Hooray for Morgan

Congratulations Broncs and Phillies! What a fun but exhausting season. And best of all, Morgan medalled again this year! She placed fourth at State in #2 Singles category! Hooray!

Summer Science

Remember your Chemistry Lab class in college? Remember what happened when you took two compounds and put them together? Depends on the compound, right? Well, see what happened when we put these two compounds together in the water this summer...

Compound #1...we'll call it S.T.E.A.L.T.H.

Compound #2...We'll call it S.M.O.O.T.H.E.

Mix with H2O

Hypothesis: What is tried to be kept apart will eventually recoil back together.

Experiment in motion...give it some time please...

And we have success! Hypothesis confirmed as true.

Hypothesis #2: Does the same result happen when another compound is added to compound S.T.E.A.L.T.H.? Added compound S.L.I.C.K. and confirmed hypothetical outcome as true also.

Compound S.T.E.A.L.T.H. acting radically after experiment

Compound S.T.E.A.L.T.H. showing off

So, what do YOU do when it's cold outside? Sip hot chocolate and read a good book? Not Brandon or Morgan. They brave the waves!

Oh Geesh!

We miss our ski buddies! (Hi Linda and Johnny "Apple-seed"!)

Summer Adventures

There is this trail that I'd like to take you on and at the end of it is the most hillariously ambiguous sign I've EVER read. It's a 4.4 mile r/t paved road that leads toward the bottom and top of Buffalo Bill Reservoir Damn.

You start by crossing under the main highway towards Yellowstone NP.

The road winds itself along the river Through a tunnel...
You can feel the mist of the water being spewed out of the damn.

You're almost at the top...

We're getting closer to the sign...I'm laughing already...

So does this mean that I can throw my teenagers below? HA HA HA! Does 'equipment' include vacuums and irons?

I'd be crazy to throw this guy down!

Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho, It's Off to Work We Go!

The Bakers are busy this summer "bringing home the bacon"! (I just cook it). We are all gamefully employed learning the business world through our own eyes and hands. Dave is still with Eleutian. Morgan and Brandon work at the Holiday Inn QT's Restaurant, and Brandon, Bradley and Brian got approval from the city to sell water bottles on the main street this summer.

Brandon and Dave designed the cart and had a local company construct it.

However, when Brandon got his job at the Holiday Inn, he gave the business to Bradley and Brian to run.

Morgan and Brandon leaving together for work. And the best part of all this is that they LOVE IT!!!!!

The Ranch Expericence

We're alive and well and have weathered our first Wyoming winter! We've come out of hybernation and so, on the first beautiful Saturday, we headed south about 2 hours to a small town called Ten Sleep. About ten minutes from there, we drove to the foot of this mountain where we were invited to do some ranching. (WARNING: Some pictures may contain gruesome content...proceed at your own risk).

First order of the day...get to know the victims.

Pretend they're gonna have a wonderful time.

Hussle them around a little to let them know who's boss.

Guide them through the tunnel while whispering sweet nothings.

Give them last minute instructions, and then...

WHAMO!
They got branded, castrated and vaccinated all within maybe 2 minutes time.

Yep! That's me...vaccinating them in the neck. I'll try anything once!

Brandon was taught how to castrate (with rubber bands).




David prostrated, Brandon castrated, and I vaccinated. What a team! Word got around and we've been scouted for a branding at another friend's ranch in a few weeks.

David and Craig (co-worker who invited us)
(His wife, Asia, and her family own all the land you see in the background and that side of the mountain.)

Asia (on the right), her dad and sister

Sorry, but if you come visit us this summer, all the branding and fun will have already been done, so we'll look for something else for you to do. We could take you through a slaughter house...

So, what do you think of Keith Urban (music)?

About as country as I can get for this blog!