Weston County Fair

Pig Wrestling!!

My boys wrestled a pig on Tuesday in Newcastle. They loved every bit of it. It was a team that included Jace, Brayden, Hunter and Reece. They were in the Pee Wee division.

OK. So if you don't know what "Pig Wrestling" is let me educate you. HA HA

First, you get a team of four people. You start out with one hand on the fence and they blow the whistle and you take off running toward the pig and try to catch it. OK wait. I think I forgot to tell you that the "Pig Wrestling" is done in the mud. (Mud up to your knees if you are 5-7 years old.) OK. So as you are running to catch the pig you are also trying not to fall on the mud. Hilarious! When you catch the pig you are supposed to go and put the pig into a barrel (butt in first). Then when you get in into the barrel all team members must raise their hands to stop the time. You get 1 minute to get it in.

1 minute seems like forever when you are a little kid out there trying to do this. Jace, Brayden, Hunter and Reece didn't end up getting the pig in the barrel, but they had fun trying anyway. Brayden actually ended up losing his shoes in the mud. So after all the teams went, Brayden went back out there to try to find his shoes. He found one, but could never find the other. Oh well. I sent him in there with old shoes anyways.

This is what Brayden and Jace looked like after they got done looking for the shoes.

We had to go and find a hose to wash them off in. I got to do that. Lucky me. They were disgusting and the mud took a little while before it would come off. But it finally did. I brought them a change of clothes so they wouldn't get my truck all wet. We went to Pizza Hut after. The boys were starving. I guess it took a lot out of them :)

They have another pig wrestling match on Friday, in Sundance this time. Hopefully they will do a little better since they had some practice. I'll let you know how they do. I will video it this time.

Lemmon Race

This weekend we had a two day race in Lemmon, SD. It was both exciting and scary, but at different times during the weekend. To start off, we left Upton at like 10:00 Friday morning and started to travel. We had to stop in Spearfish to get groceries for the weekend and then we were off again. A little while later Jace says, "Hey Mom, look at me!" I looked back and I see him writing all over his face with his fingers. A while ago he used a permanent marker on one of his trucks to color it black. So while we were in our truck he thought that it would be funny to scratch it off his truck and wipe it on his face. So this is what he looked like after he was finished.

Yeah, just great! I thought for sure it was not going to come off of his face and he was going to look like that all weekend. But, luckily it did. 4 hours later and we finally made it. We set up camp and get the dirt bikes unloaded. We make dinner and go to bed. So night one was pretty uneventful. Except for the fact that I could hardly breathe because of the awful cold I had, well still have. But other than that it was good. The next day we wake up early. Practice starts at 7:00am and they have to put on their gear and get ready to go. Practice was good. Both the boys were hauling butt. Brayden was doing a huge jump that no one else was doing. It was scary and exciting both!

So then after practice the motos started. Brayden ended up getting 2nd overall in the Pee Wee 4-6 class and 4th in the Pee Wee open class. Bare in mind that Brayden is still only 5. He is the youngest person in the Pee Wee Open class. He kicked butt. Jace did great in the 65 class. He ended up 6th overall in that class and 5th overall in the Pee Wee Open Class. Yes, Brayden beat Jace in the overall. I was not looking forward to this day, but you know what? It was fine! Jace didn't seem to mind and he was very happy for Brayden. Jace wasn't doing the big jump that Brayden was doing and that was one of the reasons why Brayden stayed ahead of him. On this day only one other boy was doing this jump. Jace was doing this jump on his 65.

So we get done with the races and start dinner and relax. We are all sitting outside with all of our friends and watching all our kids ride their bicycles and do tricks.

