Going going gone...

Today for the first time in our lives we are selling our first home. We will sign papers and then move on to something new. There are a lot of things that we will miss about this house. We put a lot of work into it and finally got a kitchen we loved with a dish washer and a back yard with grass things that you may or may not take for granted. These picture are from when we were renting it to Jake and Gretchen. I just wanted to post pictures so we would always have something to look back on and help us remember! and it was way cuter when Gretchen was the decorator.

and still more... FAMILY!!!

The Fishing boat!!
Fishers on shore

We took some great fisher people with us!!!

Look at this place we were so lucky!!!

What a crew!!

Silly girls

Burrrrrrrr! That is all I have to say!

Video's from the Family Reunion!

I thought that everyone would enjoy some of the videos that I got from the family reunion. I think that I would consider this a TIM moment or moments as well!!

The Wall of TIM

I don't want to ruin Brandee's fun of putting pictures on from the reunion-but I did think I better add the wall of TIM. Not that there weren't more Tim moments on the trip, but I didn't capture them on camera. I do think however that when the zipper of the life jacket poked up my nose and made it bleed was probably a note worthy "tim" moment!

FAMILY!!!

Wow our family is getting bigger. There are now 11 adults and and 9 kids. We were all able to spend a few days at sunshine Reservoir. It was a lot of fun and a lot of sun. Most of us were there from Wed. after noon. Sam couldn't come up until Th. night so we missed him. He stopped in Burlington and picked up Ashtin. It was a lot of fun to all be together. The food was excellent. It always seems better when you are camping. Taycee loved getting to sleep in a tent. (Over the 4th I set it up so that I could sweep it out. Taycee was having so much fun that I told her we could sleep in it. The things we do for our kids. Sam wasn't so thrilled about the idea so we waited until she was asleep and moved her to her bed and got to sleep in our own.) The first night up there I was in the tent with Ryan and Taycee by myself but I tried to be brave and lucky for us no bear tried to eat us. The water was a little cold. Too cold for Sam. But Mom (Donna) and I went for a swim every morning that we were there. It was cold when ya first get in but if you move around it starts to feel warm. The boat was fun even if Sam get "BOAT" sick. The tube was a hit Taycee Loved it. Most of the kids opted to stay off. Liberty would have rather went out on the fishing boat and fished. She was sure a little fisher women. It was a ton of fun just getting to be together. Oh one last thing JOE...He was so funny. He was the one that we had to watch the closest because he thought that he needed to be right by the water. But we tried to take him in with us and he decided that the water was just too cold for his liking.
I will put picture and video on here after Sam shows me how to put the pictures on the computer. "its a new camera"

Daddy

Today at church for sharing time we did daddy surveys. It was fun to see what the kids love about their wonderful dads. But no one (except Dondee, Josh, Britany, and Mallory) has a great of a dad as me. He is the best. He is not really one for saying I Love you but you we all know that he does by all the wonderful things he does for us. He is the best. My dad was always there when we need him. In our primary survey one of the questions was what is your favorite thing to do with your dad???
So that made me think and I thought back to when he went out in the yard and was playing soccer with Brit and I (I think he was our biggest fan). We had so much fun and he gave us a run for our money until he blocked one of our goals and had to limp off to the house. He had a pretty good bruise but it sure was fun... I love you daddy and Thanks for being so awesome!!!

Is she a Bassett???

Yesterday Sam and I got to spend a fun day in Billings just the two of us and baby Ryan. Taycee got to spend the day with Alex and Brooklyn in Lovell. (Just a little something to show you who she is most like... Taycee, Brooklyn, and Alex were all playing in the sprinklers and Aubrey was working in the yard and all the suden Brooklyn and Alex start yelling don't Taycee Stop that Kids will be kids so Aubrey went on with her yard work not thinking much about it. Ben was on the Tractor and saw Taycee chasing the girls with the sprinkler and by this point is up on the porch soaking everything in her path, Towels, cloths, and the front door so to get Taycee's attention decided to honk the horn. I hope I got the story right I just thought it was too funny not to share. I am not going to tell you which of us (Sam or me) that Taycee might have picked something like that up you will have to guess!!!!!

Cute and Not so Cute!!!

Well some people have these wonderful stories of a bird building a nest and getting to enjoy the cute little birds but not me all that we have to brag about at our house is a snake that lived just outside our front door!!!! Ok it is only a gardener snake but he still scared Taycee enough to have been the most poisonous snake ever. He was all curled up next to the step and as we passed Taycee caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of her eye and started the girly screams. (yeah and with a yard sale going on up the street I am sure we got some crazy looks!!!) He hung around for a few days but finally I had had enough of the freaking out every time we went to leave the house so being the tough person that I am I made Sam get rid if it. Don't worry all you snake lovers he just moved it to a new home.




