seals, sea lions, polar bears, and grizzlies.  The seals were my favorite.  They were the fat spotted kind.  They were so cute.  The coolest part was they had a viewing area that showed the bottom of the tank so you could watch them swim.  The sea lions were also cool.  There was one that was huge and its arms were probably as wide as I am tall.  I felt bad for the polar bear he just looked really hot.  The grizzlies were cute.  All 3 of them were cubs.  I also really liked the tigers.  I just think they are such beautiful animals.  The elephants were cool too.  The baby was 2, born in 2009.  The mommy was born in 1986 so she was about 27 or so.  And the other female they estimate to be born around 1960, making her around 50 years old.  Pretty cool.  Anyway here are some pictures of all the fun we had.

Halloween Comes Early

Wade is really into dressing up right now.  He found his Halloween costume the other day and had to try it on.  So I took a few pictures of him in it.  He also tried on his Scooby from last year.  He could fit in everything except for the legs :)

Clark Party

My sister-in-law, Jen, came to Albion for a visit so I took the kids over to play with all the cousins.  We had everyone there except for her husband, Phillip, and my husband.  They were both working.  It was pretty fun, however, I don't want to have sister-in-laws mad at me for posting pictures of their kids on the internet so I'm only going to post the ones I took of Wade and one picture of all the kids with Grandma Dot.

RIP Kix

We lost a good horse this year.  Our neighbor was walking past with her dog.  They weren't even near our house when the dog scared up a pheasant.  The pheasant flew right at our horses.  Lucky just looked at it like what was that.  Kix freaked out and tried to jump the fence.  He got his feet caught in the wire and landed on his shoulder and broke it.  We had to have him put down unfortunately.  It is sad to lose such a good horse, but at least he didn't suffer.  We took some pictures of the boys riding him a couple of weeks before the accident.

Wade's 1st Bowling

Wade went bowling for his first time this year.  We went with Grandma Diane, Papa, Dusty, and Dani in Pocatello.  Everyone took turns helping him bowl.  It was a lot of fun.