It was great. The weather was gorgeous. All of the stars were out and there was not a cloud in the sky. Brett decides that we better put down our awning because it was a little breezy out and he did not want to get up in the middle of the night if the wind picked up. We ended up leaving out pop up tent up and not worrying about that. We go to bed and everything is good. The boys are so tired that they pretty much fell right to sleep when they climbed into bed. I, on the other hand, struggled to fall asleep. I still couldn't hardly breathe! But I finally fell asleep. Unfortunately, my sleep didn't last long. Brett and I were wakened by the nastiest wind ever. It was horrible! I hated every minute of it! I thought for sure there was going to be a tornado and our camper was going to get lifted up into the sky and smashed down to the ground! The wind was a horizontal wind and the rain was just coming down! We were watching the lightning out or window and then our pop up tent got torn to pieces and only a corner of it was on the frame. The tarp was smacking our pick up so Brett had to brave the storm and go outside to cut it off the rest of the way so it didn't scratch our pick up. So Brett and his dad did that. We got a phone call at 2 in the morning from our friends Todd and Robin Seeley saying they were all in their pick up listening to their weather radio. They went out their after they heard to tornado sirens going off. Brett and I were debating on whether or not to wake up Bridger and Brayden and go out there too. Jace was awake and he was not liking it one bit! I had to go and lay with him and we prayed. The storm would calm down and then get worse. We ad a few breaks where we thought that the storm was over and Jace fell back to sleep. Then the storm would pick up again. It was awful! I think the storm lasted for a good 1-2 hours or more! Brett and I finally fell asleep and when we got up I went outside to check things out. What a sight! I wish that I would have taken a picture of our camp after the storm. Garbage was everywhere! Everyone who didn't take down their pop up tent came outside and found out that they had no pop up tent. The people that were sleeping in tents ended up sleeping in their enclosed trailers. I thought for sure that we were going to have a tent in our camp, but we didn't. I walked over to the track and there was standing water everywhere. The tractors were out there trying to get most of the water off the track so we could start practicing. I think we ended up starting practice a little later than usual, but it was fine. No one minded.

This is Jace and Brayden battling each other. Brayden is the one out front.

So day 2 of the racing went well. Brayden a Jace both had a pretty nasty wreck during one of their motos, but they were fine.

I can't believe I got this picture! I was just going to take it of Brayden going around the corner and he wrecked! Go figure!

After the races we packed up and headed home. So it was a very exciting, but scary weekend!!

Fun Days

Sorry it has taken me so long to update my blog. We've been really busy with racing and everything.

This last weekend was Fun Days in Upton. We had a great time. On Saturday, there was a parade and Jace and Brayden rode their dirt bikes and Bridger rode his 4 wheeler. Brett had to ride with Bridger because we were worried that if we let him ride by himself he would either run over someone or something. Unfortunately their ride got cut short because Jace's dirt bike started to overheat. They were about halfway through the parade. The boys' dirt bikes are not meant to go slow. So they overheat when they do.

After the parade we went up to the park and had lunch. The boys played the games that the high school students put on and they won prizes. (I was bad about taking pictures this weekend!) Then we went to Polly's Pub & Grub to watch the minnow races. When we got there we found out that most of the minnows had died and they had to cancel the race. The boys were bummed, but then they found out what was going on next!

At the Upton Airport they had a RC Plane flying contest! (This is where I wish I had my camera!) These planes were awesome and after I found out how much these planes cost I was hoping no one crashed! We have a couple of people in Upton that have planes, but a lot of people were from out of town. The boys sat the whole time and just watched. They LOVED it and I did too! Our friend Riley was one of the people that had a plane and he was doing awesome tricks in the air! It was great! There was only one crash and it wasn't a bad one. When he was coming in for landing a gust of wind lifted up the tail of the plane and flipped it around on it's back. Come to find out that there was not much damage so that was good!

The airplane contest finished and it was time to go. Bridger was so tired that he fell asleep on the way home(it's like a 5 minute ride, if that). He was tired! So we got home and let Bridger sleep for a while. Jesse and a couple of his friends came over to hang out in the AC. Brayden figured out that he could do a headstand and practiced the whole time Bridger was sleeping. He is really good now. Bridger and Jace are almost there :)

This is a picture of Jesse. So if you see him or talk to him tell him to go and get a haircut :)

Bridger slept for only about 1 hour and then he was ready to go again. Jace, Brayden and Bridger wanted to go fishing at Keyhole so we hooked onto the boat and headed out. We got there and drove around for a while, but 5 people casting out of a small aluminum bost was not such a bright idea. Brett and I had to fix poles way too much! We ended up going to shore and casting. Brett caught 3 bass. None were keepers. Just threw then all back. I caught absolutely nothing along with Jace and Bridger. Brayden on the other hand caught a HUGE walleye, from shore, all by himself. He was very proud of it! It was about 3 and a half pounds.

Jace and Bridger wanted a picture of it too. Brayden caught the only keeper of the day. We got our bout loaded and headed home. The boys wanted to go and show Grandma and Grandpa Bruce so we stopped there on our way home. We ended up leaving the boys at their house so Brett and I could go out. So we went home and showered and went down town. We had fun. It was a good weekend and this weekend should be filled full of excitement too!! The boys have a two day race in Lemmon, SD. I'll let you know how they do when we get back.

I promise I will try too keep this updated!

My First Blog

Ok... so I figured I'd copy Stacey and start doing a blog. It wont be as good as hers, but I'll try. So I'm not really sure what to say or talk about so I will just wing it.