Ryan is getting so big!!! He has been with us for 10 months. He is such a joy to have around. He some how transformed from a baby to a little boy. He is learning so many things. He is walking along the furniture and once in a while he will stand on his own. Taycee is one of his biggest fans. She love to cheer him on and is the first to tell him what a good job he is doing. He finds her very funny. She is always making him laugh and it is the best sound in the world. I don't think that there is a sound quite like it.

Ryan is learning to Maneuver the stairs!!!
He is learning from his cousin Dalley. He isn't around stairs that often so he is actually doing very well. He is even able to come back down a few of them. He is even so brave to stand up while hanging on to the railing and that makes me a bit nervous.

Taycee is always doing things that make me laugh! She wasn't even trying this time. She was cold and so I handed her my sweat shirt. She started whining about not being able to get it on with her seat belt on but then figured it out. She looked to me to be coming out of the seat but maybe you won't see it but I thought it was funny!!!


I love that we live in a place were if we are quiet we can peek over the back gate and see a deer not to far away. The kids (and Sam) thought it was just so cool!!!

Taycee's school is out!!!

Wow Taycee's last day of preschool!!! It is so crazy! She started at Absorka Head start in 2007 When we lived in Lovell. She moved to the 4 year old class in 2008 and now we live in Worland and she just finished her last day. She is going to start kindergarten in the fall. It feels a little crazy that she is already going to start into school. She is very excited but also very ready for summer. She is getting so big and such a good little helper.

These pictures are of Taycee at school. It is the last days that I could volunteer and I have been really bad about taking pictures of her. I don't normally get pictures of her at school because I am not there.

At school I learned the right way to set my place at the table. (even if I won't do it at home)

I like to read stories! But like it even more when mom reads to me!!!

My Friend Ariceli!!

(Greg, Colin, Gaberial, Andrew, Taycee, Ariceli, Nicole, Allison)
Standing in line after the potty break!

Working hard to Write my name! (Taycee Walker)

It is play time at school and I am Taycee the cowgirl and I am singing!!!

If you look close you can see me at the top of the tower. I am a princess and i am defending my castle so LOOK OUT BELOW!!!!

Branding at the Preator's!!!

The day didn't start out as early as planned because we had to wait for things to dry just a little but the sun decided to shine what a nice day!! We all had our jobs and the kids even helped. Haden kept the calves out of the branding area and Libby kept track of how many bull calves there were. Ryan loved being outside and was helping by waving his bottle in the air and yelling on occasion. Josh's job was to keep the calves coming and he did a great job. There was not many calves but we were all there to have a good time and get some work done. Of course I had to make sure that those boys new that a girl can do anything they can do and was doing an ok job until this one calf got an attitude. I wont go into details but I ended up with a pretty good bruise on my face.(it was worse then it looks in this picture) "I got some pretty funny looks at church the next day." There was also a pretty good save done by Tyler! A calf got in were the kids were and so he went to save the day, the calf tried to jump through him and Tyler caught him mid air. AWESOME TYLER! You are our hero!!!!! And after all the work was done we got to enjoy some wonderful food! Thanks Jeanie for the great food and Norman thank you for letting us come out and enjoy the day with you.

TIME OUT!!!!!!

Yes we are all crazy and had so much fun together! Not only did we get to spend time together but we laughed and cried and laughed some more. Family is such a blessing!!!!

What a fun weekend we just had! We went to Time out for women!! It was so fun to be together and the speakers were all just awesome. Our Time out started Friday. On Friday we had the pleasure of hearing some songs from Hillary Weeks. We also had the opportunity to listen to one of the greatest violinists I think in the World, Jenny Oaks Baker!! Not only was she good but FUNNY!!! We started Early on Saturday to be at the metra by 8:15ish (that is Bassett time)! We were uplifted and learned! We laughed and we Cried and then laughed and cried some more. It was nice to listen to people that have experienced the things that we are going through (to some extent) and handled it with grace and optimism! Such examples!!! All of the speakers from Friday had written books so that will be fun to read some of those. For those of you who have never been to a time out for women you should definitely give it a try. It is so fun to be together as a group of women. If anyone wants to learn more about it or see when it is coming to your part of the world here is a web site to help!! http://deseretbook.com/time-out