I don't know if anyone heard about our eventful weekend June 28-29 so here it goes. A couple of our friends, Shawn and Jenna, invited us to go camping at Sand Creek. What a beautiful place to go camping! It was great and the weather was awesome. It actually could have been a little warmer, but still great. We left on Friday the 27th and when we got there we set up camp and then the boys were ready to go fishing! Brett and Shawn took Jace and Brayden fishing down the creek while Jenna, Bridger and I followed. Well the boys ended up getting too far so Jenna and I went back to camp and hung out. Shawn got back soon after because he wasn't catching anything. haha :) So us three and Bridger went to look for firewood while the others were fishing. After we got back we started a fire and got dinner going. Brett and the boys eventually came back and had "big news" for us. 23 ticks!! GROSS! I hate ticks. They are the grossest thing ever! Brett said they pulled 14 off of Jace 8 off of him and 1 off of Brayden. I made them all come and change their clothes and search for more ticks because I didn't want to wake up in the middle of the night with one or more crawling on me. Ok..so I am in the camper making hamburgers and Brett had left his shorts on the couch in our camper and what do I see??? A DARN TICK!! I scream and yell for Brett to come and get it. He runs in and says "Calm down, it's just a tick." JUST A TICK?? Is he crazy? Those things can give you diseases and the bury their heads into your head! YUCK! So that tick gets thrown into the fire. Later that evening Brett and Shawn have to go and get more firewood because the stuff we got earlier was too wet. While they were gone I was rubbing Brayden's hair and I feel a tick, I yell for Jenna (I won't touch the things) and Jace comes running and says, "I'll get it, I'll get it." So he pulls it out and tosses it into the fire. By this point I'm ready to go home. Did I mention I HATE TICKS? So we are sitting around the fire hanging out and Shawn feels something crawling up his leg. ANOTHER TICK!! Yeah so far I think that ended up being the 26th tick of the day. The night for me was rough! I thought a tick was crawling on me all night.

The next morning we made breakfast and decided to go up the mountain to a little pond that has a bunch of fish in it. When we got there it was a little chilly and windy, but still pretty nice. The boys caught a lot of fish and we were getting ready to go back to camp to eat lunch...when...something bad happened.

Brayden went to cast his pole and hooked himself in the back of the head! Not good. It was down to the barb! He started screaming and Brett said, "Hold still and I'll pull it out with my pliers."

So to make a long story short we took Brayden to the ER in Spearfish and they numbed it up and pulled it out with a pair of pliers. Brett said the next time that happens he's not paying for an emergency visit he is just going to pull it out. So we get back to camp and eat dinner and the boys decide they want to go fishing. I was a little worried at this point. I have decided that fishing is a very dangerous sport! haha

So they did that for awhile and decided they wanted to go and float the creek. They had to talk Shawn into it because Brett wasn't going to get into the freezing water. So Shawn took the boys. They had a blast.

Jace ended up falling off into the water, but he didn't seem to mind too much. He just floated the rest of the way down with his life jacket.

Brayden ended up getting in the water too and floating down with Jace.

Then it was Bridger's turn to hop on with Shawn. He wanted to keep going, but it was getting too dark so they had to call it a day. So we went back to camp and made s'mores and sat by the fire.

We saw some elk on the mountain in front of us!

Jace and Brayden took turns riding Bridger's four wheeler. That was funny. They found a jump and were launching off of it.

This is Bridger on the four wheeler all by himself!

Sunday morning the guys floated down Sand Creek again. This time Brett went too. They had a blast! They said the water was a little cold, well I think they said freezing, but they still had fun. Then we packed up and went home.

When we got home we had to go out to Brett's parents' house and see his Grandparents and eat dinner out there. After dinner was over Patty, Brett's mom, wanted to take all the boys to go and look for their wild kittens. Jace, Hunter, and Bridger are outside waiting while Patty comes inside to see if Brayden and Reece want to go too. We here this awful scream and then Jace running inside saying, "I need stitches again." He said this over and over until we finally got him calmed down so we could look at it. (Inside note: Jace got his other stitches taken out a week before new ones were put in. Two weeks before this he was up at his aunts house and all the boys were widdling sticks and Jace slipped and cut his leg open very bad and had to get 5 stitches.) Sure enough he needed stitches. We asked hm what happened and he said that he was trying to help Bridger and Hunter was shutting the gate not realizing that Jace was coming back through. A piece of the gate caught Jace's arm and tore it open. So we headed to the ER for the second time in one weekend. They stitched it with three stitches and he was good to go. Jace was a trooper. Brett told him that if he was tough he would buy him new handle bars for his dirt bike. So we now owe him a new pair of handlebars thanks to Brett :)

7 days later the stitches are out and everything is back to normal. (as normal as it could be):)